Christian D. Eckman, M.D., is a clinical associate professor in the Department of Clinical Sciences at the Tilman J. Fertitta Family College of Medicine. He also serves as clerkship director of internal medicine for the longitudinal integrated clerkship (LIC) and co-course director for the transition to clerkship (TTC) course. In these roles, he helps design and implement curriculum that builds students’ clinical reasoning skills and prepares them for clerkship-level patient care. He also facilitates small-group learning through the physicians, patients and populations course and the LIC Academic Day.

His teaching focuses on clinical reasoning, inpatient medicine, and care for underserved populations. He has extensive experience mentoring medical students and residents and is dedicated to advancing medical education through innovative, evidence-based teaching strategies and interprofessional collaboration.

Previously, Eckman served more than two decades on the faculty at Baylor College of Medicine, where he was assistant professor of medicine and taught in the Internal Medicine Clerkship Lecture Series, Patient, Physician & Society program, and other core courses. He also held leadership roles in quality and performance improvement for the internal medicine residency program at Ben Taub Hospital.

Clinically, Eckman has cared for diverse patient populations across Houston. He began his career as an attending physician in the Ben Taub General Hospital Medicine Emergency Center and inpatient wards before serving as a hospitalist at Ben Taub from 2009 to 2022. Most recently, he practiced correctional medicine with Harris Health, continuing his long-standing commitment to providing care to underserved communities.

He received his undergraduate degree in chemistry, magna cum laude, from Washington & Lee University and his medical degree from Baylor College of Medicine, where he also completed his residency in internal medicine with a focus on primary care.

Eckman is a member of the Alliance for Academic Internal Medicine and the American College of Physicians. His honors include being named Hospitalist of the Year at Ben Taub General Hospital. He has presented regionally and nationally on topics including inpatient glycemic control and acute alcohol-related emergencies.