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:	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

Division Director , School of Medicine	07/2017 - Present
Director , School of Medicine	07/2017 - Present
Associate Professor , School of Medicine	07/2016 - Present
Associate Vice Chair for Quality, Department of Medicine , School of Medicine	04/2016 - 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, 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

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

Mississippi Public Health Association, Member	2015 - Present
American Public Health Association, Member	2015 - Present
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
Mississippi State Medical Association, Member	2011 - Present
Infectious Disease Society of America, Member	2002 - Present
HIV Medical Association, Member	2002 - Present
LAMIDS, Member	2002 - Present

Committee Service

Division of Infectious Diseases, Fellowship Program Evaluation Committee, Chair	2014 - Present
Department of Medicine CME Committee, Member	2013 - Present
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

Committee on Committees, Member	07/2015 - Present
Afterschool Program, Northside Baptist Church, Board Member	2013 - Present
Budget and Finance Committee, Northside Baptist Church, Chair	2012 - 12/2014
Parent Teacher Organization, Clinton Public Schools, Member, Volunteer	08/2011 - Present
Diaconate, Northside Baptist Church, Chair	2011 - 12/2014
Habitat for Humanity, Construction volunteer	06/2007 - Present
Junior Auxiliary of Clinton, MS: Angel Tree, Family sponsor	12/2004 - Present
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

Mississippi Division of Medicaid, P&T Committee	07/2016 - Present
Outpatient Antimicrobial Service, Director	07/2015 - 08/2016
Division of Infectious Diseases, Associate Director	04/2015 - 06/2017
Mississippi Division of Medicaid, Drug Utilization Review Board	07/2013 - 06/2016
Medical Staff Quality Review Council, Member	07/2012 - Present
Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, Director	10/2011 - Present

Publications

Journal Article
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
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
Cretella DA, King ST, Parham JJ, Stover KR. Change in meropenem utilization following implementation of a targeted antimicrobial stewardship audit and feedback program Journal MSMA. 2017; 58:162-166
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Surveillance for illness and injury after Hurricane Katrina--three counties, Mississippi, September 5-October 11, 2005. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2006; 55(9):231-4	2006
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Vibrio illnesses after Hurricane Katrina--multiple states, August-September 2005. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2005; 54:928-31	2005
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
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

Presentations

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, Lecture, Lecturer, Infectious Diseases Clinical Conference	Spring 2018
Medicine, Lecture, 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
Medicine, Lecture, 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
Medicine, Lecture, 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, 3 fellows supervised	07/2017 - Present
Infectious Diseases, Attending Physician, 11 fellows supervised	10/2011 - Present

Extramural, A Pilot Gaming Adherence Program for Youth Living with HIV, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)	07/2015 - Present
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.	06/2015 - Present
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

Presentations

Teaching Experience

Directed Student Learning

Residency Training

Fellows supervised

Services & Procedures