AlexanderMitchellTataraMD

Internal Medicine • Houston, TX

Infectious Disease

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Baylor Coll of Med
Houston, TX 77001
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Education & Training

Massachusetts General HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 2018 - 2021
Massachusetts General HospitalInternship, Internal Medicine, 2018 - 2019
Baylor College of MedicineClass of 2017

Certifications & Licensure

MA State Medical License 2018 - 2026
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Infectious Disease

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

1 citations
A Case Series of Rifabutin Use in Staphylococcal Prosthetic Infections.
Miranda Monk, Ramy Elshaboury, Alexander Tatara, Sandra Nelson, Monique R Bidell> ;Microbiology Spectrum. 2022 Jun 29
Antiplatelet therapy for Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia: Will it stick?
Ronak G Gandhi, David J Mooney, Sandra B Nelson, Alexander M Tatara> ;Plos Pathogens. 2022 Feb 1
7 citations
EGF-mediated suppression of cell extrusion during mucosal damage attenuates opportunistic fungal invasion.
Sebastian Wurster, Oscar E. Ruiz, Krystin M. Samms, Alexander M. Tatara, Nathaniel D. Albert, Philip H. Kahan, Anh Trinh Nguyen, Antonios G. Mikos, Dimitrios P. Kontoy...> ;Cell Reports. 2021 Mar 23
31 citations
Biomaterials-aided mandibular reconstruction using in vivo bioreactors
Alexander M. Tatara, Gerry L. Koons, Emma Watson, Trenton C. Piepergerdes, Sarita R. Shah, Brandon T. Smith, Jonathan W. Shum, James C. Melville, Issa A. Hanna, Nagi D...> ;Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 2019 Apr 2
3 citations
Invasive Cutaneous Facial Mucormycosis in a Trauma Patient.
Jonathon S. Jundt, Mark E. Wong, Alexander M. Tatara, Nagi Demian> ;Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery. 2018 Sep 1
18 citations
Large Animal Models of an In Vivo Bioreactor for Engineering Vascularized Bone.
Banu Akar, Alexander M. Tatara, Alok Sutradhar, Hui-Yi Hsiao, Michael J. Miller, Ming-Huei Cheng, Antonios G. Mikos, Eric M. Brey> ;Tissue Engineering. Part B, Reviews. 2018 Aug 1
1 citations
Econazole-releasing porous space maintainers for fungal periprosthetic joint infection
Alexander M. Tatara, Allison J. Rozich, Panayiotis D. Kontoyiannis, Emma Watson, Nathaniel D. Albert, George N. Bennett, Antonios G. Mikos> ;Journal of Materials Science. Materials in Medicine. 2018 May 11
Drug delivery and tissue engineering to promote wound healing in the Immunocompromised host: Current challenges and future directions.
Tatara, A. M.,Kontoyiannis, D. P.,Mikos, A. G.> ;Adv. Drug Deliv. Rev.. 2017 Dec 10
40 citations
Changes in In Vitro Susceptibility Patterns of Aspergillus to Triazoles and Correlation With Aspergillosis Outcome in a Tertiary Care Cancer Center, 1999-2015.
Sang Taek Heo, Alexander M. Tatara, Cristina Jiménez-Ortigosa, Ying Jiang, Russell E. Lewis, Jeffrey J. Tarrand, Frank P. Tverdek, Nathaniel D. Albert, Paul E. Verweij...> ;Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2017 Jul 15
8 citations
Synthesis and Characterization of Diol-Based Unsaturated Polyesters: Poly(diol fumarate) and Poly(diol fumarate-co-succinate)
Alexander M. Tatara, Emma Watson, Tejus Satish, David Scott, Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis, Paul S. Engel, Antonios G. Mikos> ;Biomacromolecules. 2017 May 17
7 citations
Acellular mineral deposition within injectable, dual-gelling hydrogels for bone tissue engineering
Tiffany N. Vo, Alexander M. Tatara, Marco Santoro, Jeroen J.J.P. van den Beucken, Sander C.G. Leeuwenburgh, John A. Jansen, Antonios G. Mikos> ;Journal of Biomedical Materials Research. Part A. 2017 Jan 1
36 citations
Effects of Local Antibiotic Delivery from Porous Space Maintainers on Infection Clearance and Induction of an Osteogenic Membrane in an Infected Bone Defect
Sarita R. Shah, Brandon T. Smith, Alexander M. Tatara, Eric R. Molina, Esther J. Lee, Trenton C. Piepergerdes, Brent A. Uhrig, Robert E. Guldberg, George N. Bennett, J...> ;Tissue Engineering. Part A. 2016 Dec 21
30 citations
Reconstruction of large mandibular defects using autologous tissues generated from in vivo bioreactors.
Alexander M. Tatara, Sarita R. Shah, Nagi Demian, Tang Ho, Jonathan W. Shum, Jeroen J.J.P. van den Beucken, John A. Jansen, Mark E. Wong, Antonios G. Mikos> ;Acta Biomaterialia. 2016 Nov 1
48 citations
Tissue Engineering in Orthopaedics.
Alexander M. Tatara, Antonios G. Mikos> ;The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery. American Volume. 2016 Jul 6
23 citations
Statin Concentrations Below the Minimum Inhibitory Concentration Attenuate the Virulence of Rhizopus oryzae.
Anne-Pauline Bellanger, Alexander M. Tatara, Fazal Shirazi, Teclegiorgis Gebremariam, Nathaniel D. Albert, Russell E. Lewis, Ashraf S. Ibrahim, Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis> ;The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2016 Jul 1
19 citations
Factors affecting patient outcome in primary cutaneous aspergillosis.
Alexander M. Tatara, Antonios G. Mikos, Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis> ;Medicine. 2016 Jun 1
82 citations
Injectable dual-gelling cell-laden composite hydrogels for bone tissue engineering
Tiffany N. Vo, Sarita R. Shah, Steven Lu, Alexander M. Tatara, Esther J. Lee, Terrence T. Roh, Yasuhiko Tabata, Antonios G. Mikos> ;Biomaterials. 2016 Mar 1
3 citations
2015 Lifetime Achievement Award of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society-Americas: Antonios G. Mikos, PhD.
Alexander M. Tatara, Antonios G. Mikos> ;Tissue Engineering. Part A. 2016 Jan 15
31 citations
Biodegradable, phosphate-containing, dual-gelling macromers for cellular delivery in bone tissue engineering.
Brendan M. Watson, Tiffany N. Vo, Alexander M. Tatara, Sarita R. Shah, David Scott, Paul S. Engel, Antonios G. Mikos> ;Biomaterials. 2015 Oct 1
10 citations
Infected animal models for tissue engineering.
Alexander M. Tatara, Sarita R. Shah, Carissa E. Livingston, Antonios G. Mikos> ;Methods. 2015 Apr 2
26 citations
Autologously generated tissue-engineered bone flaps for reconstruction of large mandibular defects in an ovine model.
Alexander M. Tatara, James D. Kretlow, Patrick P. Spicer, Steven Lu, Johnny Lam, Wei Liu, Yilin Cao, Guangpeng Liu, John D. Jackson, James J. Yoo, Anthony Atala, Jeroe...> ;Tissue Engineering. Part A. 2015 May 1
198 citations
Gelatin carriers for drug and cell delivery in tissue engineering
Marco Santoro, Alexander M. Tatara, Antonios G. Mikos> ;Journal of Controlled Release. 2014 Sep 28
32 citations
In Vivo Bioreactors for Mandibular Reconstruction
Alexander M. Tatara, Mark E. Wong, Antonios G. Mikos> ;Journal of Dental Research. 2014 Aug 19
35 citations
The Role of Muscle Loading on Bone (Re)modeling at the Developing Enthesis
Alexander M. Tatara, Justin Lipner, Rosalina Das, H. Mike Kim, Nikunj Patel, Eleni Ntouvali, Matthew J. Silva, Stavros Thomopoulos> ;Plos One. 2014 May 21
12 citations
Use of porous space maintainers in staged mandibular reconstruction.
Allan M. Henslee, Patrick P. Spicer, Sarita R. Shah, Alexander M. Tatara, F. Kurtis Kasper, Antonios G. Mikos, Mark E. Wong> ;Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinics of North America. 2014 May 1
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Massachusetts General HospitalBoston, Massachusetts
Salem HospitalSalem, Massachusetts
Salem HospitalSalem, Massachusetts

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