Positions

Assistant Professor

Hospital Medicine
General Internal Medicine
Michael E DeBakey VA Medical Center
Houston, Texas, United States

Clinical Faculty Educator

Academy of Clinical Teaching & Assessment
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas, United States

Addresses

Michael E DeBakey VA Medical Center (Hospital)

2002 Holcombe Blvd
Houston, TX, 77030
United States

Education

BS from Rice University

05/2015 - Houston, Texas, United States

Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Biochemistry & Cell Biology

MD from Medical College of Georgia

05/2019 - Houston, Georgia, United States

Internship at Baylor College of Medicine

06/2020 - Houston, Texas, United States

Internal Medicine

Residency at Baylor College of Medicine

06/2022 - Houston, Texas, United States

Internal Medicine

Certifications

Physician License

Texas Medical Board

Board Certified in Internal Medicine

American Board of Internal Medicine

Honors & Awards

Physician’s Physician Award

(05/2019)

Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award

(04/2019)

Gold Humanism Honor Society Inductee

(04/2018)

Eagle Scout

Boy Scouts of America (12/2009)

Excellent Resident: Outpatient Medicine

Baylor College of Medicine (06/2022)

Outstanding Resident Educator Award

Baylor College of Medicine (05/2021)

Outstanding Resident Educator Award

Baylor College of Medicine (06/2022)

Professional Educator Appreciation and Recognition (PEAR) Award

Baylor College of Medicine (08/2021)

Annual Showcase of Educational Scholarship Finalist

Baylor College of Medicine (09/2023)

Hospitalist of the Year

BCM Section of General Internal Medicine (05/2025)

Early Career Faculty Award for Excellence in Patient Care

BCM Faculty Affairs (12/2025)

Professional Interests

• Medical Education
• Hospital Medicine
• Global Health
• Clinical Reasoning
• Quality Improvement
• Hospital Administration

Selected Publications

• East L, Lyon M, Agrawal P, Islam Z, Newell M, Hockman T, Heger I, Xu H, Kuchinski A, Gibson R. " Increased Intracranial Pressure Damages Optic Nerve Structural Support " 2019 Oct 23; 36 (22)
  Pubmed PMID: 31256706.
• Johnson E, Boggavarapu Z, Johnson E, Lal A, Agrawal P, Bhaumik S, Murali-Krishna K, Chakraborty R. " Human Cytomegalovirus Enhances Placental Susceptibility and Replication of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1), Which May Facilitate In Utero HIV-1 Transmission " 2018 Nov 1; 218 (9) : 1464-1473.
  Pubmed PMID: 29860306.
• Lyon M, Agrawal P, Friez K, Gordon R, Morales I, Zhang L, Xu H, Heger I, Gibson R. " Effect of History of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury on Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter Changes after Valsalva Maneuver " 2018 Feb 15; 35 (4)
  Pubmed PMID: 29356623.

Projects

A Multidisciplinary Bundled Intervention to Reduce Rates of Catheter Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) Among Veterans admitted to Acute Care Medicine Wards

A Comprehensive, Multifaceted Quality Improvement Approach to Improving Resident Evaluation Completion Rates

Memberships

American College of Physicians

Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine

Languages

German