Parham, Jason J., M.D.

Primary Practice Location:
University Hospital
2500 N. State St.
Jackson, MS 39216

Appointments: (888) 815-2005

Areas of Practice: Infectious Diseases

Education

Board Certification:	Internal Medicine, Infectious Disease
Medical Education:	University of Mississippi School of Medicine
Internship Program:	University of Mississippi Medical Center
Residency Program:	University of Mississippi Medical Center
Fellowship Program:	University of Mississippi Medical Center

Current Positions

Vice Chair , School of Medicine	07/2019 - Present
Associate Professor , School of Population Health	08/2017 - Present
Division Director , School of Medicine	07/2017 - Present
Associate Professor , School of Medicine	07/2016 - Present
Director	10/2011 - Present
Faculty	07/2004 - Present
The University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson, Mississippi 39216

Education

University of Massachusetts Amherst, MPH, Public Health Practices	2009
University of Mississippi School of Medicine, Fellowship, Infectious Diseases	2004
University of Mississippi School of Medicine, Residency, Internal Medicine	2002
University of Mississippi School of Medicine, MD, Doctor of Medicine	1999
Mississippi College, BA, Bachelor of Arts in Biological Sciences, Minor Chemistry	1991

Specialty Certification Licensure

Re-certification, American Board of Internal Medicine	2014 - 12/2024
Certification, American Board of Internal Medicine	2004 - 12/2014
Certification, American Board of Internal Medicine	2002 - 12/2012
Licensure, Mississippi State Board License	07/2001 - 06/2016

Academic Appointments or Other Previous Appointments

Director, University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Medicine	07/2017 - 08/2020
Associate Vice Chair for Quality, Department of Medicine, University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Medicine	04/2016 - 06/2019
Director, Outpatient Antimicrobial Service, University of Mississippi Medical Center	07/2015 - 08/2016
Associate Director, University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Medicine	04/2015 - 06/2017
Assistant Professor, University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Medicine, Department of Medicine	10/2011 - 06/2016
Consultant, St. Dominic Memorial Hospital, Jackson, Mississippi, Department of Medicine	10/2005 - 09/2011
Assistant Professor, University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Medicine, Department of Medicine	07/2005 - 09/2005
Consultant, Crossroads Clinic, Division of STD/HIV	07/2004 - 09/2005
Instructor, University of Mississippi Medical Center, School of Medicine, Department of Medicine	07/2004 - 06/2005

Honors, Awards, and Recognition

Community Hero, Mississippi Clarion Ledger	2020
Antimicrobial Stewardship Center of Excellence, IDSA	2019
Phi Kappa Phi, University of Massachusetts Amherst	2008
Norman C. Nelson Scholarship, University of Mississippi School of Medicine	1995
Cum laude graduate, with honors, Mississippi College	1991
National Merit Finalist	1987
Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities

Professional Membership and Service

Myrlie Evers-Williams Institute for the Elimination of Health Disparities, Affiliate	2015 - Present
American College of Physicians, Fellow	2012 - Present
Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, Member	2012 - Present
Infectious Disease Society of America, Fellow	2002 - Present
HIV Medical Association, Member	2002 - Present

Committee Service

Division of Infectious Diseases, Fellowship Program Evaluation Committee, Chair	2014 - 2015
Department of Medicine CME Committee, Member	2013 - 2017
Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee, Chair	2012 - Present
P&T Formulary Subcommittee, Member	2012 - Present
THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS AND CLINICS-INFECTION PREVENTION, Chair	2011 - Present
THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS AND CLINICS-PHARMACY AND THERAPEUTICS, Member	2011 - Present

Community Service

COVID Planning, Clinton Public School District, Medical Advisor	03/2020 - Present
COVID Health Team, Northside Baptist Church, Advisor	02/2020 - Present
Personnel Committee, Northside Baptist Church, Member	11/2019 - Present
BSA Troop 1475, Guest Lecturer, Volunteer	07/2019 - Present
Committee on Committees, Member	07/2015 - 06/2016
Afterschool Program, Northside Baptist Church, Board Member	2013 - 2017
Budget and Finance Committee, Northside Baptist Church, Chair	2012 - 12/2014
Diaconate, Northside Baptist Church, Chair	11/2011 - 12/2014
Parent Teacher Organization, Clinton Public Schools, Member, Volunteer	08/2011 - Present
Habitat for Humanity, Construction volunteer	06/2007 - 12/2009
Junior Auxiliary of Clinton, MS: Angel Tree, Family sponsor	12/2004 - Present
Diaconate, Northside Baptist Church, Secretary	11/2004 - 12/2007
Latino Festival, Health Educator and Outreach	09/2004 - 09/2004
Project Amazonas, Volunteer clinician	02/2000 - 02/2005
Peace Corps - Ghana, Science teacher, Volunteer trainer	07/1991 - 09/1993

Other Service

Journal for Healthcare Quality	06/2020 - Present
Documentation Task Force, Member	10/2019 - Present
Compensation Plan Committee, Department of Medicine, Member	02/2018 - Present
Professional Practice Evaluation, Member	07/2017 - Present
Mississippi Division of Medicaid, P&T Committee	07/2016 - 06/2018
Outpatient Antimicrobial Service, Director	07/2015 - 08/2016
Mississippi Division of Medicaid, Drug Utilization Review Board	07/2013 - 06/2016
Medical Staff Quality Review Council, Member	07/2012 - 06/2017
Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, Director	10/2011 - Present

Publications

Journal Article
Wingler MB, Cretella DA, Parham JJ. Navigating COVID-19 Experimental Treatments: A Comprehensive Review of the Medical Literature. J Miss State Med Assoc. 2020; Vol 61:184-191.	2020
Muse H, Jenkins RL, Oliver MB, Kim S, Grantier RL, Malhotra BK, Parham JJ, Stover KR A Case of Ignatzschineria indica Bacteremia following Maggot Colonization Case Reports in Infectious Diseases, vol. 2017, Article ID 3698124, 4 pages, 2017. doi:10.1155/2017/3698124	2017
Cretella DA, King ST, Parham JJ, Stover KR. Change in meropenem utilization following implementation of a targeted antimicrobial stewardship audit and feedback program J Miss State Med Assoc. 2017 May;58(5):162-166.	2017
Brock JB and Parham JJ Top ten things you need to know about bloodstream infections J Miss State Med Assoc. 2017 Mar;58(3):78-80	2017
Hamid A, Kipchumba R, Oshunbade A, Castillo A, Backus FJ, Khan MS, Ayyalasomayajula KK, Jannela A, Summers RL, Jones AE, Parham JJ, Haynes DH, Butler J, Hall ME. Racial Disparities amongst COVID-19 Infected Young and Middle-aged Adults. Submitted.
Lucar J, Wingler MB, Cretella DA, Ward L, Gomillia C, Chamberlain N, Shimose L, Brock JB, Harvey J, Wilhelm A, Majors L, Bueno M, Albrecht S, Navalkele B, Mena LA, Parham J. Epidemiology, Clinical Features and Outcomes of Hospitalized Adults with Coronavirus Disease 2019: Early Experience from an Academic Medical Center in the Southern United States. Submitted.
Sims Gomillia CE, Backus K, Brock JB; Melvin SC; Parham J; Mena LA. Rapid Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) in a Community-Based Clinic in Jackson, MS. AIDS Research and Therapy. 2020. Accepted and publication pending.
Lucar J, Navalkele B, Becker BP, Reed CD, Parham J, Health care personnel exposure to a patient with asymptomatic SARS-CoV2 infection during a prolonged surgical intervention. American journal of infection control, 2020 Aug;48(8):955-957	2020
King ST, Barber KE, Parham JJ, Stover KR, Shifts in antimicrobial consumption and infection rates before and during a piperacillin/tazobactam shortage. Journal of global antimicrobial resistance, 2017 Dec;11:111-113	2017
Barnes A, Nunn A, Karakala S, Sunesara I, Johnson K, Parham J, Mena L, State of the ART: Characteristics of HIV infected patients receiving care in Mississippi (MS), USA from the Medical Monitoring Project, 2009-2010. Journal of the Mississippi State Medical Association, 2015 Dec;56(12):376-81	2015
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)., Surveillance for illness and injury after Hurricane Katrina--three counties, Mississippi, September 5-October 11, 2005. MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 2006 Mar 10;55(9):231-4	2006
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)., Vibrio illnesses after Hurricane Katrina--multiple states, August-September 2005. MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 2005 Sep 23;54(37):928-31	2005
Barber KE, Bell AM, Travis King S, Parham JJ, Stover KR, Impact of piperacillin-tazobactam shortage on meropenem use: implications for antimicrobial stewardship programs. The Brazilian journal of infectious diseases : an official publication of the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases, 2016 Nov - Dec;20(6):631-634
Brock JB, Cretella DA, Parham JJ, An Antimicrobial Stewardship Intervention Improves Adherence to Standard of Care for Staphylococcus aureus Bloodstream Infection. Journal for healthcare quality : official publication of the National Association for Healthcare Quality, 2019 Nov Dec;41(6):e83-e89
Abstracts
Navalkele BD, Tate M, Dunaway J, Fletcher S, Inman B, Hankins P, Hung L, Guy R, Parham J Effectiveness of Multimodal Intervention Strategies to Improve Hand Hygiene Compliance at an Academic Medical Center. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2019 Oct 23;6(Suppl 2):S426–7. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofz360.1052.	2019
Navalkele BD, Fletcher S, Truhett N, Hester X, Martin S, Smith E, Galloway R, Stempak L, Allard C, Hayes W, Parham J. Impact of Discontinuation of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Contact Precautions on Bloodstream Infection Rates at an Academic Medical Center. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2019 Oct 23;6(Suppl 2):S269. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofz360.639. PMCID: PMC6810965.	2019

Presentations

Poster Presentation, Impact of a Multidisciplinary Team on Reducing Hospital-acquired Clostridioides difficile Infections at an Academic Medical Center., SHEA, Boston, MA	04/2019
Poster Presentation, Rate of appropriate management of asymptomatic bacteriuria at a large academic medical center., Ro Chi, Oxford MS	03/2017
Platform Presentations, Antibiotic stewardship in the medical ICU: importance of a multidisciplinary approach for antibiotic de-escalation., American Thoracic Society	05/2016
Poster Presentation, Rising incidence of nocardiosis: a conundrum of monoclonal antibody therapy, American Thoracic Society	05/2016
Poster Presentation, Change in meropenem utilization following the implementation of a targeted antimicrobial stewardship audit and feedback program, ICAAC, San Diego, CA	09/2015
Poster Presentation, Trends in antimicrobial consumption and healthcare-associated infection rates before and after a piperacillin-tazobactam shortage, ICAAC, San Diego, CA	09/2015
Poster Presentation, Impact of Piperacillin-Tazobactam Shortage on Antimicrobial Stewardship: Clinical and Economic Outcomes, ICAAC, San Diego, CA	09/2015
Poster Presentation, Evaluating Outcomes Before and After Implementation of a Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia Bundle, Department of Medicine, UMMC, Jackson, MS	03/2015
Poster Presentation, Inpatient factors predicting vancomycin AUC/MIC ratio: a retrospective chart review, ASHP, Orlando, Florida	12/2013
Poster Presentation, Factors affecting initial vancomycin trough concentrations in an inpatient population: a retrospective cohort study, ACCP, Albuquerque, NM	10/2013
Poster Presentation, Screening College Students for Asymptomatic Infection with Chlamydia and Gonorrhea, International Society of Sexually Transmitted Diseases Research Congress, Amsterdam, The Netherlands	07/2005

Teaching Experience

Medicine, Small Group, Course Presenter, Bugs N Drugs	Spring 2020
Medicine, Lecture, Guest Presenter, Department of Medicine Grand Rounds	Summer 2020
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Internal Medicine Residency Conference	Spring 2020
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Internal Medicine Residency Conference	Spring 2020
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Infectious Diseases Clinical Conference	Spring 2020
PHS 711, Population Health, Course, Course Director, Healthcare Quality and Safety	Spring 2020
MED 663, Medicine, Course, Lecturer, Tropical Medicine	Spring 2020
Medicine, Small Group, Course Presenter, Bugs N Drugs	Spring 2019
DENT 641, Dentistry, Course, Lecturer, Microbiology	Fall 2019
MED 611, Medicine, Course, Lecturer, Microbiology	Fall 2019
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Infectious Diseases Clinical Conference	Fall 2019
Medicine, Small Group, Course Presenter, Bugs N Drugs	Summer 2019
Medicine, Small Group, Course Presenter, Bugs N Drugs	Fall 2019
DENT 641, Dentistry, Course, Lecturer, Microbiology	Spring 2019
Medicine, Course, Course Director, Antimicrobial Stewardship Course for ID Fellows	Spring 2019
Medicine, Small Group, Course Presenter, Bugs N Drugs	Spring 2019
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Infectious Diseases Clinical Conference	Spring 2019
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Internal Medicine Residency Conference	Spring 2019
Medicine, Lecture, Guest Presenter, Family Medicine Residency Conference	Spring 2019
Medicine, Lecture, Guest Presenter, Family Medicine Residency Conference	Spring 2019
Medicine, Lecture, Guest Presenter, Family Medicine Residency Conference	Spring 2019
MED 663, Medicine, Course, Lecturer, Tropical Medicine	Spring 2019
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, ID Journal Club	Spring 2019
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Infectious Diseases Clinical Conference	Spring 2018
MED 611, Medicine, Course, Lecturer, Microbiology	Fall 2018
Medicine, Small Group, Course Presenter, Bugs N Drugs	Summer 2018
Medicine, Small Group, Course Presenter, Bugs N Drugs	Summer 2018
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, ID Journal Club	Summer 2018
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Pulmonary / Critical Care Conference	Spring 2018
MED 663, Medicine, Course, Lecturer, Tropical Medicine	Spring 2018
Medicine, Lecture, Guest Presenter, Grand Rounds, UMMC Grenada	Spring 2017
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Internal Medicine Residency Conference	Fall 2017
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, ID Journal Club	Fall 2017
Medicine, Lecture, Guest Presenter, Chairman's Conference	Fall 2017
Medicine, Small Group, Course Presenter, Bugs N Drugs	Fall 2017
Medicine, Small Group, Course Presenter, Bugs N Drugs	Fall 2017
MED 663, Medicine, Course, Lecturer, Tropical Medicine	Spring 2017
Medicine, Small Group, Course Presenter, Bugs N Drugs	Summer 2017
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Infectious Diseases Clinical Conference	Summer 2017
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Internal Medicine Residency Conference	Spring 2016
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, ID Journal Club	Spring 2016
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, ID Rotation Podcasts	Spring 2016
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Infectious Diseases Clinical Conference	Spring 2016
Medicine, Small Group, Course Presenter, Bugs N Drugs	Spring 2016
Medicine, Lecture, Guest Presenter, Chairman's Conference	Summer 2016
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, ID Journal Club	Summer 2016
Medicine, Lecture, Guest Presenter, Nursing Forum	Fall 2016
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Internal Medicine Residency Conference	Fall 2016
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Infectious Diseases Journal Club	Spring 2015
MED 663, Medicine, Course, Lecturer, Tropical Medicine	Spring 2015
Medicine, Small Group, Course Presenter, Bugs N Drugs	Spring 2015
AIDS Education Training Center, Lecture, Lecturer, HIV Basics for Family Medicine	Summer 2015
Medicine, Lecture, Guest Presenter, Chairman's Conference	Summer 2015
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Infectious Diseases Journal Club	Summer 2015
AIDS Education Training Center, Course, Guest Presenter, HIV Update	Summer 2015
Medicine, Lecture, Guest Presenter, Chairman's Conference	Fall 2015
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Infectious Diseases Clinical Conference	Winter 2015
Medicine, Small Group, Course Presenter, Bugs N Drugs	Spring 2014
Regional CME Conference, Course, Guest Presenter, Chapman Infectious Diseases Symposium	Spring 2014
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Infectious Diseases Journal Club	Spring 2014
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Infectious Diseases Clinical Conference	Spring 2014
Medicine, Course, Guest Presenter, Internal Medicine Board Review	Summer 2014
Medicine, Course, Preceptor, Department of Medicine Journal Club	Summer 2014
AIDS Education Training Center, Course, Guest Presenter, HIV Update	Fall 2014
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Infectious Diseases Journal Club	Fall 2014
Medicine, Lecture, Guest Presenter, Pulmonary/Critical Care Conference	Fall 2014
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Internal Medicine Residency Conference	Winter 2014
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Infectious Diseases Clinical Conference	Winter 2014
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Medicine Resident Conference	Summer 2013
AIDS Education Training Center, Course, Guest Presenter, HIV Update	Fall 2013
Medicine, Small Group, Course Presenter, Bugs N Drugs	Summer 2013
Medicine, Small Group, Course Presenter, Bugs N Drugs	Fall 2013
Medicine, Small Group, Course Presenter, Bugs N Drugs	Spring 2013
Medicine, Lecture, Guest Presenter, Hospitalist Clinical Conference	Summer 2013
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Internal Medicine Resident Conference	Spring 2013
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Infectious Diseases Journal Club	Spring 2013
Medicine, Course, Guest Presenter, Internal Medicine Board Review	Summer 2013
Medicine, Small Group, Course Presenter, Bugs N Drugs	Summer 2012
Medicine, Small Group, Course Presenter, Bugs N Drugs	Summer 2012
Medicine, Lecture, Guest Presenter, Chairman's Conference	Summer 2012
Medicine, Lecture, Guest Presenter, Critical Care Conference	Summer 2012
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Infectious Diseases Clinical Conference	Spring 2012
Medicine, Small Group, Course Presenter, Bugs N Drugs	Winter 2012
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Infectious Diseases Journal Club	Spring 2012
Medicine, Lecture, Lecturer, Family Medicine Resident Conference	Winter 2012
Medicine, Small Group, Guest Presenter, Family Medicine Resident Rounds	Winter 2012
Medicine, Course, Guest Presenter, Internal Medicine Board Review	Summer 2012
Medicine, Small Group, Course Presenter, Bugs N Drugs	Winter 2011

Directed Student Learning

Preceptor, Daptomycin Usage Evaluation Advised: Carrie Williams	2015 - Present
Preceptor, Linezolid Usage Evaluation Advised: James Lueth	2015 - Present
Student Internship, Meropenem and ceftriaxone usage rates Advised: Hannah Gwin	2014 - Present

Residency Training

Medicine, Attending Physician	2011 - Present
ID Pharmacy Residents, Attending Physician	2011 - Present

Fellows supervised

Infectious Diseases, Fellowship Director, 4 fellows supervised	07/2017 - Present
Infectious Diseases, Attending Physician, 12 fellows supervised	10/2011 - Present

Extramural, Expanded Access Treatment Protocol: Remdesivir (RDV; GS-5734) for the Treatment of SARS-CoV2 (CoV) Infection, Gilead Sciences	05/2020 - 03/2021
Extramural, Outcomes Related to COVID-19 Treated with Hydroxychloroquine among Inpatients with Symptomatic Disease (ORCHID), National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)	04/2020 - 03/2021
Extramural, Clinical Evaluation of the Aptima HSV 1 & 2 Assay on the Panther System in Swab Specimens from Symptomatic Subjects Presenting With a Suspected Herpes Lesion(s), Hologic, Inc.	03/2015 - 02/2017
Extramural, A Pilot Gaming Adherence Program for Youth Living with HIV, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)	12/2014 - 10/2018
Extramural, Tigris DTS System Clinical Equivalence Study Using Vaginal Swab and Liquid Pap Specimens in the Aptima Combo 2 Assay, Gen-Probe, Inc.	02/2005 - 10/2005
Extramural, HIV Drug Resistance and Subtype Surveillance / VARHS, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Mississippi State Department of Health	09/2004 - 09/2005
Extramural, Medical Monitoring Project, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Mississippi State Department of Health	06/2004 - 05/2009
Extramural, Use of Self-collected Vaginal Swabs as an Innovative Approach to Facilitate Testing for Repeat Chlamydia Infection, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	11/2003 - 10/2009
Extramural, Estimating HIV-1 Incidence by Using a Population-based Serologic Method to Detect Recent HIV-1 Infection, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Mississippi State Department of Health	03/2003 - 02/2005

Parham, Jason J., M.D.

Education

Current Positions

Education

Specialty Certification Licensure

Academic Appointments or Other Previous Appointments

Honors, Awards, and Recognition

Professional Membership and Service

Committee Service

Community Service

Other Service

Sponsored Program Funding

Publications

Journal Article

Abstracts

Presentations

Teaching Experience

Directed Student Learning

Residency Training

Fellows supervised

Services & Procedures