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

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)