Eduardo Yepez Guevara, MD
Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control, and Employee Health, Division of Internal Medicine
Present Title & Affiliation
Primary Appointment
Assistant Professor, Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and Employee Health, Division of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
Education & Training
Degree-Granting Education
| 2006 | Universidad Nacional de Trujillo, Trujillo, PER, MD, Medicine |
Postgraduate Training
| 2018-2019 | Clinical Fellowship, Transplantation Infectious Diseases, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX |
| 2016-2018 | Clinical Fellowship, Infectious Diseases, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX |
| 2011-2013 | Clinical Residency, Internal Medicine, New York Medical College - Metropolitan Hospital, New York, NY |
| 2010-2011 | Clinical Internship, Internal Medicine, New York Medical College - Metropolitan Hospital, New York, NY |
| 2008-2010 | House Physician in Clinical Immunology, University of Miami - Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL |
Board Certifications
| 2018 | American Board of Internal Medicine - Infectious Disease |
| 2013 | American Board of Internal Medicine |
Experience & Service
Academic Appointments
Assistant Professor, Department of General Internal Medicine, Division of Internal Medicine, New York Medical College - Metropolitan Hospital, New York, NY, 2013 - 2016
Administrative Appointments/Responsibilities
Chief Clinical Fellow in Infectious Diseases, Department of Infectious Diseases, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, 2017 - 2018
Member, Clinical Competence Committee, Department of General Internal Medicine, New York Medical College - Metropolitan Hospital, New York, NY, 2013 - 2016
Chief Medical Resident, Department of General Internal Medicine, New York Medical College - Metropolitan Hospital, New York, NY, 2013 - 2013
Assistant Chief Medical Resident, Department of General Internal Medicine, New York Medical College - Metropolitan Hospital, New York, NY, 2012 - 2013
Other Appointments/Responsibilities
Attending Physician, New York Medical College - Metropolitan Hospital, New York, NY, 2013 - 2016
Honors & Awards
| 2019 | Second Place Clinical Research - Poster Session Award, Division of Internal Medicine Research Retreat - MD Anderson Cancer Center |
| 2018 | Fellow Scholarship Award, Remington Winter Course in Infectious Diseases |
| 2017 | Trainee Travel Grant Award, IDSA |
| 2014 | Most Outstanding Clinical Preceptor, New York Medical College - Metropolitan Hospital |
| 2011 | Most Outstanding PGY1, New York Medical College - Metropolitan Hospital |
| 2010 | House Physician Award, University of Miami - Jackson Memorial Hospital |
Professional Memberships
Selected Publications
Abstracts
- Francisco DM, Olvera A, Zhang L, Yepez Guevara E, Garey K, Peterson C, Do K, Dillon R, Jenq R, Okhuysen P. Fecal Collinsella Abundance is Negatively Associated with Toxin A/B Production in Cancer Patients with Clostridioides difficile. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 6(Suppl 2):S821–S822, 2109. e-Pub 2019.
- Olvera A, Yepez Guevara E, Garey K, Dillon R, Okhuysen P. Fecal Biomarkers for Clostridioides difficile Infection in Cancer Patients. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 6(Suppl 2):S763-S764, 2019. e-Pub 2019.
- Yepez Guevara Eduardo, Aitken S, Carlin L, Fernandes K, Bhatti M, Garey K, Adachi J, Okhuysen P. Clinical outcomes, bacterial loads, and markers of intestinal inflammation in immunocompromised and cancer patients with diarrhea and Clostridioides difficile identified by nucleic acid amplification tests (NAAT) and toxin A/B by enzyme immunoassay (EIA). ECCMID 2019, 2019. e-Pub 2019.
- Yepez Guevara Eduardo, Yalamanchili Harika, Chao Andrew, Garey Kevin, Bhatti Micah, Aitken Samuel, Okhuysen Pablo. Relevance of Clostridium difficile ribotype 014-20 in cancer patients with diarrhea. ECCMID 2018, 2018. e-Pub 2018.
- Yalamanchili Harika, Chao Andrew, Yepez Guevara Eduardo, Aitken Samuel, Bhatti Micah, Okhuysen Pablo. Risk Factors and Clinical Outcomes of Cancer Patients with Clostridium difficile Associated Diarrhea Co-infected with a Second Enteropathogen. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 4(Suppl 1):S362–S363, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Chao Andrew, Yalamanchili Harika, Yepez Guevara Eduardo, Bhatti Micah, Aitken Samuel, Okhuysen Pablo. Line of Service – Specific Performance and Antibiotic Prescribing Habits Following Introduction of a Two-Step Diagnostic Approach Using NAAT Followed by Enzyme Immunoassay in Cancer Patients with Suspected Clostridium difficile Infection. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 4(Suppl 1):S394, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
- Yepez E, Yalamanchili H, Chao A, Garey K, Bhatti M, Aitken S, Okhuysen P. Ribotypes matter. Significance of Clostridium difficile ribotypes in Cancer patients with diarrhea. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 4(Suppl 1):S386–S387, 2017. e-Pub 2017.
Book Chapters
- Yepez E, Banchs J, Tweardy D, Adachi J. Infectious Endocarditis in Cancer patients. In: Cancer and the Heart. Third. People’s Medical Publishing House: USA, 477-489, 2019.