Sandra Lee Sessoms

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Baylor College of Medicine
Medicine
Medicine
Immunology, Allergy & Rheumatology
Associate ProfessorAppointed: 1994

Mailing Address

One Baylor Plaza
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas 77030
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (713) 798-3750
Fax: (713) 798-3342
ssessoms@bcm.tmc.edu

Qualifications

M.D., Baylor College of Medicine, 1978.
B.A., Meredith College, 1964.

Expertise and Research Interests

Clinical research in rheumatology.

Other Expertise

Academic Experience:Honorary Mention, Research Presentation, Student Section, 1963;Outstanding Science Student, Meredith College, 1964;Honoree, Houston Chapter Lupus Foundation, 1992;Resident Award, Clinical Therapeutic Trials-Poster Exhibit Bronze Award, 1991;Most Outstanding Visiting Teacher, Attending Physician, Veterans Administration Medical Center, 1991-1992;United States Pharmacopeial Drug Information, 1990-present;Texas Heart Journal, 1990-presentBusiness Experience:Member, Medical Advisory Board, Linda and Ronald Finger Lupus Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, 1992-present;Chairman-Elect Board of Directors, Visiting Nurse Association of Houston, Inc., 1992-1993;Chairman, Board of Directors, Visiting Nurse Association of Houston, Inc., 1993-1994;Member, Board of Directors and Executive Board, Visiting Nurse Association of Houston, Inc., 1989-1993;Member, Medical Advisory Board, Visiting Nurse Association of Houston, Inc., 1984-present;Member, Medical Advisory Board, The Lupus Foundation, Houston Chapter, 1983-1995;Member, Board of Directors, Visiting Nurse Association Foundation of Houston, Inc., 1994

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Lupus, Rheumatology.

Additional Terms:

Anti-cardiolipin Disease, Myocarditis, Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic Vasculitis, Vasculitis.

Memberships

American College of Physicians
American College of Rheumatology
Harris County Medical Society
Texas Medical Association
Texas Rheumatism Association

Previous Positions

1993-1994, Associate Professor, Baylor College of Medicine, Medicine, Medicine
1988-1993, Assistant Professor, Baylor College of Medicine, Medicine, Medicine
1987-1988, Clinical Assistant Professor, Baylor College of Medicine, Medicine, Medicine
1983-1986, Assistant Professor, Baylor College of Medicine, Medicine, Medicine
1972-1974, Instructor, Baylor College of Medicine, Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology
1969-1972, Research Technician, , Medicine

Funding Received

  • Genelabs Technologies, Inc.: A Multicenter Randomized Double-Blind Placebo Controlled Study of GL701 in Female Patients With Active Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, $27,380, 05/96 to 05/97.

Publications

  • Wasserteil V, Bruce S, Sessoms S L, Guntupalli K K, Pyoderma gangrenosum treated with hyperbaric oxygen therapy., International Journal of Dermatology, 31(8), 594-6, August 1992 Abstract
  • Wasserteil V, Bruce S, Sessoms S, Guntapalli K, Pyoderma Gangrenosum treated with hyperbaric oxygen therapy, International Journal of Dermatology, 31(8), 594-596, 1992
  • Graham D Y, Lidsky M D, Cox A M, Evans D J Jr, Evans D G, Alpert L, Klein P D, Sessoms S L, Michaletz P A, Saeed Z A, Long-term nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug use and Helicobacter pylori infection., Gastroenterology, 100(6), 1653-7, June 1991 Abstract
  • Graham D, Lidsky M, Cox A, Evans DJ, Evans, DG, Alpert L, Klein P, Sessoms SL, Helicobacter pylori infection, Gastroenterology, 100, 1653-1657, 1991
  • Larkai EN, Smith JL, Lidsky MD, Sessoms SL, Graham DY, Dyspepsia in NSAID users: The size of the problem, Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology, 11(2), 158-162, 1989
  • Sessoms S, Kovarsky J, Monthly intravenous cyclophosphamide in the treatment of severe sytemic lupus erythematosus, Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology, 2, 247-251, 1984
  • Sessoms S, Exercise advised for patients with Rheumatic disease, Your patient and Fitness, 8(3), June

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Last Updated: 6/13/2000

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