Richard Oberhelman
professor and acting chair

Department(s):
Tropical Medicine

Email:
oberhel@tulane.edu

Research Interests:
Probiotic strategies for treatment and control of pediatric diarrhea in developing countries; pediatric tuberculosis in developing countries

Educational Background:
MD, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, 1981
BA, Rice University, 0977

Publications:
Selected recent publications
Wolf H, Mendez M, Gilman RH, Sheen P, Soto G, Velarde AK, Zimic M, Escombe AR, Montenegro S, Oberhelman RA, Evans CA. Diagnosis of Pediatric Pulmonary Tuberculosis by Stool PCR. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2008 Dec;79(6):893-898.

Moore DAJ, Evans CAW, Gilman RH, Caviedes L, Coronel J, Vivar A, Sanchez E, Piñedo Y, Saravia JC, Salazar C, Oberhelman RA, Hollm-Delgado MG, LaChira D, Escombe AR, Friedland JS. Microscopic-observation drug-susceptibility assay for the diagnosis of TB. N Engl J Med 355:1539-1550, 2006.

Ramirez-Cardich ME, Kawai V, Oberhelman RA, Bautista CT, Castillo ME, Gilman RH. Clinical correlates of tuberculosis co-infection in HIV-infected children hospitalized in Peru. Internat J Infect Dis 10:278-281, 2006.


Oberhelman RA, Soto-Castellares G, Caviedes L, Castillo ME, Kissinger P, Moore DAJ, Evans C, Gilman R. Improved Recovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from Children using the Microscopic Observation Drug Susceptibility (MODS) Method. Pediatr 118 :e100-e106, 2006

Oberhelman RA, Gilman RH, Sheen P, Cordova J, Zimic M, Cabrera L, Meza R, Perez J. An intervention-control study of corralling of free-ranging chickens to control Campylobacter infections among children in a Peruvian perturban shantytown. Am J Trop Med Hyg 74:1054-1059, 2006.

Moon TC, Oberhelman RA. Treatment of Parasitic Infections in Children. Pediatr Clin N Amer 52:917-948, 2005.

Oberhelman RA, Gilman RH, Sheen P et. al. Campylobacter transmission in a Peruvian periurban shantytown: A longitudinal study of Campylobacter isolates from chickens and human in household clusters using molecular and serological fingerprinting techniques. J Infect Dis 187:260-269, 2003

Harvey SA, Winch PJ, Leontsini E, Torres-Gayoso C, Lopez-Romero S, Gilman RH, Oberhelman RA. Domestic poultry-raising practices in a Peruvian shantytown: Implications for control of Campylobacter jejuni-related diarrhea. Acta Tropica 86:41-54, 2003.

Montenegro SH, Gilman RH, Sheen P, Cama R, Caviedes L, Hopper T, Chambers R, Oberhelman RA. Improved detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) in Peruvian children using a nested IS6110-PCR assay. Clin Infect Dis 36:16-23, 2003.

Alvarez M, Oberhelman RA. Probiotic agents and infectious diseases: A modern perspective on a traditional therapy. Clin Infect Dis 32:1567-76, 2001.

Salazar GE, Schmitz TL, Cama R, Sheen P, Franchi LM, Centeno G, Valera C, Leyva M, Montenegro S, Oberhelman RA, Gilman RH , Thompson MJ, Working Group on TB in Peru. Pulmonary tuberculosis in children in a developing country. Pediatrics 108:448-453, 2001.

Oberhelman RA, Gilman RH, Sheen P et. al. Campylobacter transmission in a Peruvian periurban shantytown: A longitudinal study of Campylobacter isolates from chickens and human in household clusters using molecular and serological fingerprinting techniques. J Infect Dis 187:260-269, 2003.

Contact Information:
Department of Tropical Medicine
Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
1440 Canal Street, Suite 2210
New Orleans, LA 70112
Phone 504.988.2511
Fax 504.988.7313

Level of Instruction:
graduate