Welcome to the Division of Infectious Diseases at The University of Texas Medical Branch. We are an academic division committed to excellence in patient care, education, research, and healthcare leadership. Our faculty includes a strong mix of physician-scientists, physician-educators, and Ph.D. scientists committed to the core missions of the Department of Medicine. Our clinicians are nationally and internationally recognized for their clinical expertise in general infectious diseases, infections in immunocompromised hosts, antibiotic stewardship, tropical and travel medicine, and high consequence pathogens. Our scientists are part of a large infectious diseases research community at UTMB spanning multiple departments, institutes, and centers with over 150 investigators studying basic, translational, and clinical aspects of infectious pathogens around the world. Our programs offer outstanding opportunities for training fellows in general infectious diseases and specialized tracks including tropical medicine and global health, antibiotic stewardship and infection control, and medical education. Our physician-scientist training program offers advanced tracks for transitioning out of fellowship into a research focused experience including a T32 Physician-Scientist training program. Our faculty lead UTMB system wide programs including the antibiotic stewardship (an IDSA Center of Excellence), hospital epidemiology & infection control, the Center for Tropical Diseases, the outpatient parenteral antimicrobial treatment program, and the clinical biocontainment. Our work is supported by administrative, clinical and research support staff, postdoctoral research fellows, and graduate students. In addition, we collaborate with a robust Infectious Diseases Clinical Pharmacist program in the clinical setting.

Division Mission

To provide exceptional subspecialty medical care in general infectious diseases, HIV/AIDS, transplant-associated infections, high consequence pathogens, tropical diseases, and travel medicine; to perform funded and impactful research on pathogens affecting populations in Texas and around the world; to provide outstanding education; and to be recognized for leadership in antibiotic stewardship, hospital epidemiology, respiratory pathogens, and tropical medicine.

Cabada, Miguel, MD, MSc
Division Chief, ad interim 
Division of Infectious Diseases
Department of Internal Medicine