Dr. Ostrosky-Zeichner obtained his medical degree from Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. He completed his internal medicine residency at Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Medicas y Nutricion Salvador Zubiran, and his infectious diseases fellowship at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston and MD Anderson Cancer Center combined fellowship program. He has advanced training and experience in medical mycology and hospital epidemiology.
He is currently an associate professor of medicine and epidemiology, and the director of the Laboratory of Mycology Research, at the Division of Infectious Diseases of the University of Texas Medical School at Houston. He also serves as the associate fellowship program director and medical director for epidemiology for Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center. He is a fellow of the American College of Physicians and the Infectious Diseases Society of America. He is an editorial board member of prestigious scientific journals such as Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Critical Care Medicine, and Journal of Clinical Microbiology.
Dr. Ostrosky-Zeichner actively pursues translational and clinical research in medical mycology and hospital epidemiology, having over 100 publications in both fields. His areas of expertise include: antifungal susceptibility testing, fungal serologies, PK/PD of antifungals, in vivo models of human mycoses, immunology, and clinical trials in prophylaxis and treatment of fungal infections, as well as hospital epidemiology and infection control.
Friday June 3, 2011