Associate Professor of Medicine
Email: adriana.vasquez@dshs.texas.gov
Department: Medicine
Additional Department: Infectious Diseases
Adriana Vasquez, MD
Biography:
Dr. Adriana Vasquez is an attending physician at the Texas Center for Infectious Disease (TCID) and brings over 30 years of experience in infectious diseases. She specializes in the care of hospitalized patients with hard-to-treat tuberculosis (TB), often complicated by substance use disorders, diabetes, HIV co-infection, and mental health conditions.
She trained at New York University during the height of the AIDS epidemic and developed a deep commitment to addressing infectious diseases and their associated public health challenges. Dr. Vasquez remains dedicated to improving outcomes for underserved populations, advancing care for those impacted by TB and associated health disparities.
Degrees
- MD, Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Columbia
- Residency: Woodhull Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
- Fellowship: New York University Medical Center
Vasquez A, Principal Investigator: Single Patient IND for the Long-Term Clofazimine Treatment of Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis, (UTHCT IRB #724), 01/2005 – present
Vasquez A, Co-Investigator: Clofazimine Use in the Long-Term Treatment of Leprosy, Phase III, (FDA IND #67, 033, Tulane IRB #J0115, DSHS IRM #04-030), 01/2003 – present
Emergence of MDR-TB during the Treatment Course of Pan-Susceptible TB: A Case Series Ford M,Lago K., Kizilbash Q, Vasquez A, IDSA, 10/2018
Clinical Trials:
Multiple Dose OPC-67683 Treatment in TB patient, Co-Investigator: A Multi-Center, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Phase 2 Trial to Evaluate the Safety, Efficacy and pharmacokinetics of Multiple Doses of OPC-67683 in Patient with Pulmonary Sputum Culture-Positive Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis, January 2009 - December 2010.