Faculty
Monika Kumaraswamy, MD, D(ABMM)
Director, Mycobacteria/Nocardia Reference Laboratory
Director, Myco Institute
Chief of Infectious Diseases
Associate Professor of Medicine
Phone: 903.877.5942
Email: Monika.Kumaraswamy@uttyler.edu
Departments: Medcine and Microbiology & Immunology
Barbara Brown-Elliott, MS, MT(ASCP)SM, FAAM
Associate Director, Mycobacteria/Nocardia Reference Laboratory
Professor, Cellular and Molecular Biology and Medicine
Phone: 903.877.7685
Email: Barbara.Elliott@uttyler.edu
Departments: Medcine and Microbiology & Immunology
Barbara A. Brown-Elliott, MS, MT(ASCP)SM, is Professor of Microbiology and Associate Director of the CAP-accredited Mycobacteria/Nocardia Laboratory at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Tyler. Since joining the laboratory in 1988, she has become an internationally recognized authority in nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM), Nocardia, antimicrobial susceptibility testing, and laboratory diagnosis of mycobacterial infections.
A Fellow of the American Academy for Microbiology, Brown-Elliott has authored more than 300 scientific publications and chapters and has presented extensively at national and international conferences. She serves in leadership positions with CLSI working groups that establish standards for mycobacterial testing and has received numerous honors for her contributions to clinical microbiology, including the Gardner Middlebrook Award and the ASM Scherago-Rubin Award for Excellence in Microbiology.