Joseph Zeman MD

Education

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine 2004-2008
Internal Medicine Residency, NCC - 2008-2011
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship, NCC - 2013-2016

Biography

Commander Joseph Zeman currently serves as the Deputy Director for Medical Services at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (WRNMMC), Bethesda, Maryland. He is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, and Critical Care Medicine.
CDR Zeman graduated the University of Washington with a Bachelor of Science in 2004, and completed his medical doctorate at University of Pittsburgh’s School of Medicine in 2008. He completed his Internal Medicine Residency at National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, in 2011 and performed his first tour as a staff Internist at Naval Hospital Guam, where he served on the Executive Steering Committee as the Chair of Quality. He completed his Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship at WRNMMC starting in 2013.
CDR Zeman deployed to Afghanistan in 2016 in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel, and served as the Director of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and Internal Medicine Department Head at Kandahar’s Role III hospital. In 2020, he deployed as the Officer in Charge of a Rural Rapid Response Team with Expeditionary Medical Facility (EMF) Lima under Task Force 46 to Rio Grande Valley, Texas in support of domestic COVID-19 pandemic care, where his team had a 91% survival to discharge rate of COVID-19 ICU patients.
Prior to his current position at WRNMMC, he was Deputy Chief of Medicine from 2018-2020 and in 2019 served as the Acting Chief of Medicine. He also has been the Program Director for the Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship since 2022 – the largest active fellowship in the DoD. He is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences and has authored or co-authored more than 20 peer-reviewed publications with a research focus on rapid response teams, heart failure and, most recently, mobile health technology in the military.
CDR Zeman lives in Bethesda, Maryland with his wife, Karen, a Hematology/Oncology Physician, and their two daughters Elizabeth (5) and Catherine (2). His personal awards include Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Joint Service Commendation Medal (two awards), Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal (three awards), Joint Service Achievement Medal (four awards) and the Army Achievement Medal.

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

Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship Program Director, NCC 2022-Current

Deputy Director of Medicine, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center 2020-Current

Representative Bibliography

“Analyzing Cost-Effectiveness of CT Screening in the National Lung Screen Trial.” American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine; 15;192(8): 1009-11. October 2015.

“Checkpoint Inhibitors in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer.” Global Scientific Vision – Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment of Lung Cancer; 2017.

“CAVH in the Combat Environment.” Military Medicine; 183; e161-e171 January 2018,

"Developing a Mobile Health Application to Improve Clinic Flow, Documentation, Billing and Research in a Specialty Clinic". CHEST; 154 (2): 440-447. August, 2018.

“Mobile Health for the Treatment of Chronic Disease and Improving Access to Care in the US Military: An Editorial Review.” Military Medicine 2019 Jul 1;184(7-8):e253-e258.

“Not all Hocus POCUS: Implementation of a Point of Care Ultrasound Curriculum for Internal Medicine Trainees at a Large Residency Program.” Military Medicine, 2019 Dec 1;184(11-12):901-906.

“Bringing the Promise of Mobile Health to Pulmonary Medicine.” Journal of Lung Health and Diseases

“Post-traumatic stress disorder is associated with a decrease in anaerobic threshold and maximal oxygen uptake.” CHEST, 2021 Apr 15; s)0012-3692 (21) 00674-7. PMID 33844979.