Melanie Christine Goebel, M.D.

Assistant Professor

Email

melanie.goebel@bcm.edu

Positions

Assistant Professor: Department of Medicine
Section of Infectious Diseases
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX, US

Associate Clinical Director: BCM-Houston AIDS Education and Training Center

Associate Program Director: BCM Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program

Education

MD from Baylor College of Medicine: 05/2013 - Houston, Texas, United States

Residency at Duke University: 08/2016 - Durham, North Carolina; Internal Medicine

BS from Trinity University: 05/2008 - San Antonio, Texas, United States; Biology

Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine: 06/2020 - Houston, TX; Infectious Diseases

Certifications

Board Certified in Internal Medicine: American Board of Internal Medicine

Board Certified in Infectious Diseases: American Board of Internal Medicine

Professional Statement

Dr. Goebel is an infectious diseases physician, Assistant Professor of Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, and Associate Clinical Director of the Baylor College of Medicine-Houston AIDS Education and Training Center (AETC). Her HIV expertise includes patient care and graduate medical education. As a clinician educator, she provides primary and specialty care to patients with HIV at Thomas Street Health Center (TSHC) and Ben Taub Hospital in Houston, Texas. She is passionate about providing empathetic and quality care to underserved and vulnerable patient populations, including people with HIV. In her role with the AETC, Dr. Goebel leads the interprofessional education program, collaborating with interdisciplinary faculty from health professional programs across Houston. As an HIV physician and educator, she is interested in using education to improve the quality of care and achieve key clinical outcomes in HIV care, including rapid initiation of antiretroviral therapy.

Websites

VIICTR Publications List

Selected Publications

Goebel MC, Trautner BW, Grigoryan L. " The Five Ds of Outpatient Antibiotic Stewardship for Urinary Tract Infections. " Clin Microbiol Rev. 2021 Dec 15; 34 (4)
Pubmed PMID: 34431702.
Goebel MC, Trautner BW, Wang Y, et al. " Organizational readiness assessment in acute and long-term care has important implications for antibiotic stewardship for asymptomatic bacteriuria. " Am J Infect Control. 2020 May 8; 48 (11)
Pubmed PMID: 32437753.

Projects

Baylor College of Medicine ECHO Facilitating Antiretroviral Start Earlier (BE FASTER) Program for Rapid Start: Baylor College of Medicine (01/2021 - present); Study on the implementation of a virtual community of practice for rapid initiation of antiretroviral therapy

Memberships

Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society

Infectious Diseases Society of America

American Medical Association

Texas Developmental Center for AIDS Research (TX D-CFAR): Member (09/2021)