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Email

melanie.goebel@bcm.edu

Positions

Assistant Professor

Department of Medicine
Section of Infectious Diseases
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Houston, TX US

Associate Clinical Director

BCM-Houston AIDS Education and Training Center

Associate Program Director

BCM Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program

Education

MD from ²ÝÁñÉçÇøÈë¿Ú

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 ²ÝÁñÉçÇøÈë¿Ú

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 ²ÝÁñÉçÇøÈë¿Ú, and Associate Clinical Director of the ²ÝÁñÉçÇøÈë¿Ú-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 "." Clin Microbiol Rev. 2021 Dec 15;34(4) Pubmed PMID:
• Goebel MC, Trautner BW, Wang Y, et al "." Am J Infect Control. 2020 May 8;48(11) Pubmed PMID:

Projects

²ÝÁñÉçÇøÈë¿Ú ECHO Facilitating Antiretroviral Start Earlier (BE FASTER) Program for Rapid Start

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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)