SOM Faculty Profile : Frank M Calia

Frank M Calia

Frank M Calia M.D.

Academic Title: Professor Emeritus

Primary Appointment: Medicine

Secondary Appointments: Administration, Microbiology and Immunology

Administrative Title: Chair

Additional Title(s): Vice Dean for Clinical Affairs; Theodore Woodward Professor and Chair of the Department of Medicine

fcalia@medicine.umaryland.edu

Location: UMH, N3W42

Phone: (410) 328-2488

Fax: (410) 328-8688

Personal History

Dr. Calia is Vice Dean of Clinical Affairs for the School of Medicine, the Theodore E. Woodward Professor and Chair of the Department of Medicine, and Professor Emeritus of Medicine, Microbiology & Immunology.

He is a graduate of Harvard University and a cum laude graduate of Tufts University School of Medicine. He completed his internship and residency at Boston City Hospital, and residency and fellowship in infectious diseases at the Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital. He served in the United States Army at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Fort Detrick and attained the rank of major.

Dr. Calia joined the University of Maryland School of Medicine faculty in 1969 and was appointed chief, Section of Infectious Diseases, Baltimore VA Medical Center. He rose through the ranks to professor of medicine and microbiology & immunology, and chief of Medical Service at the Baltimore VA Medical Center. He served as Vice Chair of Medicine and Director of Education in Internal Medicine from 1984-1992. Dr. Calia has been Interim Chairman of Medicine three times: 1981-1984, 1997-1999 and from April until July of 2008, at which time he was awarded the Chairmanship. He has also served as the Interim Chair for the Departments of Ophthalmology, Radiation Oncology and Diagnostic Radiology.

He was appointed Vice Dean in the School of Medicine in 1992. Between 1979 and 1999, Dr. Calia was honored by the medical students with 21 teaching awards, both Golden Apple and Teacher of the Year Awards. He has also been awarded Teacher of the Year by the Maryland Higher Education Council (representing all colleges and universities in Maryland) and Teacher of the Year by the University System of Maryland.

Dr. Calia's major interests are in infectious disease, bacterial diarrhea, vibrio infections, staphylococcal infections and clinical pharmacology.

Publications

Chapters

Calia, F.M. and Woodward, T.E., Emergency Diagnosis and Management of Infectious Disease. In: Schwartz, Safar, Stone, Storey, Wagner (Eds.), Principles and Practices of Emergency Medicine, Chapter 53, W.B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, PA 1978.

Calia, F.M., Cardiovascular Infections. In: Pickering and DuPont (Eds.) Infectious Diseases of Children and Adults: A Step-by-Step Approach to Diagnosis and Treatment, Chapter 14, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Menlo Park, CA, 1984.

Calia, F.M. and Drusano, G.L., Emergency Diagnosis and Management of Infectious Disease. In: Schwartz, Safar, Stone, Storey, Wagner (Eds.), Principles and Practices of Emergency Medicine, 2nd Edition, Chapter 70, W.B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, PA 1985.

Calia, F.M., Clindamycin. In: Gorbach, Bartlett, Blacklow (Eds.) Infectious Diseases, Part IV, Chapter 25, W.B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, PA, 1992.

Calia, F.M., Erythromycin. In: Gorbach, Bartlett, Blacklow (Eds.) Infectious Diseases, Part IV, Chapter 26, W.B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, PA, 1992.

Calia, F.M., Chloramphenicol. In: Gorbach, Bartlett, Blacklow (Eds.) Infectious Diseases, Part IV, Chapter 30, W.B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, PA, 1992.

Calia, F.M., Glycopeptides, Polypeptides, Tertiaryamines, Furans, Nitromidazoles and Other Organic Compounds. In: Adriole (Ed.) Current Infectious Diseases Drugs, 1st Edition, Chapter 5, pp 117-138, Current Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, 1996.

Oldach, D.W. and Calia, F.M., Clindamycin. In: Gorbach, Bartlett, Blacklow (Eds.) Infectious Diseases, 2nd Edition, Part IV, Chapter 22, W.B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, PA, 1997.

Calia, F.M. and Oldach, D.W., Macrolide (and Azalide) Antibiotics: Erythromycin, Azithromycin, Clarithromycin, and Dirithromycin. In: Gorbach, Bartlett, Blacklow (Eds.) Infectious Diseases, 2nd Edition, Part IV, Chapter 23, W.B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, PA, 1997.

Calia, F.M., and Oldach, D.W., Chloramphenicol. In: Gorbach, Bartlett, Blacklow (Eds.) Infectious Diseases, 2nd Edition, Part IV, Chapter 27, W.B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, PA, 1997.

Calia, K.E., and Calia, F.M., Chloramphenicol. In: Yu, Merigan and Barriere (Eds.) Antimicrobials and Chemotherapy, 765-774. Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, MD, 1999.

Calia, K.E., and Calia, F.M., Tick Borne Relapsing Fever. In: Tick Borne Infectious Diseases, Chapter 11, Marcel Dekker, New York, NY, 2000.

Refereed Journal Articles

Epstein, M., Calia, F.M. and Gabuzda, G.J., "Pneumococcal Peritonitis in Patients with Post-Necrotic Cirrhosis," New England Journal of Medicine, 1968, 278, 69-73.

Calia, F.M., Wolinsky, E., Mortimer, E.A., Jr., Abrams, J.A. and Rammelkamp, C.H., Jr., "Importance of the Carrier State as a Source of Staphylococcus Aureus in Wound Sepsis," Journal of Hygiene, 1969, 67, 49-58.

Pekarek, R.S., Bostian, K.A., Bartelloni, P.J., Calia, F.M. and Beisel, W.R., "The Effects of Francisella Tularensis Infection on Iron Metabolism in Man," American Journal of Medical Science, 1969, 258, 14-25.

Bartelloni, P.J., Calia, F.M., Minchew, B.H., Beisel, W.R. and Ley, H.H., Jr., "Absorption and Excretion of Two Chloramphenicol Products in Humans After Oral Administration," American Journal of Medical Science, 1969, 258, 203-208.

Pekarek, R.S., Burgehn, G.A., Bartelloni, P.J., Calia, F.M., Bostian, K.A. and Beisel, W.R., "The Effect of Live Attenuated Venezuelan Equine Encephalomyelitis (VEE) Virus Vaccine on Serum Iron, Zinc and Copper Concentrations in Man," The Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine, 1970, 76, 293-303.

Calia, F.M., Bartelloni, P.J. and McKinney, R.W., "Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever: Laboratory Infection in a Vaccinated Individual," The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1970, 211, 2012-2014.

Bartelloni, P.J., McKinney, R.W., Calia, F.M., Ramsberg, H.H. and Cole, F.E., Jr., "Inactivated Western Equine Encephalomyelitis Vaccine Propagated in Chick-embryo Cell Culture: Clinical and Serological Evaluation in Man," American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 1971, 20, 146.

Kluge, R.M., Calia, F.M., McLaughlin, J.S. and Hornick, R.B., "Serum Antibiotic Concentrations Pre and Post Cardiopulmonary Bypass," Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 1973, 4, 270-276.

Rapoport, M.I. and Calia, F.M., "The Use of Antibiotics in Animal Feeds," The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1974, 229, 1212.

Kluge, R.M., Standiford, H.C., Tatem, B., Young, V.M., Greene, W.A., Schimpff, S.C., Calia, F.M. and Hornick, R.B., "Comparative Activity of Tobramycin, Amikacin and Gentamicin Alone and with Carbenicillin Against Pseudomonas aeruginosa," Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 1974, 6, 442-446.

Kluge, R.M., Standiford, H.C., Tatem, B., Young, V.M., Schimpff, S.C., Greene, W.H., Calia, F.M. and Hornick, R.B., "The Carbenicillin-Gentamicin Combination Against Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Correlation of Effect with Gentamicin Sensitivity," Annals of Internal Medicine, 1974, 81, 584-587.

Kluge, R.M., Calia, F.M., McLaughlin, J.S. and Hornick, R.B., "Sources of Contamination in Open Heart Surgery," The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1974, 230, 1415-1418.

McConville, J.H., Pototsky, R.S., Calia, F.M. and Pachas, W.N., "Septic and Crystalline Joint Disease: A Simultaneous Occurrence," The Journal of the American Medical Association, 1975, 231, 841-842.

Walk, E.R., Standiford, H.C., Tatem, B.A., Calia, F.M. and Hornick, R.B., "BL-P 1654, Ticarcillin and Carbenicillin: In Vitro Comparison Alone and in Combination with Gentamicin Against Pseudomonas aeruginosa," Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 1975, 7, 336-340.

Gonzales-C, C.L. and Calia, F.M., "Bacteriologic Flora of Aspiration Induced Pulmonary Infections," Archives of Internal Medicine, 1975, 135, 711.

Calia, F.M. and Johnson, D.E., "Bacteremia in Suckling Rabbits Following Oral Challenge with Vibrio parahaemolyticus," Infection and Immunity, 1975, 6, 1222-1225.

Johnson, D.E. and Calia, F.M., "False Positive Rabbit Ileal Loop Reactions Attributed to Vibrio parahaemolyticus Broth Filtrates," Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1976, 133, 436-440.

Lopez, C.E., Standiford, H.C., Tatem, B.A., Calia, F.M., Schimpff, S.C., Snyder, M.J. and Hornick, R.B., "Perbenicillin: Carbenicillin and BL-P1654, Alone and with Gentamicin, Against Pseudomonas aeruginosa," Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 1977, 11, 441-448.

Geckler, R.W., Standiford, H.C., Calia, F.M., Kramer, H.C. and Hornick, R.B., "Anaerobic Bacteriuria in a Male Urologic Outpatient Population, The Journal of Urology, 1977, 118, 800-802.

Murillo, J., Wells, G.M., Barry D.W. and Calia, F.M., "Gastrointestinal Tuberculosis Mimicking Cancer-A Reminder," American Journal of Gastroenterology, 1978, 70, 76-78.

Murillo, J., Standiford, H.C., Tatem, B.A., Caplan, E.S. and Calia, F.M., "Parenteral Prophylaxis Against Enterococcal Endocarditis," American Journal of Medical Science, 1979, 277, 195-200.

Reubush, T.K., II, McConville, J.H. and Calia, F.M., "A Double-blind Study of Trimethoprimsulfamethoxazole Prophylaxis in Patients Having Transrectal Needle Biopsy of the Prostate," Journal of Urology, 1979, 122, 492-494.

Johnson, D.E. and Calia, F.M., "The Effect of Lactinex on Rabbit Ileal Loop Reactions Induced by Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli," Current Microbiology, 1979, 2, 207-210.

McConville, J.H., Snyder, M.J., Calia, F.M. and Hornick, R.B., "Model of Intra abdominal Abscess in Mice," Infection and Immunity, 1981, 31, 507-509.

Johnson, D.E. and Calia, F.M., "Hemolytic Reaction of Clinical and Environmental Strains of Vibrio vulnificus," Journal of Clinical Microbiology, October, 1981, 14, No.4, 457-459.

Johnson, D.E., Calia, F.M., Snyder, M.J., Warren, J.W. and Schimpff, S.C., "Imipenem Therapy of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Bacteremia in Neutropenic Rats," Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 1983, 12, Suppl. D., 89-96.

Johnson, D.E., Calia, F.M., Musher, D.M. and Gorree, A., "Resistance of Vibrio vulnificus to Serum Bactericidal and Opsonizing Factors and its Relation to Virulence in Suckling Mice and Human Beings," Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1984, 150, 413-418.

Johnson, D.E., Thompson, B. and Calia, F.M., "Comparative Activities of Piperacillin, Ceftazidime, and Amikacin, Alone and in All Possible Combinations Against Experimental Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infections in Neutropenic Rats," Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, December, 1985, 27, No. 12, 735-739.

Jarrell, B.E., Mallott, D.B., Peartree, L.A. and Calia, F.M., “Looking at the Forest Instead of Counting the Trees: An Alternative Method for Measuring Faculty’s Clinical Education Efforts.” Academic Medicine, 2002, 77, 1255-1261.

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