Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, CA
Fellowship - Infectious Disease
1978
University of California
San Francisco, CA
Sr Asst Resident - Medicine
1974
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Jr Asst Resident - Medicine
1973
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
Intern - Medicine
1972
University of California School of Medicine
San Francisco, CA
MD - Medicine
1971
University of California
Berkeley, CA
BA - Zoology
1967
Evaluation of the acceptability of point of care diagnostic test for prenatal toxoplasmosis (translational research phase III).
Londo?o-Martinez JC, Velasco-Velasquez S, Cordero-Lopez S, Osorio MF, Celis-Giraldo D, Thibodeau J, Baird I, McLeod R, Gomez-Marin J. Evaluation of the acceptability of point of care diagnostic test for prenatal toxoplasmosis (translational research phase III). J Infect Public Health. 2023 Jan; 16(1):15-24.
PMID: 36446203
A fresh look at the role of spiramycin in preventing a neglected disease: meta-analyses of observational studies.
Montoya JG, Laessig K, Fazeli MS, Siliman G, Yoon SS, Drake-Shanahan E, Zhu C, Akbary A, McLeod R. A fresh look at the role of spiramycin in preventing a neglected disease: meta-analyses of observational studies. Eur J Med Res. 2021 Dec 11; 26(1):143.
PMID: 34895348
High performance of a novel point-of-care blood test for Toxoplasma infection in women from diverse regions of Morocco.
El Mansouri B, Amarir F, Peyron F, Adlaoui EB, Piarroux R, Lykins J, El Abbassi M, Nekkal N, Bouhlal N, Makkaoui K, Barkat A, Lyaghfouri A, Zhou Y, Rais S, Oudghiri M, Elkoraichi I, Zekri M, Belkadi N, Mellouk H, Rhajaoui M, Boutajangout A, Sadak A, Limonne D, McLeod R, El Bissati K. High performance of a novel point-of-care blood test for Toxoplasma infection in women from diverse regions of Morocco. Emerg Microbes Infect. 2021 Dec; 10(1):1675-1682.
PMID: 34165384
Late Diagnosis of Congenital Toxoplasmosis with Macrocephaly in Dizygotic Twins after Incidental Detection of Leukocoria: A Case Report.
Del Valle Mojica C, Montoya JG, McGuire J, Palma KL, Shekdar KV, McLeod R, Contopoulos-Ioannidis DG. Late Diagnosis of Congenital Toxoplasmosis with Macrocephaly in Dizygotic Twins after Incidental Detection of Leukocoria: A Case Report. J Pediatr. 2021 Sep; 236:301-306.
PMID: 34023345
Engineering and characterization of a novel Self Assembling Protein for Toxoplasma peptide vaccine in HLA-A*11:01, HLA-A*02:01 and HLA-B*07:02 transgenic mice.
El Bissati K, Zhou Y, Paulillo SM, Raman SK, Karch CP, Reed S, Estes A, Estes A, Lykins J, Burkhard P, McLeod R. Engineering and characterization of a novel Self Assembling Protein for Toxoplasma peptide vaccine in HLA-A*11:01, HLA-A*02:01 and HLA-B*07:02 transgenic mice. Sci Rep. 2020 10 12; 10(1):16984.
PMID: 33046728
Potent Tetrahydroquinolone Eliminates Apicomplexan Parasites.
McPhillie MJ, Zhou Y, Hickman MR, Gordon JA, Weber CR, Li Q, Lee PJ, Amporndanai K, Johnson RM, Darby H, Woods S, Li ZH, Priestley RS, Ristroph KD, Biering SB, El Bissati K, Hwang S, Hakim FE, Dovgin SM, Lykins JD, Roberts L, Hargrave K, Cong H, Sinai AP, Muench SP, Dubey JP, Prud'homme RK, Lorenzi HA, Biagini GA, Moreno SN, Roberts CW, Antonyuk SV, Fishwick CWG, McLeod R. Potent Tetrahydroquinolone Eliminates Apicomplexan Parasites. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2020; 10:203.
PMID: 32626661
Author Correction: New paradigms for understanding and step changes in treating active and chronic, persistent apicomplexan infections.
McPhillie M, Zhou Y, El Bissati K, Dubey J, Lorenzi H, Capper M, Lukens AK, Hickman M, Muench S, Verma SK, Weber CR, Wheeler K, Gordon J, Sanders J, Moulton H, Wang K, Kim TK, He Y, Santos T, Woods S, Lee P, Donkin D, Kim E, Fraczek L, Lykins J, Esaa F, Alibana-Clouser F, Dovgin S, Weiss L, Brasseur G, Wirth D, Kent M, Hood L, Meunieur B, Roberts CW, Hasnain SS, Antonyuk SV, Fishwick C, McLeod R. Author Correction: New paradigms for understanding and step changes in treating active and chronic, persistent apicomplexan infections. Sci Rep. 2020 Mar 23; 10(1):5512.
PMID: 32251362
Outcomes of hydrocephalus secondary to congenital toxoplasmosis.
McLone D, Frim D, Penn R, Swisher CN, Heydemann P, Boyer KM, Noble AG, Rabiah PK, Withers S, Wroblewski K, Karrison T, Hutson S, Wheeler K, Cohen W, Lykins J, McLeod R. Outcomes of hydrocephalus secondary to congenital toxoplasmosis. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 2019 Sep 06; 1-8.
PMID: 31491752
Correction to: The One Health Approach to Toxoplasmosis: Epidemiology, Control, and Prevention Strategies.
Aguirre AA, Longcore T, Barbieri M, Dabritz H, Hill D, Klein PN, Lepczyk C, Lilly EL, McLeod R, Milcarsky J, Murphy CE, Su C, VanWormer E, Yolken R, Sizemore GC. Correction to: The One Health Approach to Toxoplasmosis: Epidemiology, Control, and Prevention Strategies. Ecohealth. 2019 Jun; 16(2):391.
PMID: 31168721
Publisher Correction: Toxoplasma Modulates Signature Pathways of Human Epilepsy, Neurodegeneration & Cancer.
Ng? HM, Zhou Y, Lorenzi H, Wang K, Kim TK, Zhou Y, El Bissati K, Mui E, Fraczek L, Rajagopala SV, Roberts CW, Henriquez FL, Montpetit A, Blackwell JM, Jamieson SE, Wheeler K, Begeman IJ, Naranjo-Galvis C, Alliey-Rodriguez N, Davis RG, Soroceanu L, Cobbs C, Steindler DA, Boyer K, Noble AG, Swisher CN, Heydemann PT, Rabiah P, Withers S, Soteropoulos P, Hood L, McLeod R. Publisher Correction: Toxoplasma Modulates Signature Pathways of Human Epilepsy, Neurodegeneration & Cancer. Sci Rep. 2019 May 28; 9(1):8110.
PMID: 31133744
DirectorToxoplasmosis Center
The University of Chicago
1996 - now
NIH Training Grant
Stanford University
1978
California Heart Association and USPHS Student Fellowships
University of California, San Francisco
1965