Phillip I Tarr, MD
*Pediatrics - certified
St. Louis Children's Hospital
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
For Patients:
To request an appointment, call 800.678.KIDS (5437) or fill out our online form.
For Referring Physicians:
To refer a patient, call Children's Direct at 800.678.HELP (4357).
Education
Internship: University of Washington Seattle
Residency: University of Washington Seattle
Fellowship: University of Washington Seattle
Health Plans Accepted
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Aetna HMO |
Aetna Managed Choice POS |
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Aetna PPO |
Baxter Regional PHO |
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BCBS of IL PPO |
BCBS/Anthem(Blue Access Choice PPO |
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BCBS/Anthem(Blue Access PPO) |
Beech Street/Capp Care PPO |
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Best Doctors Inc |
Capital Regional Medical Center PP |
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Cigna Open Access HMO/POS |
Cigna PPO |
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CMR (Care Management Resources) |
Community Care Network PPO |
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CorVel PPO |
Decatur Memorial Tertiary/Quarterna |
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First Health |
GHP Advantra HMO |
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GHP HMO/POS |
GHP PPO |
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Great-West HMO/POS |
Great-West Open Access |
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Great-West PPO |
Hannibal Health Network Tertiary |
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Health Alliance HMO & PPO |
HealthCare USA MC+ |
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Healthlink Open Access/HMO/POS |
Healthlink PPO |
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HFN Inc. PPO |
Humana PPO/ChoiceCare Network |
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Illinois Public Aid/Health Connect |
IPA Secondary to Medicare |
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Mail Handlers/CNA PPO |
Medicaid MO/ Missouri HealthNet |
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Medicare |
Mercy Health Plan HMO/POS |
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Mercy Health Plan PPO |
MO Medicaid Secondary to Medicare |
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Molina Healthcare MC+ |
MultiPlan PPO |
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PPO Next/HealthStar |
Primrose Tertiary/Quarternary |
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Private Health Care Systems PPO |
Providers Network of America |
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Quincy Health Care Management |
St. John's Health System Tertiary |
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Tricare/Triwest Prime HMO/POS |
Tricare/Triwest Extra PPO |
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Union Pacific RR Emp. Health System |
United Healthcare Choice/Choice+ |
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United Healthcare PPO/ Options |
United Healthcare Select/Select+POS |
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USA Managed Care Org |
Wellborn HMO |
Early volume expansion during diarrhea and relative nephroprotection during subsequent hemolytic uremic syndrome.Hickey CA, Beattie TJ, Cowieson J, Miyashita Y, Strife CF, Frem JC, Peterson JM, Butani L, Jones DP, Havens PL, Patel HP, Wong CS, Andreoli SP, Rothbaum RJ, Beck AM, Tarr PI.Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2011 Oct;165(10):884-9. Epub 2011 Jul 22.
- PMID:
- 21784993
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citationsObscured phylogeny and possible recombinational dormancy in Escherichia coli.Leopold SR, Sawyer SA, Whittam TS, Tarr PI.BMC Evol Biol. 2011 Jun 27;11:183.
- PMID:
- 21708031
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Free PMC ArticleRelated citationsBacterial DNA content in the intestinal wall from infants with necrotizing enterocolitis.Bucher BT, McDuffie LA, Shaikh N, Tarr PI, Warner BB, Hamvas A, White FV, Erwin CR, Warner BW.J Pediatr Surg. 2011 Jun;46(6):1029-33.
- PMID:
- 21683193
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citationsProinflammatory fecal mRNA and childhood bacterial enteric infections.Bennett WE Jr, González-Rivera R, Puente BN, Shaikh N, Stevens HJ, Mooney JC, Klein EJ, Denno DM, Draghi A II, Sylvester FA, Tarr PI.Gut Microbes. 2010 Jul;1(4):209-212. Epub 2010 Jul 13.
- PMID:
- 21327027
- [PubMed]
Free PMC ArticleRelated citationsChromosomal instability in enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7: impact on adherence, tellurite resistance and colony phenotype.Bielaszewska M, Middendorf B, Tarr PI, Zhang W, Prager R, Aldick T, Dobrindt U, Karch H, Mellmann A.Mol Microbiol. 2011 Feb;79(4):1024-44. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07499.x. Epub 2011 Jan 4.
- PMID:
- 21299654
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Free PMC ArticleRelated citationsFurther evidence of constrained radiation in the evolution of pathogenic Escherichia coli O157:H7.Leopold SR, Shaikh N, Tarr PI.Infect Genet Evol. 2010 Dec;10(8):1282-5. Epub 2010 Aug 5.
- PMID:
- 20691811
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citationsDeer sausage: a newly identified vehicle of transmission of Escherichia coli O157:H7.Ahn CK, Russo AJ, Howell KR, Holt NJ, Sellenriek PL, Rothbaum RJ, Beck AM, Luebbering LJ, Tarr PI.J Pediatr. 2009 Oct;155(4):587-9.
- PMID:
- 19773004
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citationsShiga toxin 1 interaction with enterocytes causes apical protein mistargeting through the depletion of intracellular galectin-3.Laiko M, Murtazina R, Malyukova I, Zhu C, Boedeker EC, Gutsal O, O'Malley R, Cole RN, Tarr PI, Murray KF, Kane A, Donowitz M, Kovbasnjuk O.Exp Cell Res. 2010 Feb 15;316(4):657-66. Epub 2009 Sep 8.
- PMID:
- 19744479
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Free PMC ArticleRelated citationsA method for isolating and analyzing human mRNA from newborn stool.Bennett WE Jr, González-Rivera R, Shaikh N, Magrini V, Boykin M, Warner BB, Hamvas A, Tarr PI.J Immunol Methods. 2009 Sep 30;349(1-2):56-60. Epub 2009 Aug 3.
- PMID:
- 19660464
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Free PMC ArticleRelated citationsThe Escherichia coli ycbQRST operon encodes fimbriae with laminin-binding and epithelial cell adherence properties in Shiga-toxigenic E. coli O157:H7.Samadder P, Xicohtencatl-Cortes J, Saldaña Z, Jordan D, Tarr PI, Kaper JB, Girón JA.Environ Microbiol. 2009 Jul;11(7):1815-26. Epub 2009 Mar 11.
- PMID:
- 19508558
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Free PMC ArticleRelated citationsAcute bloody diarrhea: a medical emergency for patients of all ages.Holtz LR, Neill MA, Tarr PI.Gastroenterology. 2009 May;136(6):1887-98. Epub 2009 May 7. Review.
- PMID:
- 19457417
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citationsA precise reconstruction of the emergence and constrained radiations of Escherichia coli O157 portrayed by backbone concatenomic analysis.Leopold SR, Magrini V, Holt NJ, Shaikh N, Mardis ER, Cagno J, Ogura Y, Iguchi A, Hayashi T, Mellmann A, Karch H, Besser TE, Sawyer SA, Whittam TS, Tarr PI.Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2009 May 26;106(21):8713-8. Epub 2009 May 13.
- PMID:
- 19439656
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Free PMC ArticleRelated citationsTri-county comprehensive assessment of risk factors for sporadic reportable bacterial enteric infection in children.Denno DM, Keene WE, Hutter CM, Koepsell JK, Patnode M, Flodin-Hursh D, Stewart LK, Duchin JS, Rasmussen L, Jones R, Tarr PI.J Infect Dis. 2009 Feb 15;199(4):467-76.
- PMID:
- 19281302
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Free ArticleRelated citationsShiga-toxin producing Escherichia coli and the hemolytic uremic syndrome: what have we learned in the past 25 years?Ahn CK, Holt NJ, Tarr PI.Adv Exp Med Biol. 2009;634:1-17. No abstract available.
- PMID:
- 19280844
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citationsFrom diarrhoea to haemolytic uraemic syndrome - when to seek advice.Pollock KG, Stewart A, Beattie TJ, Todd WT, Ahn CK, Tarr PI, Cowden JM.J Med Microbiol. 2009 Apr;58(Pt 4):397-8. No abstract available.
- PMID:
- 19273631
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Free ArticleRelated citationsShiga toxin-associated hemolytic uremic syndrome and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura: distinct mechanisms of pathogenesis.Tarr PI.Kidney Int Suppl. 2009 Feb;(112):S29-32. Review.
- PMID:
- 19180128
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citationsEnteric infections and diagnostic testing.Bennett WE Jr, Tarr PI.Curr Opin Gastroenterol. 2009 Jan;25(1):1-7. Review.
- PMID:
- 19114768
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citationsParental management of childhood diarrhea.Li ST, Klein EJ, Tarr PI, Denno DM.Clin Pediatr (Phila). 2009 Apr;48(3):295-303. Epub 2008 Nov 20.
- PMID:
- 19023110
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Related citationsDetection and characterization of the fimbrial sfp cluster in enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O165:H25/NM isolates from humans and cattle.Bielaszewska M, Prager R, Vandivinit L, Müsken A, Mellmann A, Holt NJ, Tarr PI, Karch H, Zhang W.Appl Environ Microbiol. 2009 Jan;75(1):64-71. Epub 2008 Oct 31.
- PMID:
- 18978078
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Free PMC ArticleRelated citationsThe late 1970s: a lull in the action on kuru.Tarr PI.Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2008 Nov 27;363(1510):3668-70. No abstract available.
- PMID:
- 18849276
- [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]











