ARMANDO R. CABALLERO, Ph.D. CURRICULUM VITAE HOME ...

ARMANDO R. CABALLERO, Ph.D.
CURRICULUM VITAE
HOME ADRESS: 1218B Poplar Blvd
Jackson, Mississippi 39202
Phone: (601) 968-0605
DATE OF BIRTH: November 18, 1955
MARITAL STATUS: Single
OFFICE ADRESS: Department of Microbiology
University of Mississippi Medical Center
2500 North State Street
Jackson, MS 39216
Phone- (601) 815-6938
Fax- (601) 984-1708
Email- caballe2004@yahoo.com
PRESENT ACADAMIC RANK: Assistant Research Professor
EDUCATION:
High School: Cardinal Newman High School
Columbia, South Carolina, 1974
College: University of South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina; Bachelor of Science,
Biology, 1978
Graduate School: Louisiana State University Medical Center
New Orleans, Louisiana
Ph.D., Microbiology, 1993
Postdoctoral: Louisiana State University Medical Center
New Orleans, Louisiana, 1994-1997
Department of Microbiology
Louisiana State University Eye Center
New Orleans, Louisiana, 1997-2000
Department of Ophthalmology
Research Assistant Professor: Louisiana State University Health Sciences
Center. New Orleans Louisiana, 2001-
Present Department of Microbiology

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:
Postdoctoral Fellow, LSU Medical Center, 1994-1997
Postdoctoral Fellow, LSU Eye Center, 1997-2000
Assistant Research Professor, LSU Health Science Center, 2001
TEACHING RESPONSIBILITIES:
Teaching Assistant, Medical Microbiology Laboratory, LSU Medical Center, New Orleans
Louisiana, 1985-1988
Teaching Assistant, Microbiology Lectures and Laboratory, Loyola University, New
Orleans, Louisiana, 1988
Teaching Assistant, Health Science, LSU Nursing School, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1986present
Teaching Assistant, Advanced Bacteriology, LSU Health Science Center, New Orleans,
Louisiana, 2001
Teaching Assistant, Microbiology, LSU Dental School, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2002-2005
PUBLICATIONS:
Thibodeaux BA, Caballero AR, Dajcs JJ, Marquart ME, Engel LS, O’Callaghan RJ.
Pseudomonas aeruginosa protease IV: a corneal virulence factor of low
immunogenicity. Ocul Immunol Inflamm. 13: 1-11, 2005.
Marquart ME, Dajcs JJ, Caballero AR, Thibodeaux BA, O’Callaghan RJ. Calcium and
magnesium enhance the production of Pseudomonas aeruginosa protease IV, a
corneal virulence factor. Med Microbiol Immunol. 194: 39-45, 2005.
Reed JM, O’Callaghan RJ, Girgis DO, McCormick CC, Caballero AR, Marquart ME. Ocular
virulence of capsule-deficient Streptococcus pneumonia in a rabbit keratitis model.
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 46: 604-608, 2005.
Marquart ME, Caballero AR, Chomnawang M, Thibodeaux BA, Twining SS, O’Callaghan
RJ. Identification of a novel secreted protease from Pseudomonas aeruginosa that
causes corneal erosions. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 46(10): 3761-3768, 2005.
Caballero AR, Thibodeaux BA, Dajcs JJ, Marquart ME, Johnston KH, O’Callaghan RJ. The
effectiveness of fluoroquinolone antibiotics for experimental Mycobacterium
abscessus keratitis. Curr Eye Res. [submitted for publication], 2005.
Caballero AR, Thibodeaux, BA, Marquart, ME, Traidej, M, O’Callaghan, RJ. Pseudomonas
keratitis: protease IV gene conservation, distribution, and production relative to
virulence and other Pseudomonas proteases. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 45 (2): 522-
530, 2004.

Thibodeaux BA, Djacs JJ, Caballero AR, Marquart ME, Girgis DO, O’Callaghan RJ.
Quantitative comparison of fluoroquinolone therapies of experimental Gram-negative
bacterial keratitis. Curr Eye Res. 28: 337-342, 2004.
Traidej M, Caballero AR, Marquart ME, Thibodeaux BA, O’Callaghan RJ. Molecular
analysis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa protease IV expressed in Pseudomonas putida.
IOVS 44 (1):190-196, 2003.
Traidej M, Marquart ME, Caballero AR, Thibodeaux BA, O’Callaghan RJ. Identification of
the active site residues of Pseudomonas aeruginosa protease IV. J. Biol. Chem. 278
(4): 2549-2553, 2003.
Dajcs JJ, Moreau JM, Stroman DW, Schlech BA, Ke TL, Thibodeaux BA, Girgis DO,
Caballero AR, O'Callaghan RJ. The effectiveness of tobramycin or ofloxacin therapy
in a prophylaxis model of Staphylococcus keratitis. Curr Eye Res. 23:60-63, 2001.
White CD, Alionte LG, Cannon BS, Caballero AR, O’Callaghan RJ. Corneal virulence of
Las A protease-deficient Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1. Cornea 20 (6): 643-646,
2001.
Alionte LG, Cannon BM, White CD, Caballero AR, O’Callaghan RJ, Hobden JA.
Pseudomonas aeruginosa Las A protease and corneal infections. Curr. Eye Res. 22:
266-271, 2001.
Caballero AR, Moreau, JM, Engel, LS, Marquart, ME, Hill, JM, O’Callaghan, RJ.
Pseudomonas aeruginosa protease IV enzyme assays and comparison to other
Pseudomonas proteases. Analytical Biochem. 290: 330-337, 2001.
Marquart, ME, Hume, EB, Zheng,X, Caballero AR, Hill, JH, O’Callaghan, RJ. Bacterial
Keratitis in Ophthalmology Vol 2, Agarwal, A, editor. Thorofare, NJ: SLACK Inc.
2001.
Dajcs, JJ, Hume, EB, Moreau, JM, Caballero, AR, Cannon, BM, O’Callaghan, RJ.
Lysostaphin treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in the rabbit.
IOVS 41(6):1432-1437, 2000.
Caballero AR, Lottenberg R, Johnston K. Cloning, expression, sequence
analysis and characterization of streptokinases secreted by porcine and equine isolates of
Streptococci equisimilis. Infect. Immun. 67(12): 6478-6486, 1999.
Engel LS, Hill, JM, Caballero AR, Green LC, O'Callaghan RJ: Protease IV, a unique
extracellular and virulence factor from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. J. Biol. Chem. 273:
16792-16797, 1998.

ABSTRACTS :
Caballero AR, Thibodeaux BA, Reed JJ, Marquart ME, McCormick CC, Monds KS,
O’Callaghan RJ. Virulence of Staphylococcus epidermidis strains in the rabbit cornea.
ARVO Annual Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, FL., May 2005.
Marquart ME, Caballero AR, Thibodeaux BA, O’Callaghan RJ. Isolation and identification
of a secreted protease from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. ARVO Annual Meeting, Fort
Lauderdale, FL, May 2004.
Caballero AR, B.A. Thibodeaux, J.J. Dajcs, M.E. Marquart, K.H. Johnston,J.T. Bush, R.J.
O’Callaghan. Effectiveness of Fluoroquinolone Antibiotics for Experimental
Mycobacterium chelonae Keratitis. OMIG, Anaheim, California, November 2003.
Marquart ME, Caballero AR, Dajcs JJ, Girgis DO, Thibodeaux BA, O’Callaghan RJ.
Enhancement of Pseudomonas aeruginosa protease IV and pyoverdine productin.
Pseudomonas 2003, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, September 2003.
B.A. Thibodeaux, A.R. Caballero, J.J. Dajcs, R.J. O’Callaghan. Immunization with
Recombinant Protein Preparations to Elicit and Immune Response Against Protease
IV: A Potential Virulence Factor of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Keratitis. IOIS, Padova,
Italy, May 2003.
J. Dajcs, B. Thibodeaux, D. Girgis, A. Caballero, M. Marquart, G. Sloop, R. O’Callaghan.
The Corneal Pathogenesis of Staphylococcus aureus Gamma Toxin. IOIS, Padova,
Italy, May 2003.
M. Traidej, AR Caballero, ME Marquart, BA Thibodeaux, RJ O’Callaghan. Molecular
Cloning and Expression Analysis of a Lysine Specific Proteinase, Protease IV from
Pseudomonas aeruginosa. ARVO Annual Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, FL, May 2002.
A.R. Caballero, B. Thibodeaux, M. Marquart, M. Traidej, R.O’Callaghan. Pseudomonas
Protease and Corneal Virulence. ARVO Annual Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, FL, May
2002.
Thibodeaux B, Caballero A, Traidej M, Marquart M, O’Callaghan R. Sequence, Structure,
and Immunogenicity of Protease IV, an Extracellular Lysine-Specific Protease of P.
aeruginosa. Pseudomonas 2001 Convention, Brussels, Belgium. September 2001.
M Traidej, AR Caballero, JM Moreau, BA Thibodeaux, ME Marquart RJ O'Callaghan.
Molecular Cloning and Expression Analysis of a Lysine Specific Protease, Protease
IV from Pseudomonas aeruginosa. LSUHSC Research Day, New Orleans, LA, May
2001.
Caballero A, B Thibodeaux, Marquart M, J Moreau, Traidej M, O’Callaghan R. Cloning of
P. aeruginosa Protease IV Gene and Expression of Active Form in E. coli. ARVO
Annual Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, FL, May 2001.

Thibodeaux BA, Caballero AR, Engel LS, Dajcs JJ, Cannon BM, O’Callaghan RJ. Use of
recombinant protein preparations to elicit an antibody to protease IV: a virulence
factor of Pseudomonas aeruginosa keratitis. ARVO Annual Meeting, Fort Lauderdale,
FL, May 2001.
O’Callaghan RJ, Hume EBH, Dajcs JJ, Wilcox MDP, Moreau JM, Thibodeaux BA, Cannon
BM, Traidej M, Hill JM, Caballero AR. Pseudomonas versus Staphylococcus:
Topical inoculation of the rabbit cornea. ARVO Annual Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, FL,
May 2000.
Caballero AR, Thibodeaux BA, Moreau JM, Traidej M, Cannon BM, Hill JM, O’Callaghan
RJ. Detection of Protease IV and Distribution of the Protease IV Gene in
Pseudomonas. ARVO Annual Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, FL, May 2000.
Cannon BM, Moreau JM, Caballero A, Thibodeaux BA, Traidej M, Hill JM, Kuang R, He S,
Groutas WC, O’Callaghan RJ. Effectiveness of Protease Inhibitors Against Protease
IV of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. ARVO Annual Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, FL, May
2000.
Moreau JM, Hume EBH, Dajcs JJ, Caballero AR, Willcox MDP, O’Callaghan RJ. New
topical model of Staphylococcus aureus keratitis reveals an early role of alpha-toxin in
infection. 9 th Annual International Symposium on Staphylococci and Staphylococcal
Infections. Kolding, Denmark, 2000.
Dajcs JJ, Hume EBH, Caballero AR, Moreau JM, O’Callaghan RJ. Lysostaphin is effective
in treating eye infections caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus
(MRSA). 9 th Annual International Symposium on Staphylococci and Staphylococcal
Infections. Kolding, Denmark, 2000.
Caballero, AR, Moreau, JM, Engel, LS, O’Callaghan, RJ. Sequence analysis of
Pseudomonas protease IV. ARVO Annual Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, FL, May 1999.
Chiou AG-Y, Maitchouk DY, Varnell RJ, Fenton J, Haag AM, Beuerman RW, Ohta T,
Kaufman SC, O'Callaghan RJ, Moreau JM, Hume EBH, Caballero AR, Cannon BM,
Abuladze IT, Hill JM, Kaufman JM. Assessment of experimental pseudomonas
endophthalmitis using maldi time of flight mass spectrometry. ARVO Annual
Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, FL, May 1998.
Cannon BM, Fenton J, Moreau JM, Hume EBH, Abuladze IT, Caballero AR, Hill JM,
Peyman GA, O'Callaghan RJ. Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence in a rabbit
endophthalmitis model. ARVO Annual Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, FL, May 1998.
Caballero, AR, Engel LS, Cannon BM, Hill JM, O'Callaghan RJ. Further characterization of
Pseudomonas aeruginosa protease IV. ARVO Annual Meeting, Fort Lauderdale, FL,
May 1998.