Department of Internal Medicine

Division of Infectious Diseases

Makoto M. Jones, M.D., M.S.

Education

  • Saint Louis University Health Sciences Center, M.D., 2000-2004
  • University of Utah School of Medicine, M.S., 2008-present
  • University of Washington School of Medicine, Internal Medicine Residency, 2004-2007
  • University of Utah School of Medicine, Infectious Diseases Fellowship, 2007-2009

Clinical Interests

  • Transplant Infectious Diseases
  • Tropical and Travel Medicine

Research Interests

  • MRSA epidemiology
  • Electronic algorithms for decision support
  • Analysis of bias in antibiotic prescription practices
  • Natural Language Processing
  • Modeling and simulation

Research Mentors

Publications

  • Jones MM, Samore MH, Jernigan JA, O'Connor-Wright S, Nechodom P, Rubin M Surveillance for hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections using electronic algorithms, 10/2008.  Abstract submitted, in review.
  • Brett R South, MS, Shuying Shen, MStat, Makoto Jones, MD, Jennifer Garvin, PhD, MBA, RHIA, Matthew H Samore, MD, Wendy W Chapman, PhD, Adi V Gundlapalli, MD, PhD, MS Using Open Source Annotation Tools to Build a Reference Standard for Inflammatory Bowel Disease, 10/2008.  Abstract submitted, in review.
  • Brett R South, MS, Shuying Shen, MStat, Makoto Jones, MD, Jennifer Garvin, PhD, MBA, RHIA, Matthew H Samore, MD Wendy W Chapman, PhD, Adi V Gundlapalli, MD, PhD, MS Applying Text Processing Methods to VA Free Text Documents: Where Should We Start the Search?  10/2008.  Abstract submitted, in review.

Personnel Interests

  • Family, politics, philosophy, and linguistics