UTHealth Houston Infectious Diseases

Based in the Texas Medical Center, the largest medical complex in the world, we provide patient care and advanced infectious diseases research.

[UTHealth Houston Infectious Diseases @ut_infectious]

We’re excited to welcome our Infectious Diseases Fellowship Class of 2026 to UTHealth Houston! 🎉
This exceptional group brings compassion, curiosity, and dedication to patient care.
Welcome to the UTHealth family! 🧡🩺
#Match2026 #UTHealthHouston #InfectiousDiseases

[Harrys Torres @HarrysTorres01]

Congratulations to our Dimitrios Kontoyiannis for receiving today the Distinguished Alumnus Award from Baylor College of Medicine @bcmhouston @BCMDeptMedicine @BCMIDFellowship @MDAndersonNews

[UTHealth Houston Infectious Diseases @ut_infectious]

Fantastic session on Viral Hepatitis with Dr. @HarrysTorres01 and our outstanding ID family! #IDweek @IDWeekmtg

[Harrys Torres @HarrysTorres01]

Great session today on What is New on Viral #Hepatitis from A to to E #IDWeek2025 #HepatitisElimination #HepB, #HepC @IDSAInfo, @IDWeekmtg

[Harrys Torres @HarrysTorres01]

Great session today on What is New on Viral #Hepatitis from A to to E #IDWeek2025 #HepatitisElimination #HepB, #HepC @IDSAInfo, @IDWeekmtg

[UTHealth Houston Infectious Diseases @ut_infectious]

Our outstanding Infectious Diseases Team at @MDAndersonNews #IDtwitter

[Harrys Torres @HarrysTorres01]

Assisting many patients @MDAndersonNews this weekend on call, an international group of infectious disease providers from the #USA, #PuertoRico, #Iran, #Japan, #Azerbaijan, and #Venezuela is ready to help those in need. @UT_infectious @BCMIDFellowship

[Harrys Torres @HarrysTorres01]

Assisting many patients @MDAndersonNews this weekend on call, an international group of infectious disease providers from the #USA, #PuertoRico, #Iran, #Japan, #Azerbaijan, and #Venezuela is ready to help those in need. @UT_infectious @BCMIDFellowship

[Harrys Torres @HarrysTorres01]

Congratulations to the awesome group of #InfectiousDiseases fellows
@UT_infectious and @BCMIDFellowship on their graduation. The finish line is now yours! @MDAndersonNews @bcmhouston and @UTHealthHouston building provider capacity to treat infections worldwide @ESCMID @IDSAInfo

[Harrys Torres @HarrysTorres01]

Assisting numerous patients this weekend on call @MDAndersonNews while observing the prominent role of
women in #medicine and infectious diseases @UT_infectious @BCMIDFellowship @AAPAorg @IDSAInfo @ESCMID

[UTHealth Houston Infectious Diseases @ut_infectious]

Elevator pitch for shorter course as outlined by the amazing @idpharmd at the @WinterCourseID

[UTHealth Houston Infectious Diseases @ut_infectious]

We are so excited to announce our 2025 ID fellows! We can't wait to welcome you all to Houston and @TXMedCenter. #Match2025 #IDdocs

[UTHealth Houston Infectious Diseases @ut_infectious]

A big thank you to one of our new Surgical ID faculty Dr. Chen for an amazing talk on treating osteomyelitis at our core conference! A great summary of a complex and difficult-to-treat infection. #meded #MedTwitter #infectiousdisease

[RHasbun @RHasbun2]

Exciting opportunity! UTHealth Houston is offering a one-year fellowship in solid organ Transplant Infectious Diseases. Train in caring for kidney, liver, lung, and heart transplant patients.
May meet at ID week, please contact @RHasbun2

[Takahiro Matsuo (Taka), MD @TakaMatsuo_ID]

【Graduation Party 2024】

Thank you very much to @MDAndersonNews @UT_Infectious for amazing training opportunity!

I appreciate all faculty and fellows!

I miss you all!

@POkhuysen @ChemalyRoy @HarrysTorres01 @eduardo_yepezg @10e_John @DrLuisO @benjbarnett64 @DBhamidipatee

[UTHealth Houston Infectious Diseases @ut_infectious]

Congrats to all of our fellows who presented their posters at ID week this year!

[BCM ID Fellowship @BCMIDFellowship]

A big thank you to the @MDAndersonNews ID department @POkhuysen and @eduardo_yepezg for a great fellows dinner last night at #IDWeek2023

@BCMIDFellowship @PrathitKulkarni @ut_infectious

[Harrys Torres @HarrysTorres01]

Thank you @A_Spallonii for hosting a great event sponsored by the Infectious Diseases Engagement and Wellness Committee @MDAndersonNews. She is so talented and creative organizing a classy evening for all. @BCMIDFellowship @UT_infectious

[UTHealth Houston Infectious Diseases @ut_infectious]

Fun talk today by Dr. Ostrosky @DrLuisO about fungal outbreaks and to answer the important question: can The Last of Us really happen?!

[Jorge Irizarry-Caro, MD @JIrizarryCaroMD]

Though rare, neurosyphilis can present with seizures. These patients should be screened for HIV as early tx with ART reduces complications. Check out our most recent article on the topic👇🏼
https://t.co/LLHuQAecwE
@AnnalsofIMCC @UTHimres @ut_infectious @UTHealth_Neuro @shivika_ch

[UTHealth Houston Infectious Diseases @ut_infectious]

A couple of our fellows attending the TB intensive conference @HeartlandNTBC

Great to hear lectures from former UT Fellows TB expert Dr. Lisa Armitige and Dr. Nigo

[UTHealth Houston Infectious Diseases @ut_infectious]

[micro lab rounds]
Today we got to learn a little bit about Eikenella corrodens!

✍🏼common organism of human oral flora
✍🏼HACEK organism and can be highly associated with endocarditis
✍🏼smells like bleach when plated in the lab
✍🏼colonies pit down into the agar