James Franklin Bale Jr MD

James F. Bale, Jr., MD, Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology, previously served as the Vice Chair for Education in the Department of Pediatrics and the Director of the Categorical Pediatric Residency Program. Dr. Bale's clinical and research interests focus on congenital infections, especially those resulting from cytomegalovirus, and for many years, he ran an NIH-funded laboratory that investigated the molecular epidemiology of cytomegalovirus infections in young children.

Currently, his career focuses on education of medical students, residents and fellows. He directs the University of Utah's participation in Education in Pediatrics Across the Continuum, an Association of American Medical Colleges-sponsored program that involves four medical schools in the U.S. During his 30 years in academic child neurology, Dr. Bale has published over 150 manuscripts and more than 50 book chapters regarding clinical child neurology, neurologic infections, and pediatric education.

He is the senior author of a highly-regarded, illustrated textbook, The Handbook of Pediatric Neurology, that describes the diagnosis and management of many conditions affecting the nervous system of infants, children and adolescents. From 2003 to 2005, Dr. Bale served as President of the Child Neurology Society, and from 2010 to 2012 he was Chair of the Council of Pediatric Subspecialties, an organization devoted to the advancement of the pediatric subspecialties. He was a member of the Board of Trustees for Primary Children's Hospital, Salt Lake City, Utah, for ten years.