Joseph Marcus MD

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

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

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

Representative Bibliography

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.

Wells MJ, Casleton BG, Gella MM, Rivera GZ, Phelps ML, Casey TM, Osuna AB, Jung GO, Winkler EL, Yun HC, Marcus JE. Outcomes in Military Blood Donors at Joint Base San Antonio With Reactive Trypanosoma cruzi Antibody Screening Results. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2025 Aug 30;12(9):ofaf522. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofaf522. PMID: 40980591; PMCID: PMC12448836.

Aleman-Reyes DM, Aden JK, Arroyo MA, Marcus JE. Impact of sex-based differences in testing practices on Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection rates in military service members. Int J STD AIDS. 2025 Aug 25:9564624251371827. doi: 10.1177/09564624251371827. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40852905.

Malone CS, Osuna AB, Jung GO, Casey TM, Winkler EL, Yun HC, Marcus JE. Testing for Sexually Transmitted Infections in Symptomatic Male Military Trainees. Mil Med. 2025 Aug 8:usaf394. doi: 10.1093/milmed/usaf394. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40795383.

Malone CS, Osuna AB, Jung GO, Casey TM, Winkler EL, Yun HC, Marcus JE. Testing for Sexually Transmitted Infections in Symptomatic Male Military Trainees. Mil Med. 2025 Aug 8:usaf394. doi: 10.1093/milmed/usaf394. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40795383.

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.

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.

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.