Infectious Diseases

Infectious Diseases Team

  • Roberto Andrade, MD
  • Janice Koshy, MD
  • Amanda Garcia, ACNP 

EXPERTICE 

  • General Infectious Diseases & Antimicrobial Management
  • HIV Medicine
  • Bone and wound infections
  • STD’s
  • Mycobacterial & Fungal Infections
  • MRSA Infections
  • Home IV antibiotics

Roberto Andrade, MD

Experience & Achievements

  • Assistant Professor, Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine
  • Infectious Diseases Fellowship at University of Texas Health Science Center, and MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston
  • Director of Education, Thomas Street Health Center Houston
  • Houston AETC Director (AIDS Education Training Center)
  • Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. Award (F&J) in “Teaching & Evaluation” and “Educational Leadership”
  • National Network of Latin American Medical Students (NNLAMS) Recognition Award
  • National Youth Leadership Recognition award
  • Member Baylor College of Medicine Academy of Distinguished Educators

Selected publications

  • Clin Infect Dis, Vol 64, Issue 6, 15 March 2017, Pages 759–764
  • J. Antimicrob. Chemother., Jun 2005; 55: 853 – 859
  • AIDS. 2006 Mar 21; 20(5):786-7

Janice Koshy, MD

Dr. Janice Koshy joined the group in 2019, she is born and raised in Houston, TX. 

She completed her undergraduate studies at Houston Baptist University, her medical school at Texas A&M in College Station and her internal medicine residency and infectious diseases fellowship at Baylor Scott and White in Temple, TX.  

She lives in Katy, TX with her husband and three children.  

She enjoys spending time with her family and cooking.  

She has an interest in HIV and Hepatitis C.  She is also trained in wound care and hyperbaric therapy (HBO)

Amanda Garcia, ACNP

Amanda joined the group in 2016, graduated from University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston Texas, with extensive experience in acute care, including emergency room and Hospital care Amanda is a Nurse Practitioner with 20+ years’ experience, including 17 years in Acute-Emergency care and 4 years in Infectious Diseases. She served over 11 years as an Air Force Nurse and comes from a family of Air Force veterans.
  She enjoys traveling, and spending time with her husband and her sister, who is her closest family member