Dr. Paul Leuthy

Dr. Paul Luethy was an undergraduate in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Michigan State University. His undergraduate research was in the laboratory of Dr. Lee Kroos on gene regulation during Myxococcus xanthus development and on the function and structure of an intramembrane metalloprotease of Bacillus subtilis. His graduate work was at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in the laboratory of Dr. David Hendrixson on signaling and gene regulation during colonization of the intestinal tract by Campylobacter jejuni, a pathogenic bacterium.

Dr. Luethy was selected for the competitive Clinical Microbiology Fellowship at the National Institutes of Health, where he excelled in patient care responsibilities and teaching of medical students, residents, and infectious disease fellows. He also performed research on using mass spectrometry for rapid detection of fungal pathogens under the guidance of Dr. Adrian Zelazny.

Dr. Luethy is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Pathology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He is also the Associate Director of the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory at the University of Maryland Medical Center. In addition to extensive clinical care and training efforts, Dr. Luethy engages in research aimed at improving patient outcomes by utilizing next generation sequencing and mass spectrometry to diagnose infectious diseases. He has twice been voted the Best Attending Pathologist Teacher in Clinical Pathology by medical residents, served as President of the American Society for Microbiology Maryland Branch, and is on the Editorial Board of Microbiology Spectrum.