Wayne Shandera

An Assistant Professor in the Section of Internal Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, Dr. Wayne Shandera has thrived in his role as an educator and academic. Since graduating from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Dr. Shandera’s writing has been published in a number of peer-reviewed journals. As a fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital, Dr. Wayne Shandera’s work “Persistence of Cholera in the United States” was published in The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Dr. Shandera continued his research on infectious diseases and received publishing credits in The Journal of Infectious Diseases, the American Journal of Public Health, and the Southern Medical Journal. In his current position, Dr. Shandera continues to investigate HIV and AIDS and has served as the primary author of numerous journal articles. His work on the interrelationships of CMV and AIDS was featured in Immunology & Infectious Diseases before his article on AIDS in Africa gained publication in Africa Health.
A respected researcher and lecturer, Dr. Wayne Shandera is often invited to speak at academic and professional conferences. In 1990, Dr. Shandera spoke at the Colorado State Rehabilitation Convention to lecture on “Epidemiology of AIDS.” Two years later, he attended a conference held by the Infectious Diseases Society of America to review cysticercosis cases in Houston. Considered an expert on HIV and AIDS, Dr. Wayne Shandera has discussed pregnancy and the disease and the pharmacology of AIDS medications as part of Ben Taub General Hospital’s Outpatient AIDS lecture series.
Since 1988, Dr. Wayne Shandera has continued to treat patients at the United States’ first outpatient clinic that exclusively treats HIV patients in Houston, Texas. Fluent in Spanish, German, and French, Dr. Wayne Shandera enjoys attending two monthly book clubs to discuss new novels during his free time.