Joseph Yabes Jr MD, FACP

Education

Fellowship, Infectious Disease (ID), SAUSHEC, San Antonio, TX 2017-2019
Residency, Internal Medicine (IM), SAUSHEC, San Antonio, TX 2014-2017
M.D., Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS), Bethesda, MD 2010-2014
B.S. in Pre-Medical Studies (magna cum laude), Hawai’i Pacific University, Honolulu, HI 2003-2007

Career Highlights: Positions, Projects, Deployements, Awards and Additional Publications

Quality Improvement Endeavor: Rapid Initiation of Anti-Retroviral Therapy in Active Duty Members with Incident HIV Infection Utilizing Virtual Health 2022 -Won Patient Centeredness Award for the 2022 DHA Advancement toward High Reliability in Healthcare Awards Program

Quality Improvement Endeavor: Outpatient Bezlotoxumab Infusions for Recurrent Clostridioides difficile Infections 2022 Creation of the SAMHS Outpatient Monoclonal Antibody Infusion Clinic for COVID-19

Deployment: 378th Expeditionary Medical Squadron (EMEDS), Prince Sultan Air Base (PSAB), Al Kharj Saudi Arabia, Internal Medicine Physician supporting OPERATION SPARTAN SHIELD and OPERATION INHERENT RESOLVE

Representative Bibliography

Evans M, Starley J, Yabes J. Tea and recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection. Gastroenterol Res Pract. 2016; 2016:4514687. doi: 10.1155/2016/4514687

Yabes J, White B, Murray C et al. In Vitro activity of Manuka Honey and polyhexamethylene biguanide on filamentous fungi and toxicity to human cell lines. Med Mycol. 2016: 0: 1-10.

Yabes J, Farmer, A, Vento, T. Disseminated Mycobacterium Avium in an Immunocompetent Host. Int J Mycobacteriol. 2017 Apr-Jun; 6(2): 202-206.

Yabes J, Perdikis S, Graham D, et al. A Heartfelt Urinary Tract Infection: Case Report of Aerococcus Urine Infective Endocarditis and Review of the Literature. BMC Infectious Diseases 2018 18:522.

Yabes J, Stewart L, Shaikh F, et al. Risk of Acute Kidney Injury in Combat-Injured Patients Associated With Concomitant Vancomycin and Extended-Spectrum â-Lactam Antibiotic Use. J Intensive Care Med. 2020;885066620930994. doi:10.1177/0885066620930994

Barsoumian A, Okulicz J, Yabes J. Lyme Disease Prevalence by ICD-10-CM Codes. Mil Med. 2020; usaa116. doi:10.1093/milmed/usaa116

Lowry L, Yabes J, Pomerantz H, Barsoumian AE. Anchoring Bias on Lyme Disease Leading to Delayed Diagnoses. Mil Med. 2020;usaa130. doi:10.1093/milmed/usaa130

Moulton M, Yabes J, Berglund A, Lee T, Mason P, Warren W. A 21-Year-Old Man With a Cough. Chest. 2020 Oct;158(4):e181-e185.

Yabes J, Schnarrs P, Foster L, Scott P, Okulicz J, Hakre S. The 3 levels of HIV stigma in the United States military: perspectives from service members living with HIV. BMC Public Health. 2021 Jul 15;21(1):1399.