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Carrie L. Byington, MD

Languages spoken: Spanish, English

Academic Information

Departments Primary - Pediatrics

Divisions: General Pediatrics

Dr. Byington's research focuses on viral and bacterial infections in infants and children. Research has included the development of new diagnostics, the clinical validation of diagnostics, epidemiology of infectious diseases using molecular diagnostics, and improving health services, including public health, through accurate diagnostics and informatics. The primary pathogens studied include enteroviruses, respiratory viruses particularly influenza and bacterial pathogens including Streptococcus pneumoniae and Neisseria meningitidis. Dr. Byington has several active NIH and CDC grants that support her work. She mentor undergraduates, medical students, residents, fellows and junior faculty conducting clinical and translational research. She is the Director of several Career Development Programs in Pediatrics. She has mentored over 90 trainees and junior faculty, the majority women and under-represented minorities.

Education History

Undergraduate Texas A&M University
 BS
Professional Medical Baylor College of Medicine
 MD
Internship Baylor College of Medicine
 Intern
Residency Baylor College of Medicine
 Resident
Chief Resident Baylor College of Medicine
 Chief Resident
Fellowship Univ of California, San Francisco
 Fellow
Certification Univeristy of Utah
 Certificate

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Bradley JS, Byington CL, Shah SS, Alverson B, Carter ER, Harrison C, Kaplan SL, Mace SE, McCracken GH Jr, Moore MR, St Peter SD, Stockwell JA, Swanson JT, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society and the Infectious Diseases Society of Americ (2011). The management of community-acquired pneumonia in infants and children older than 3 months of age: clinical practice guidelines by the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society and the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Clinical infectious diseases, 53(7), e25-76.
  2. Byington C, Keenan H, Phillips JD, Childs R, Wachs E, Berzins MA, Clark K, Torres MK, Abramson J, Lee V, Clark E (2015). A matrix mentoring model effectively supports clinical and translational scientists and increases inclusion in biomedical research. Academic medicine,
  3. Jhaveri R, Byington CL, Klein JO, Shapiro E (2011). Management of the non-toxic-appearing acutely febrile child: a 21st century approach. The Journal of pediatrics, 159(2), 181-5.
  4. Byington CL, Kendrick J, Sheng (2011). Normative cerebrospinal fluid profiles in febrile infants. The Journal of pediatrics, 158(1), 33-37.
  5. Blaschke AJ, Heyrend C, Byington CL, Obando I, Vazquez-Barba I, Doby EH, Korgenski EK, Sheng X, Poritz MA, Daly JA, Mason EO, Pavia AT, Ampofo (2011). Molecular analysis improves pathogen identification and epidemiologic study of pediatric parapneumonic empyema. The Pediatric infectious disease journal, 30(4), 289-94.
  6. Ampofo K, Pavia AT, Stockmann CR, Blaschke AJ, Weng HY, Korgenski KE, Daly J, Byington C (2011). Evolution of the epidemiology of pneumococcal disease among Utah children through the vaccine era. The Pediatric infectious disease journal, 30(12), 1100-3.
  7. Ampofo K, Pavia AT, Stockmann C, Hersh AL, Bender JM, Blaschke AJ, Weng HY, Korgenski KE, Daly J, Mason EO, Byington C (2011). The Changing Epidemiology of Invasive Pneumococcal Disease at a Tertiary Children's Hospital through the PCV7 Era. The Pediatric infectious disease journal,
  8. (2011). Policy statement--recommended childhood and adolescent immunization schedules--United States, 2011. Pediatrics, 127(2), 387-8.
  9. Stockmann C, Ampofo K, Byington CL, Filloux F, Hersh AL, Blaschke AJ, Cowan P, Korgenski K, Mason EO, Pavia A (2013). Pneumococcal meningitis in children: epidemiology, serotypes, and outcomes from 1997-2010 in Utah. Pediatrics, 132(3), 421-8.
  10. Glissmeyer EW, Korgenski EK, Wilkes J, Schunk JE, Sheng X, Blaschke AJ, Byington C (2014). Dipstick screening for urinary tract infection in febrile infants. Pediatrics, 133(5), e1121-7.
  11. Byington C (2014). Vaccines: can transparency increase confidence and reduce hesitancy?. Pediatrics, 134(2), 377-9.
  12. Byington CL, Wilkes J, Korgenski K, Sheng (2015). Respiratory syncytial virus-associated mortality in hospitalized infants and young children. Pediatrics, 135(1), e24-31.
  13. Baker C, and Byington CL and American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Infectious Disease (2011). Recommendation for the prevention of perinatal Group B streptococcal disease. Pediatrics,
  14. Bernstein HH, Starke JR, Committee on Infectious Disease (2010). Recommendation for mandatory influenza immunization of all health care personnel. Pediatrics, 126(4), 809-15.
  15. American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Infectious Disease (2011). Recommendations for prevention and control of influenza in children 2011-2012. Pediatrics,
  16. Ampofo, K, Herbener, A, Blaschke, AJ, Heyrend, C, Portiz, M, Korgenski, K, Rolfs, R, Jain, S, Carvahlo, MD, Pimenta, FC, Daly, J, Mason, EO, Byington, C (2010). Association of 2009 Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) infection and increased hospitalization with Parapneumonic Empyema in Children in Utah. Pediatric infectious disease, (10), 905-9.
  17. Kendall BA, Dascomb KK, Mehta RR, Mason EO, Ampofo K, Pombo DJ, Pavia AT, Byington C (2011). Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes in Utah adults at the end of the PCV7 era. Vaccine, 29(49), 9123-6.
  18. Blaschke AJ, Allison MA, Meyers L, Rogatcheva M, Heyrend C, Mallin B, Carter M, Lafleur B, Barney T, Poritz MA, Daly JA, Byington C (2011). Non-invasive sample collection for respiratory virus testing by multiplex PCR. Journal of clinical virology, 52(3), 210-4.
  19. Holsti M, Adelgais KM, Willis L, Jacobsen K, Clark EB, Byington C (2013). Developing future clinician scientists while supporting a research infrastructure. Clinical and translational science, 6(2), 94-7.
  20. Byington CL, Higgins S, Kaskel FJ, Purucker M, Davis JM, Smoyer W (2014). The CTSA mentored career development program: supporting the careers of child health investigators. Clinical and translational science, 7(1), 44-7.

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