Joseph E Marcus

MD

Major, Air Force

Department of Primary Appointment:
School of Medicine
Medicine
Title
Associate Professor of Medicine
Location: San Antonio Military Medical Center, TX
Research Interests:
Infectious Diseases
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation-associated infections, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Transfusion-Transmitted Infections, Chagas Disease, Meningococcus
Email
joseph.e.marcus3.mil@health.mil

Education

AB Washington University in St. Louis, 2008-2012
MD Emory School of Medicine, 2012-2016
Internal Medicine Residency: San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium, 2016-2019
Infectious Diseases Fellowship: San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium, 2019-2021

Biography

Dr. Joseph Marcus is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Uniformed Services University and a practicing infectious disease specialist at Brooke Army Medical Center, where he serves at the Medical Director of Antimicrobial Stewardship.

Dr. Marcus has a passion for involving trainees in research. He has been the primary research mentor for over 40 trainees including medical students, internal medicine residents, infectious diseases fellows, pulmonary/critical care fellows, and gastroenterology fellows. Nationally, he has published on the importance of mentoring medical trainees in research and the impact of that mentorship on a trainee's ultimate fellowship selection.

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

Associate Program Director, Infectious Diseases Fellowship, SAUSHEC, 2025-current

Medical Director, Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee, Brooke Army Medical Center, 2023-current

Medical Director, Infection Control and Prevention, 59th Medical Wing, 2021-2023

Representative Bibliography

Biosketch Link
https://scholar.usuhs.edu/en/persons/joseph-marcus

Ching SJ, Jung GO, Osuna A, Casey T, Xia H, Bostwick K, Patadia AH, Sweet LM, Gallardo-Huizar O, Gibbons TF, Marcus JE. Outbreak of Neisseria meningitidis Conjunctivitis in Military Trainees - Texas, February-May 2025. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2025 Sep 4;74(33):516-521. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7433a1. PMID: 40906586; PMCID: PMC12410586.

Marcus JE, Shah A, Peek GJ, MacLaren G. Nosocomial Infections in Adults Receiving Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: A Review for Infectious Diseases Clinicians. Clin Infect Dis. 2024 Aug 16;79(2):412-419. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciae120. PMID: 38442737.

Marcus JE, Yun HC, Barsoumian AE. The Impact of Infectious Diseases Scholarly Mentorship on Subsequent Infectious Disease Fellowship Application. Clin Infect Dis. 2024 Dec 17;79(6):1408-1413. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciae438. PMID: 39239957.

Cybulski DJ, Matthews Z, Kieffer JW, Casey TM, Osuna AB, Kasper K, Frankel DN, Aden J, Yun HC, Marcus JE. Impact of SARS-CoV-2 Arrival Surveillance Screening by Nucleic Acid Amplification Versus Rapid Antigen Detection on Subsequent COVID-19 Infections in Military Trainees. Clin Infect Dis. 2024 Jan 25;78(1):65-69. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciad466. PMID: 37610361.

Marcus JE, Frankel DN, Pawlak MT, Casey TM, Blackwell RS, Tran FV, Dolan MJ, Yun HC. COVID-19 Monitoring and Response Among U.S. Air Force Basic Military Trainees - Texas, March-April 2020. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2020 Jun 5;69(22):685-688. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm6922e2. PMID: 32497031; PMCID: PMC7315849.