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Luis Z. Ostrosky, MD, is a fellowship-trained infectious disease specialist. He diagnoses, treats, and helps prevent the spread of infections caused by viruses, bacteria, parasites, and fungi.
Ostrosky is a professor in the Department of Internal Medicine and vice chair for healthcare quality at McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston. He coordinates the emerging infection response for UTHealth Houston and its affiliated hospitals and clinics.
Ostrosky obtained his medical degree from Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, where he also completed his internal medicine residency. He completed his infectious diseases fellowship at The University of Texas Medical School at Houston.
Ostrosky is a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, the Infectious Diseases Society of America, the Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America, and the Academy of the European Confederation of Medical Mycology. He is a senior editor for Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy and an associate editor for Clinical Infectious Diseases.
He is president of the Mycoses Study Group and Educational Consortium (MSGERC). He is a past chair of the Infectious Diseases Society of America Standards and Practice Guidelines Committee and has been a consultant to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Ostrosky has advanced training and experience in medical mycology, health care epidemiology, emerging infections, antimicrobial stewardship, general and transplant infectious diseases, and health care quality, and has published over 200 peer-reviewed articles on these topics.
Ostrosky believes in obtaining all key information before making any decisions. He is a listener, performs deep medical record reviews, and believes in the connection between mind and body, addressing the patient as a whole individual.
Outside of work, Ostrosky values family time and spends as much time as possible with his wife, kids, and dog.
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