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Jan Patterson, M.D., Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
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Jan Patterson, M.D.

Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease

8300 Floyd Curl Dr San Antonio TX, 78229
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Dr. Jan Patterson is an integrative medicine and infectious disease specialist practicing in San Antonio, TX. Dr. Patterson specializes in infections that are difficult to diagnose or unresponsive to treatments. Infectious disease specialists usually work with conditions that are not treatable by a primary physician but it is important to keep contact with the primary physician in order to receive information about the patients history and for deciding which diagnostic tests are appropriate.

Dr. Patterson also has a consultative integrative medicine practice, and works to use natural, less invasive holistic therapies integrated with conventional therapies when possible to achieve whole person health--body, mind, and spirit.  She believes in using all the tools in the toolbox for health and wellness.

She is the lead author of the book, Breath for the Soul: Self-Care Steps to Wellness, that gives evidence and practical tools for using breath work, movement, nutrition, and spirit to cope with stress, anxiety, depress, and grief. Her co-author, Phyllis Clark Nichols, writes an accompanying inspirational guide to increase spiritual awareness for dealing with the difficulties in life.

Education and Training

UT Houston McGovern MD 1982

Vanderbilt University Internal Medicine Residency 1985

Yale University Infectious Diseases Fellowship 1988

Harvard SPH Masters in Health Care Mgt 2010

Board Certification

Infectious Disease (Internal Medicine)

Integrative Medicine (Physician Specialties)

Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM

Provider Details

Female English
Jan Patterson, M.D.
Jan Patterson, M.D.'s Expert Contributions
  • Is Chocolate Good for Me?

    This is American Chocolate Week, so it’s a good time to talk about this treat.The history of chocolate reveals that it has had medicinal uses since at least the 16th century, beginning in the New World in Olmec and Mayan culture. Chocolate made its way to Europe via Hernando Cortes and other...

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Areas of expertise and specialization

Integrative MedicineInfectious Diseases

Faculty Titles & Positions

  • Professor of Medicine/Infectious Diseases Long School of Medicine, UT Health San Antonio 1999 - Present
  • Assoc Dean Quality & Lifelong Learning Long School of Medicine, UT Health San Antonio 2010 - Present

Professional Memberships

  • Infectious Diseases Society of America  
  • Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America  
  • American College of Physicians, Master  

Internships

  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Fellowships

  • Yale University School of Medicine

Professional Society Memberships

  • Infectious Disease Society, San Antonio Society for Healthcare

Articles and Publications

  • many peer reviewed publications, journals, new bookthat came out, 2022, and is available on amazon: Breathe for the Soul

What do you attribute your success to?

  • Love of the Medical field, state of the art technology, research, patient care/safety, making a difference

Areas of research

Healthcare-associated infections, multi-drug resistant organisms, healthcare improvement education, essential oils

Jan Patterson, M.D.'s Practice location

UT Health San Antonio

8300 Floyd Curl Dr -
San Antonio, TX 78229
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UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEMl

4502 MEDICAL DR SAN ANTONIO TX 78229

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