Dr. Kristin Mondy joins the Department of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases as a professor as of September 2026.
Dr. Mondy has served as the inaugural Chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of Texas Dell Medical School in Austin, Texas from 2017 until this past spring of 2026. She completed her undergraduate training at Brown University, medical school training at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, and her Internal Medicine Residency and Infectious Diseases Fellowship at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, where she was also a junior faculty member.
During her early career, she was involved in numerous clinical trials related to HIV therapy and the study of long-term complications of HIV. After moving to Austin in 2008, she became a clinical educator with the University of Texas’ Internal Medicine Residency Program and was the lead infectious diseases provider for the Austin Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic. She assumed her Division Chief role following the development of Dell Medical School.
Current areas of clinical interest include academic inpatient infectious diseases including antibiotic stewardship and emerging infections/newer diagnostics, as well as care of underserved HIV populations and the use of telemedicine to reach rural patient populations. Dr. Mondy also maintains an active involvement in educational activities and curriculum design including postgraduate medical education, continuing medical education, mentoring, and medical school didactic and small group teaching.