Paul M. Sullam , M.D.
Professor in Residence, Department of Medicine
Faculty, Biomedical Sciences Research Program, UCSF
VA Staff Position
sullam@itsa.ucsf.edu

Mailing Address:
University of California, San Francisco
Division of Infectious Diseases
VAMC 111W
4150 Clement Street
San Francisco, CA 94121

Office Location:
VA Medical Center, Building 1, Room 217I

Research Interests:
Microbial Pathogenesis

Select Publications:

Takamatsu D, Bensing BA, Sullam PM.  Genes in the accessory sec locus of Streptococcus gordonii have three functionally distinct effects on the expression of the platelet binding protein GspB.  Mol Microbiol 52:189- 203, 2004.

Bensing BA, Lopez, JA Sullam PM.  The Streptococcus gordonii surface proteins GspB and Hsa mediate binding to sialylated carbohydrate epitopes on the platelet membrane glycoprotein Ibα.  Infect Immun 72:6528-6537, 2004.

Takamatsu D, Bensing BA, Sullam PM.  Four proteins encoded in the gspB-secY2/A2 operon of Streptococcus gordonii mediate the intracellular glycosylation of the platelet binding protein GspB.  J. Bacteriol 186:7100-7111, 2004.

Siboo IR, Chambers, HF, Sullam, PM.  Role of SraP, a serine-rich surface protein of Staphylococcus aureus, in binding to human platelets.  Infect Immun 73:2273-2280, 2005.

Takamatsu D, Bensing B, Sullam PM.  Two additional components of the accessory Sec system mediating export off the Streptococcus gordonii platelet binding protein GspB.  J. Bacteriol 187:378-3883, 2005.

Education and Training:

BA with Honors, University of Chicago, 1970-1974

MD, University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine, 1974-1978

Internship, UCLA Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 1978-1979

Residency, UCLA Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 1979-1981

Fellow, Boston University, Cardiology, 1981-1982

Fellow, UCSF, Infectious Diseases, 1982-1985

Relevant Links:

http://www.ucsf.edu/bms/micro.html

http://itsa.ucsf.edu/~micro/pathogenesis/faculty/faculty.htm