Joseph Silva, Jr., M.D.

Clinical/Research Interests

Joseph Silva Jr. is an expert in infectious diseases and has clinical interests in the areas of general internal medicine, immune deficiency and antibiotic-associated colitis. He served as chair of Internal Medicine for 14 years. Silva's research interests include using polymerase chain reaction and oligonucleotide probes to identify Clostridium-difficile organisms in stools of patients with antibiotic-associated colitis, a major cause of hospital-acquired diarrhea and morbid colitis.

Title:

Professor, Dean Emeritus of School of Medicine

Specialty:

Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine

Center/Program Affiliation:

General Clinical Research Center

Address:

UC Davis Medical Group - Sacramento (J Street)
2825 J St.
Sacramento, CA 95816

Phone:

(916) 734-7131

Education:

Northwestern University
Chicago, Illinois
M.D. 1966

Rutgers University
New Brunswick, New Jersey
B.A. 1962

Internships:

Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
1966-67

Residency:

Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
1967-69

Fellowships:

University of Michigan Medical Center
Ann Arbor, Michigan
1969-70

Board Certifications:

American Board of Internal Medicine, 1972

Professional Memberships:

Alpha Omega Alpha
American and California Medical Association
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American College of Physicians
American Federation for Clinical Research
American Society of Internal Medicine
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
California Academy of Medicine
Central Society for Clinical Research

Select Recent Publications:

Cohen SH, Tang YJ, Hansen B, Silva J. Recurrence of Clostridium difficile associated diarrhea (CDAD) due to a toxin B deficient mutant. Clinical Infectious Diseases 1998;26:410-412.

Shetab R, Cohen SH, Prindiville T, Tang YJ, Cantrell M, Rahmani D, Silva J. Detection of Bacteroides fragilis Enterotoxin Gene by PCR. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 1998;36:1729-1732.

Brazier JS, Mulligan ME, Delmee M, Tabaqchili S, and the International Clostridium difficile Study Group (Silva J, et al.): Preliminary findings of the international typing study on Clostridium difficile. Clinical Infectious Diseases 1997;25(Suppl 2):S199-201.

Meisel-Mikolajczyk F, Martirosian G, Tang YJ, Silva J . Genotyping of Clostridium difficile isolates from a Hospital in Warsaw: A Preliminary Study. International Journal of Infectious Diseases 1997;2:88-90.

Liu Y, Lu X, Tang YJ, Lam K, Silva J, Leung J. Polymerase Chain Reaction for Identification and Typing of Clostridium difficile isolates from Chinese patients. International Journal of Infectious Diseases 1997;2:85-87.

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