Robert C. Jerris, Ph.D., D(ABMM)
Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University School of Medicine
Robert C. Jerris, Ph.D., D(ABMM), is the director of advanced diagnostics and consultant to clinical microbiology at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and adjunct professor of pathology and laboratory medicine at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Ga. He received his doctorate in experimental pathology from Emory University and completed postdoctoral fellowship training in public health and medical microbiology at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, mentored by Al Balows, Ph.D., V.R. Dowell, Ph.D., Clyde Thornsberry, Ph.D. and J. Michael Miller, Ph.D. Jerris is a Diplomate of the American Board of Medical Microbiology.
Jerris is a member of the American Society for Microbiology, the American Society for Clinical Pathology and the Association for Molecular Pathology. He was a founder of the SouthEastern Association for Clinical Microbiology. He has served ASM for 40 years in numerous positions, the latest as chair of the Professional Affairs Committee. He has represented the society at annual CMS meetings, advocating for and defining CPT code designations for clinical laboratory testing.
Jerris has been an author for a number of standards documents including the "Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute (the latest M47, Blood Cultures)," the joint IDSA/ASM publication: "A Guide to Utilization of the Microbiology Laboratory for Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases" and the joint ESPGHAN/NASPGHAN "Guidelines for the Management of Helicobacter pylori in Children and Adolescents" (in process). He serves as a member of the American Public Health Laboratories’ Antimicrobial Resistance task force and the NIH RADX Atlanta Center for Microsystems-Engineered Point-of-Care Technologies.
Jerris’ research interests include cost-effective, rapid, diagnostic testing for identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing and innovation in systems development through translational, applied and basic research.
Jerris is a member of the American Society for Microbiology, the American Society for Clinical Pathology and the Association for Molecular Pathology. He was a founder of the SouthEastern Association for Clinical Microbiology. He has served ASM for 40 years in numerous positions, the latest as chair of the Professional Affairs Committee. He has represented the society at annual CMS meetings, advocating for and defining CPT code designations for clinical laboratory testing.
Jerris has been an author for a number of standards documents including the "Clinical Laboratory Standards Institute (the latest M47, Blood Cultures)," the joint IDSA/ASM publication: "A Guide to Utilization of the Microbiology Laboratory for Diagnosis of Infectious Diseases" and the joint ESPGHAN/NASPGHAN "Guidelines for the Management of Helicobacter pylori in Children and Adolescents" (in process). He serves as a member of the American Public Health Laboratories’ Antimicrobial Resistance task force and the NIH RADX Atlanta Center for Microsystems-Engineered Point-of-Care Technologies.
Jerris’ research interests include cost-effective, rapid, diagnostic testing for identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing and innovation in systems development through translational, applied and basic research.