MARITAL STATUS: Married; three children (Stephen, Mark,
Pilar)
EDUCATION:
HIGH SCHOOL: St. Vincent High School, Akron, Ohio
- 1952-1956
COLLEGE: University of Notre Dame - 1956-60
MEDICAL SCHOOL: Case-Western Reserve Medical School
- 1960-64
INTERNSHIP: Bellevue Hospital-II Medical Division
- 1964-65
RESIDENCY: Case-Western Reserve University, Division
of Dermatology
MILITARY: U.S. Public Health Service, Centers for Disease
Control, Atlanta, Georgia, 1968-1990. Military Retirement
FELLOWSHIPS: U.S.P.H.S. Post Doctorate Research Fellow
- 1965-1968, Guest Investigatory, Rockefeller University, New
York - 1970-1971
MEDICAL LICENSURE: National Board Examinations Parts
I, II, & III, Ohio State Medical Board Examinations, Georgia
Board of Medical Examiners - License No. 12175
BOARD CERTIFICATION: American Board of Dermatology -
1969, American Board Eligible: Board of Emergency Medicine
CERTIFICATES:
ACLS
ATLS
APLS
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
Society for Investigative Dermatology
American Academy of Dermatology
American Veneral Disease Association
American Society of Microbiology
The Harvey Society
American College of Emergency Physicians
Georgia Chapter - ACEP
Infectious Disease Society of America
American Medical Association
Atlanta Dermatology Association
HONORS, AWARDS, AND SOCIETIES:
National Honor Society - St. Vincent's High School
Magna cum laude - University of Notre Dame
Special Faculty Research Award - Case-Western Reserve Medical
School
U.S.P.H.S. J.D. Lane Award
Commendation Medal
Unit Commendation Award
Atlanta Magazine "Best Doctors" '95, '96
HOSPITAL PRIVILEGES:
West Paces Medical Center - Dermatology
Newton General Hospital, Covington, Georgia - Emergency
Medicine
St. Joseph's Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia - Dermatology
Kraus, S.J., Carbon Dioxide Fixation in Skin, J. Invest.
Dermatol. 47:10-15 (1960)
Kraus, S.J., Quantitation of Human Skin Surface Total Free
Fatty Acids, J. Invest. Dermatol. 51:497-501 (1968)
Kraus, S.J., Reduction in Skin Surface Free Fatty Acids
with Topical Tetracycline, J. Invest. Dermatol. 51:431-434
(1968)
Kraus, S.J., Increase in Skin Surface Lipids During Nutritional
Rehabilitation of Male Alcoholics, J. Invest. Dermatol. 53:46-50
(1969)
Kraus, S.J., Jaserick, J.R. and Lantz, M.A., Atypical FTA-ABS
Test Flourescence in Lupus Erythematosus Patients, J.A.M.A.
211:2140-2141 (1970)
Kraus, S.J., Haserick, J.R. and Lantz, M.A. Fluorescent
Treponemal Antibody-Absorption Test in Lupus Erythematosus,
Atypical Beading Pattern and Probable False-Positive Reactions.
N. Eng. J. Med. 282:1287-1290 (1970)
Kraus, S.J., Perkins, G.H. and Geller, R.C., Lymphocyte
Transformation in Repeated Gonococcal Urethritis, Infect.
Immun. 2:655-658 (1970)
Kraus, S.J., Haserick, J.R., Logan, L.C. and Bullard, J.C.,
Atypical Fluorescence in the FTA-ABS Test Related to Deoxyribonucleic
Acid Antibodies, J. Immunol. 106:1655-1669 (1971)
Kraus, S.J., and Daniels, K.C., Atypical FTA-ABS Test Reaction
as Initial Clue in the Diagnosis of Lupus Erythematosus. Arch.
Dermatol. 104:260-261 (197l)
Swanson, J., Kraus, S.J., and Gotschlich, E.C., Studies
on Gonococcus Infection. I Pili and Zones of Adhesion: Their
Relation to Gonococcal Growth Patterns. J. Exp. Med. 134:886-906
(1971)
Strobel, P.L. and Kraus, S.J., An Electron Microscopic
Study of the FTA-ABS "Bending" Phenomenon with Lupus
Erythematosus Sera. Using Ferritin-Conjugated Anti-Human IgG.
J. Immunol. 108:1152-1161 (1972)
Kraus, S.J., Complications of Gonococcal Infection, Med.
Clin. North Am. 56:1115-1125 (1972)
Kovalchik, M.T. and Kraus, S.J., Neisseria Gonorrhoeae:
Colonial Morphology of Rectal Isolates. Appl. Microbiol. 23:986-989
(1972)
Brown, W.J., Kraus, S.J., and Arko, R.J. Chimpanzee Urethral
Meningococci. Br. J. Vener. Dis. 49:88 (1973)
Kraus, S.J., False Positive Reactions. Part I. Nonsyphilitic
FTA-ABS Reaction in Lupus Erythematosus. In Sexually Transmitted
Disease, Nicholas, L. ed., Thomas, Springfield 88-94 (1973)
Volk, J. and Kraus, S.J., Asymptomatic Meningococcal Urethritis.
Possible Protective Values Against Gonococcal Infection by
Bacteriocin Production Br. J. Vener. Dis. 49:511-512 (1973)
Green, R.L., Scales, R.W., and Kraus, S.J., Radioimmunoassay
on Polycarbonate Membranes: A Sensitive and Simplified Method
for the Detection and Quantitation of Antibody. Appl. Microbiol.
27:475-479 (1974)
Kraus, S.J. and Glassman, L.H., Scanning Electron Microscopic
Study of Neisseria Gonorrhoeae. Appl. Microbiol. 27:584-592
(1974)
Buchanan, T.M., Swanson, J., Holmes, K.K., Kraus, S.J.,
and E.C. Gotschlich, Quantitative Determination of Antibody
to Gonococcal Pili, J. Clin. Invest. 52:2896-2909 (1974)
Green, R.L., Lewis, J.E., Kraus, S.J., and Frederickson,
E. L., Elevated Plasma Procaine Concentration After Administration
of Procaine Penicillin G, N. Eng. J. Med. 291:223-226 (1974)
Arko, R.J., Kraus, S.J., Brown, W.J., Buchanan, T.M., and
Kuhn, U.S.G., Neisseria Gonorrhoeae: Effects of Systemic Immunization
on Resistance of Chimpanzees to Urethral Infection, J. Infect.
Dis. 130:160-164 (1974)
Volk, J., and Kraus, S.J., Nongonococcal Urethritis: A
Veneral Disease as Prevalent as Epidemic Gonorrhea, Arch.
Intern. Med. 134:511-514 (1974)
Scales, R.W. and Kraus, S.J., Development and Passive Transfer
of Immunity to Gonococcal Infection in Guinea Pigs. Infect.
Immun. 10:1040-1043 (1974)
Kraus, S.J., and Ellison, N., Resistance to Gonorrhea Possibly
Mediated by Bacterial Interference, Appl. Microbiol. 27:1014-1016
(1974)
Kraus, S.J., Gonococcal Immunity Mediated by Bacterial
Interference in International Symposium on Gonorrhea, Information
Canada, Ottawa, 89-91 (1975)
Jacobs, N.F. and Kraus, S.J., Gonococcal and Nongonococcal
Urethritis in Men. Ann. Intern. Med. 82:7-12 (1975)
Puritz, E.M., Thompson, J.A., Dierberg, F., Kraus, S.J.,
and Yount, W.J., IgG Subclasses of Fluorescent Treponemal
Antibodies: Correlation with Compliment Fixation and Clinical
Stage, Clin. Immunol. Immunopathol. 4:352-361 (1975)
Kraus, S.J., Brown, W.J., and Arko, R.J., Acquired and
Natural Immunity to Gonococcal Infection in Chimpanzee. J.
Clin. Invest. 55:1349-1356 (1975)
Jacobs, N.F. and Kraus, S.J., Comparison of Hemoglobin
Free Culture Media and Thayer-Martin Medium for the Primary
Isolation of Neisseria Gonorrhoeae. J. Clin. Microbiol. 1:401-404
(1975)
Koransky, J.R., Scales, R.W., and Kraus, S.J., Bacterial
Hemagglutination by Neisseria Gonorrhoeae. Infect. Immun.
12:495-498 (1975)
Kraus, S.J., Immunite Antigonococcique due a une Interference
Bacterienne, La Vie Medicale au Canada Francais 4:1446-1448
(1975)
Chandler, F.W. and Kraus, S.J., Animal Model of Human Disease
- Experimental Gonorrhea in the Chimpanzee. Am. J. Pathol.
82:437-440 (1976)
Kraus, S.J. and Green, R.L., Pseudo-anaphylactic Reactions
with Procaine Penicillin: Pathophysiology. Cutis. 17:765-767
(1976)
Kraus, S.J., Gonorrhea: A Guide to the Management of the
Disease and Its Complications. Hosp. Med. 12:20-40 (1976)
Kraus, S.J. and Glassman, L.S., The Crab Louse - Review
of Physiology and Study of Anatomy as Seen by Scanning Electron
Microscopy. J. Am. Vener. Dis. Assoc. 2:12-18 (1976)
Chandler, F.W., Kraus, S.J., and Watts, J.C., Pathologic
Features of Experimental Gonococcal Infection in the Mouse
and Guinea Pig. Infect. Immun. 13:909-914 (1976)
Kraus, S.J., Geller, R.C., Perkihs, G.H., and Rhoden, D.L.,
Interference of Neisseria Gonorrhoeae Growth by Other Bacterial
Species. J. Clin. Microbiol. 4:288-295 (1976)
Green, R.L., Scales, R.W., and Kraus, S.J., Increased Serum
Immunoglobulin E Concentration in Venereal Disease. Br. J.
Vener. Dis. 52:257-260 (1976)
Lowe, T.L. and Kraus, S.J., Quantitation of Gonococci from
Women with Gonorrhea. J. Infect. Dis. 133:621-626 (1976)
Jacobs, N.F., Kraus, S.J., Thornsberry, C., and Bullard,
J., Isolation and Characterization of a Rough Colony Type
of Neisseria Gonorrhoeae. J. Clin. Microbiol. 5:365-369 (1977)
Kraus, S.J., Jacobs, N.F., Chandler, F.W., and Arum, E.S.,
Animal Models of Mycoplasma Hominis and T-mycoplasma Infection.
Infect. Immun. 16:302-307 (1977)
Jacobs, N.F., Arum, E.S., and Kraus, S.J., Nongonococcal
Urethritis: Role of Chlamydia Trachomatis. Ann. Intern. Med.
86:314 (1977)
Kraus, S.J., Laboratory Models for Neisseria Gonorrhoeae
Infection. In The Gonococcus Ed. R.B. Roberts. John Wiley
& Sons: New York 416-431 (1977)
Swartz, S.L., Kraus, S.J., Hermann, K.L., Stargel, M.D.,
Brown, W.J., and Allen, S.D., Diagnosis and Etiology of Nongonococcal
Urethritis. J. Infect. Dis. 138:445-454 (1978)
Ingraham, L.S., Kraus, S.J., and Brooks, G.F., Microbial
Inhibition of Neisseria Gonorrhoeae. In Immunobiology of Neisseria
Gonorrhoeae. Eds. G.F. Brooks, E.C. Gotschich, K.K. Holmes,
W.D. Sawyer, and F.E. Young. American Society of Microbiology.
Washington. 350-355 (1978)
Jacobs, N.F., Arum, E.S., and Kraus, S.J., Experimental
Infection of the Chimpanzee Urethra and Pharynx with Chlamydia
Trachomatis. Sex Transm. Dis. 5:132-136 (1978)
Kraus, S.J., Hager, W.D., Jacobs, N.F., Gonorrhea - Methods
of Treatment. In Current Therapy 1979. Ed. H.F. Conn., W.B.
Saunders Co., Philadelphia. 537-541 (1979)
Kraus, S.J., Incidence and Therapy of Gonococcal Pharyngitis,
Sex. Transm. Dis. 6:143-147 (1979)
Swartz, S.L. and Kraus, S.J., Persistent Urethral Leukocytosis
and Asymptomatic Chlamydial Urethritis. J. Infect. Dis. 140:614-617
(1979)
Kraus, S.J., Resistance to Gonorrhea Possibly Mediated
by the Genital Microbial Flora. Arch. Androl. 4:179-183 (1980)
Fouts, A.C. and Kraus, S.J., Trichomonas Vaginalis: Reevaluation
of Its Clinical Presentation and Laboratory Diagnosis. J.
Infect. Dis. 141:137-143 (1980)
Sottnek, F.O., Biddle, J.W., Kraus, S.J., Weaver, R.E.,
and Stewart, J.A., Isolation and Identification of Haemophilus
Ducreyi in a Clinical Study. J. Clin. Microbiol. 12:170-174
(1980)
Hager, W.D., Brown, S.T., Kraus, S.J., Kleris, G.S., Perkins,
G.J., and Henderson, M., Metronidazole for Vaginal Trichomoniasis.
Seven-day vs. Single-dose Regimen. J.A.M.A. 244:1219-1220
(1980)
Brown, S.T., Nalley, J.F., and Kraus, S.J., Molluscum Contagiosum.
Sex Transm. Dis. 8:227-234 (1981)
Oxtoby, M.J., Arnold, A.J., Zaidi, A.A., Kleris, G.S.,
and Kraus, S.J., Potential Shortcuts in the Laboratory Diagnosis
of Gonorrhea. Sex Transm. Dis. 9:59-62 (1982)
Kraus, S.J., Urethral Polymorphonuclear Leukocyte Semiquantitation
as Objective Evidence of Nongonococcal Urethritis. Sex. Transm.
Dis. 9:52-55 (1982)
Rodrigues, L.G., Bird, B.R., and Kraus, S.J., Resources
Needed to Culture Chlamydia Trachomatis in Laboratories of
Clinics for Sexually Transmitted Diseases. Sex Transm. Dis.
9:79-83 (1982)
Goodhart, M.E., Ogden, J., Zaidi, A.A., and Kraus, S.J.,
Factors Affecting the Performance of Smear and Culture Tests
for the Detection of Neisseria Gonorrhoeae. Sex Transm. Dis.
9:63-69 (1982)
Jaffe, H.W., Kraus, S.J., Edwards, T.A., Weinberger, S.S.,
and Zubrycki, L., Diagnosis of Gonorrhea Using a Genetic Transformation
Test on Mailed Clinical Specimen. J. Infect. Dis. 146:275-279
(1982)
Kraus, S.J., Kaufman, H.W., Albritton, W.L., Thornsberry,
C., and Biddle, J.W., Chancroid Therapy: A Review of Cases
Confirmed by Culture. Rev. Infect. Dis. 4:5848-5856 (1982)
Brown, S.T., Thompson, S.E., Biddle, J.W., Kraus, S.J.,
Zaidi, A.A., and Kleris, G.S., Treatment of Uncomplicated
Gonococcal Infection with Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole. Sex
Transm. Dis. 9:9-14 (1982)
Messing, M., Sottnek, F.O., Biddle, J.W., Schlater, L.K.,
Kramer, M.A., and Kraus, S.J., Isolation of Haemophilus Species
from the Genital Tract. Sex Transm. Dis. 10:56-61 (1983)
Burns, M., Rossi, P.H., Cox, D.W., Edwards, T., Kramer,
M., and Kraus, S.J., A Preliminary Evaluation of the Gonoenzyme
Test. Sex Transm. Dis. 10:180-183 (1983)
Greaves, W.L, Kraus, S.J., McCormack, W.M., Biddle, J.W.,
Zaidi, A., Fiumara, N.J., and Guinan, M.E., Cefoxitin vs.
Penicillin in the Treatment of Uncomplicated Gonorrhea. Sex
Transm. Dis. 10:53-55 (1983)
Kraus, S.J. and Rubin, D.S., The Notifiable Sexually Transmitted
Diseases. In. Clinical Chemotherapy. Vol II Antimicrobial
Chemotherapy. Editor Kuemmorle, H.P. Thieme - Stratton, New
York 229-252 (1983)
Kraus, S.J., Evaluation and Management of Acute Genital
Ulcers in Sexually Active Patients. Urol. Clin. North. Am.
11:155-162 (1984)
Salzman, R.S., Kraus, S.J., Miller, R.G., Sottnek, F.O.,
and Kleris, G.S., Chancroidal Ulcers That are Not Chancroid.
Arch. Dermatol. 120:636-639 (1984)
Plummer, F.A., Kraus, S.J., Sottnek, F.O., and Albritton,
W.L., Chancroid and Granuloma Inguinale. In. Laboratory Methods
for the Diagnosis of Sexually Transmitted Diseases. Eds. Wentworth,
B.B., and Judson, F.N., American Public Health Association,
Washington, D.C. 193-212 (1984)
Kraus, S.J., Genital Ulcer Adenopathy Syndrome, In. Sexually
Transmitted Diseases. Eds. Holmes, K.K., Mardh, P.A., Sparling,
P.A., and Wiesner, P.J., McGraw-Hill, New York. 706-713 (1984)
Albritton, W.L., Plummer, F.A., Sottnek, F.O., and Kraus,
S.J., Haemophilus Ducreyi and Calymmatobacterium Granulomatis.
In. Manual of Clinical Microbiology. Eds. Lennette, E.H.,
Balows, A., Hausler, W.J., and Shadomy, H.J., American Society
for Microbiology, Washington, D.C. 869-873 (1985)
Kraus, S.J., Syphilis, Granuloma Inguinale, Lymphoenanuloma
Venereum and Gonorrhea. In. 1986 Redbook. Ed. Peter, Georges,
American Academy of Pediatrics, Elk Grove Village, Ill. 160-169
and 346-352 (1986)
Kraus, S.J., Minor Sexually Transmitted Diseases. In. Currently
Therapy in Infectious Disease-2. Eds. Kass, E.H., Platt, R.,
C.V. Mosby Co., St. Louis. 258-261 (1986)
Landrum, S., Beck-Sague, C., Kraus, S.J., Racial Trends
in Syphilis Among Men with Same-Sex Partners in Atlanta, Georgia.
Am. J. Public Health 78:66-7 (1988)
Lossick, J.G. and Kraus, S.J., Syphilis, In. Bacterial
Infections of Humans, Eds. Evans, A., Brachman, P.S., Plenum
Medical Book Co., New York (1988)
Kraus, S.J., Reynolds, G.H., and Rolfs, R.T., Therapy of
Uncomplicated Antimicrobial-Resistant Neisseria Gonorrhoeae,
Sex. Transm. Dis. 15:234-243 (1988)
Roongpisuthipong, A., Lewis, J.S., Kraus, S.J., and Morse,
S.A., Gonococcal Urethritis Diagnosed from Enzyme Immunoassay
of Urine Sediment, Sex. Transm. Dis. 15:192-195 (1988)
Schmid, G.P., Matheny, L.C., Zaidu, A.A., and Kraus, S.J.,
Evaluation of Six Media for the Growth of Trichomonas Vaginalis
from Vaginal Secretions. J. Clin. Micro. 27:1230-1233 (1989)
Kraus, S.J. and Stone, K.M., Management of Genital Human
Papillomavirus Infection. Rev. Infect. Dis. 12: S620-S632
(1990)
Stone, K., Becker, T., Hadgu, A., Heidish, K., Miller,
R., and Kraus, S.J., Treatment of External Genital Warts:
A Randomized Clinical Trial Comparing Electrocautery, Cryotherapy,
and Podophyllin. Genitourin Med. 66: 16-19 (1990)
Kraus, S.J., Chancroid in Conn's 1997 Current Therapy.
Eds. Robert E. Rakel, W.B. Saunders, Orlando, 1997
Swinehart, J.M..; Sperling, M.; Kraus, S., et al. Intralesional
Fluorouracil/Epinephrine Injectable Gel for Treatment of Condylomata
Acuminata: A Phase III Clinical Study. Arch. Dermatol. 133:67-73
(1997)
Mertz, G.J., Loveless, M.O., Levin, M.J., Kraus, S.J.,
et al. Oral Famciclovir for Suppression of Recurrent Genital
Herpes Simplex Virus Infection in Women. Arch. Intern. Med.
157:343-349 (1997)
Whittington, W.L., Bird, B.R., Magder, L.S., Judson, F.N.,
Thompson, S.E., Rodrigues, L.S. Lossick, J.G., Smeltzer, M.,
and Kraus, S.J. Use of Stock Culture and Clinical Specimen
to Assess the Performance of Laboratories in the Isolation
of Chlamydia Trachomatis. Sex. Transm. Dis. In press.
Whittington, W.L., Lossick, J.G., Nigida, S.M., Miller,
I.R., Lee, F., Magder, L., Kraus, S.J., and Nahmias, A.J.
Asymptomatic Sexual Transmission of Herpes Simplex Virus.
J.A.M.A. In press.
Kraus, S. J.; Miller, B.H.; Swinehart, J.M., et al. Intralesional
Chemotherapy with Fluorouracil/Epinephrine Injectable Gel:
A Non-surgical Treatment for Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma.
Arch. Dermatol. In Press
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