Maria Calzada

MARIA CASTRO CALZADA (SHE/HER/ELLA) We are a group practice with 3 MDs and 1 PA, providing both inpatient and outpatient services for infectious diseases, wound care, and hyperbaric medicine evaluations and treatments. https://www.metropolitanid.com/ -Infectious Disease specialist from 2002 to present, practicing in a physician-owned private practice. Overall, the practice setting is approximately 70% inpatient, serving a substantial number of critically ill and medically complex patients, and 30% outpatient, including ID office visits and ambulatory surgical centers, such as wound care and hyperbaric medicine clinics. Over the years, I have transitioned from inpatient care toward more advanced wound care modalities, including surgical debridements and skin substitute grafts. Currently, almost all of my time is devoted to outpatient settings, caring for our ID and WC/HBO patients. -Wound Care Documentation Integrity Practitioner at Cornerstone Bellaire Outpatient Wound Center and Hyperbaric Medicine Center, from February 2016 to 2018. -Program Director of the Outpatient Wound Center and Hyperbaric Medicine Center (both inpatient and outpatient) from 2013 to 2016. -Certified Hyperbaricist, specializing in HBO (Hyperbaric Oxygen) evaluation and treatment, and a wound care clinician. -Internal Medicine and non-invasive Cardiology training, 2000-2002. -Fluent in Spanish. __________ -Member of AAPA (American Academy of Physician Assistants) and TAPA (Texas Academy of Physician Assistants) since 1998, continuously serving on the TAPA Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee since 2020. -I am the current 2-year CVHS (Carnegie Vanguard High School) PTO Past President. I served as CVHS PTO President for 2022-2024, VP of Communications for 2020-2022 and again for 2023-2024, and on the Senior Awards Committee. I chaired the Scholarship Committee during 2019-2021 and 2023-2024. I was a Senior Class Parent for the Class of 2022, a Girl Scout Troop Co-Leader and First Aider since 2013, and Past President of Emerson Elementary PTO from 2009 to 2013. -I am an outspoken LGBTQIA+ ally; honored as Houston Pride365’s Volunteer of the Year in 2021, Medical & Safety Lead Officer from 2022 to present, and Scholarship Committee Chair for 2023-2025. I have been a sustaining member of PFLAG since 2016, GLMA since 2020, The LGBT PA Caucus since 2019, and The Houston LGBTQ+ Political Caucus since 2021, serving as an Endorsement Committee Member since 2022. -I managed the campaign for judicial candidate Paul Calzada for the 312th District Court in 2021. I was a Precinct Chair for HCDP from 2012 to 2015, a member of Our Revolution Harris County Endorsement Committee in 2021-2022, a volunteer Deputy Voter Registrar in Harris County since 2020, a State Delegate for SD 15 in 2020 and 2022, and a volunteer with JoltInitiative.org at the Madrina level since 2020. -First-generation American, bilingual in Spanish, and a Sustaining Member of PALH (Physician Associates Latino Health/Heritage) since 2000. -Lifetime Texas Ex; board member of Texas Exes Houston Chapter (TEHC), serving as Communications Chair in 2022-23, a member of the Student Sendoff Committee from 2020-2023, and Chair of the Scholarship Committee from 2023 onward. I have been a member of TEHC since 2020. -------- (Español) Somos un grupo de práctica con 3 médicos y 1 asistente médico, que ofrece evaluaciones y planes de tratamiento para enfermedades infecciosas, cuidado de heridas y medicina hiperbárica tanto para pacientes internados como ambulatorios. '00-'02: Empleo como Asociado Médico practica privada, Medicina Interna y Cardiología. '02-Presente: Soy Asociado Médico (PA) especializada en Enfermedades Infecciosas y trabajo en una consulta privada. Mi practica es ~70% hospitalaria, centrada en pacientes críticos y complejos, y ~30% en servicios ambulatorios, como consultas de enfermedades infecciosas, cuidado de heridas(WC) y medicina hiperbárica(HBO) E&M. Desde 2012, yo he cambiado mi enfoque de la atención hospitalaria a técnicas avanzadas de WC, medicina HBO y procedimientos quirúrgicos, incluido desbridamiento e injertos/sustitutos de piel. En la oficina veo pacientes con enfermedades infecciosas y de transmisión sexual. '18-'25: Kindred Hospital Sugar Land y WC/HBO, fui el principal, y a menudo la única, Profesional de Medicina HBO, responsable de todos los planes de HBOT E&M para pacientes hospitalizados y ambulatorios, así como de la supervisión diaria de HBO, los tratamientos y procedimientos de WC. '13-'16: Cornerstone Bellaire Hospital, Centro de WC y Medicina HBO, me desempeñé como Director del Programa. Obtuve el título de Técnico HBO Certificado (CHT) en '13. Me desempeñé de Profesional de Integridad en la Documentación del WC hasta '18. Al Servicio de la Comunidad Como estadounidense de primera generación, hablo español e inglés con fluidez. He sido miembro activo de PALH desde '98. He participado activamente en organizaciones profesionales, como AAPA y TAPA desde '98, y he formado parte del Comité de Diversidad, Equidad e Inclusión de TAPA desde '20. Soy un orgulloso aliado de la comunidad LGBTQIA+, reconocido como Voluntario del Año de Houston Pride365 ('21) y ser la Oficial jefe de seguridad médica '22-'25, participo en PFLAG, GLMA (con registro en LGBTQHealthCareDirectory.org), el Caucus LGBT PA y otros grupos de defensa. 2nd año expresidente de la Asociación de Padres y Maestros (PTO) de la Escuela Secundaria Carnegie Vanguard, donde fui presidente ('22-'24), vicepresidente de Comunicaciones ('20-'23) y presidente del Comité de Becas ('18-'24). Mis anteriores cargos de liderazgo en la PTO incluyen ser fundador y presidente de PTO de la Escuela Primaria Emerson. Como Ex-alumnos de UT Austin fui presidente de Comunicaciones de la Sección de Houston ('22-'23) y he participado en la Despedida de Estudiantes y presidido el Comité de Becas ('23-presente). Gestioné la campaña judicial de '21 de Paul Calzada, participé activamente en los comités del Partido Demócrata, serví como presidente de distrito y fui voluntario como registrador electoral adjunto y delegado estatal.