Email

jaserpaa@bcm.edu

Positions

Professor

Department of Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases
Baylor College of Medicine

Medical Director of HIV Services and Thomas Street Health Center

Harris Health System

Addresses

One Baylor Plaza (Office)

MS: BCM285, Suite 672E
Houston, TX 77030
United States

Education

MD from Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia

03/1999 - Lima, Peru

Research Fellowship at The Institute of Tropical Medicine Alexander von Humboldt

05/2002 - Lima, Peru

Residency at Henry Ford Hospital

06/2005 - Detroit, Michigan

Internal Medicine

Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine

06/2008 - Houston

Infectious Diseases

MS from Baylor College of Medicine

07/2010 - Houston

Clinical Investigation

PhD from University of Texas School of Public Health

12/2022 - Houston, Texas United States

Healthcare Management and Health Policy

Certifications

Board certified in Infectious Diseases

Board certified in Internal Medicine

Certificate of Knowledge in Clinical Tropical Medicine and Traveler's Health

Honors & Awards

Norton Rose Fulbright Faculty Excellence Award in Educational Leadership

Fulbright & Jaworski LLP Faculty Excellence Award in Teaching and evaluation

Norton Rose Fulbright Faculty Excellence Award in Development of Enduring Educational Materials

Norton Rose Fulbright Faculty Excellence Award in Teaching and Evaluation

Professional Statement

I am currently involved in patient care, medical education, and clinical research. My professional interests include care of people living with HIV, and healthcare management. I have served as the director of the infectious diseases fellowship program since 2013, and I currently provide clinical care at Thomas Street Health Center (HIV clinic), and Ben Taub Hospital.

Websites

Selected Publications

• Infectious Diseases Society of America Training Program Directors’ Committee "The Struggling Infectious Diseases Fellow: Remediation Challenges and Opportunities." Open Forum Infect Dis. 2020 Mar;7(3):ofaa058. Pubmed PMID: 32166097
• Serpa JA, Knights S, Farmakiotis D, Campbell J "Brucellosis in Adults and Children: A 10-Year Case Series at Two Large Academic Hospitals in Houston, Texas." South Med J. 2018 Jun;111(6):324-327. Pubmed PMID: 29863218
• Serpa JA, Rueda AM, Somasunderam A, Utay NS, Lewis D, Couturier JP, Breaux KG, Rodriguez-Barradas M "Long-term Use of Proton Pump Inhibitors Is Associated With Increased Microbial Product Translocation, Innate Immune Activation, and Reduced Immunologic Recovery in Patients With Chronic Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 Infection." Clin Infect Dis. 2017 Oct 30;65(10):1638-1643. Pubmed PMID: 29020215
• Andrade R, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Yasukawa K, Villarreal E, Ross M, Serpa JA "Single Dose Versus 3 Doses of Intramuscular Benzathine Penicillin for Early Syphilis in HIV: A Randomized Clinical Trial." Clin Infect Dis. 2017 Mar 15;64(6):759-764. Pubmed PMID: 28200045

Memberships

Fellow of the American College of Physicians

Fellow of the Infectious Diseases Society of America

American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Peruvian College of Physicians

Languages

Spanish