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Michael Zapor, MD, Infectious Disease, Martinsburg, WV

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Infectious Disease • Martinsburg, WV

Chief, Medical Services

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Summary

  • As Chief of Medical Services, I am responsible for the coordination and supervision of the Compensation and Pension Section, inpatient internal medicine (to include the Intensive Care Unit) as well as neurology and the internal medicine subspecialty sections (currently: sleep medicine, endocrinology, hematology/oncology, infectious diseases, nephrology, rheumatology, cardiology, gastroenterology, and pulmonology).

Education & Training

  • National Capital Consortium
    National Capital ConsortiumFellowship, Infectious Disease, 2001 - 2004
  • San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium
    San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education ConsortiumResidency, Internal Medicine, 1998 - 2001
  • Albany Medical College
    Albany Medical CollegeClass of 1998
  • University of Rhode Island
    University of Rhode IslandPhD, Microbiology, 1986 - 1990
  • University of Connecticut
    University of ConnecticutBS, Biology, 1981 - 1985

Certifications & Licensure

  • TX State Medical License
    TX State Medical License 1999 - 2026
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
  • American Board of Internal Medicine Infectious Disease

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

  • Excellence in Operational Medicine Award American College of Physicians (Army chapter), 2010
  • James J. Leonard Award for Excellence in Teaching Internal Medicine Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, 2009
  • Order of Military Medical Merit US Army Medical Command, 2009

Clinical Trials

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • A large-scale, rapid public health response to rabies in an organ recipient and the previously undiagnosed organ donor.  
    Wallace RM, Stanek D, Griese S, Krulak D, Vora NM, Pacha L, Kan V, Said M, Williams C, Burgess TH, Clausen SS, Austin C, Gabel J, Lehman M, Finelli LN, Selvaggi G, Joy..., Zoonoses Public Health, 12/1/2014

Press Mentions

  • Martinsburg VA Doctor Says Steroids Have Provided “Greatest Value” Treating COVID-19
    Martinsburg VA Doctor Says Steroids Have Provided “Greatest Value” Treating COVID-19January 27th, 2021

Grant Support

  • Treatment Investigational New Drug (IND) application for the use of arbekacin in patients with infections caused by multidrug resistant (MDR) bacteriaU.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command2011–Present
  • Protocol for the use of sodium stibogluconate (Pentostam) as a treatment for leishmaniasisU.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command2011–2013

Committees

  • Chair, Kimbrough Ambulatory Care Center Credentials Committee 2013 - Present
  • Chair, Kimbrough Ambulatory Care Center Medical Staff Functions Committee 2013 - Present
  • Chair, Kimbrough Ambulatory Care Center Infection Control Committee 2013 - Present
  • Chair, Kimbrough Ambulatory Care Center Physicians and Dentists Pay Plan Committee 2013 - Present
  • Chair, Kimbrough Ambulatory Care Center Exemplary Clinician Recognition Committee 2013 - Present
  • Chair, Kimbrough Ambulatory Care Center Executive Committee 2013 - Present
  • Senior Medical Officer, Fort George Meade Installation Senior Medical Council 2013 - Present
  • Member, Kimbrough Ambulatory Care Center Risk Management Committee 2013 - Present
  • Member, Kimbrough Ambulatory Care Center Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee 2013 - Present
  • Member, Kimbrough Ambulatory Care Center Healthcare Personnel Assistance Program Committee 2013 - Present
  • Assistant Chair, Institutional Bio-safety Committee, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center 2009 - 2013
  • Chair, Infection Control Committee, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center 2009 - 2013
  • Member, Performance Improvement Committee, Walter Reed Army Medical Center 2001 - 2012
  • Member, Bioethics Committee, Brook Army Medical Center 1998 - 2001

Research History

  • Treatment Investigational New Drug (IND) application for the use of arbekacin in patients with infections caused by multidrug resistant (MDR) bacteriaU.S. Army Medical and Materiel Command2008 - Present
  • Protocol for the use of sodium stibogluconate (Pentostam) as a treatment for leishmaniasisWalter Reed Army Medical Center2011 - 2013
  • Association of blood transfusions and pulmonary hypertensionWalter Reed Army Medical Center2008 - 2008
  • Activity of the aminoglycoside antibiotic arbekacin against Acinetobacter-baumannii isolated from war wounded at WRAMCNIH Infectious Diseases Clinical Research Program2008 - 2008
  • Emergence of MDR bacteria at WRAMC and impact on antibiotic use since the invasions of Iraq and AfghanistanWalter Reed Army Medical Center2007 - 2007
  • In vitro activity of colistin against multi-drug resistant Gram negative bacteria isolated at WRAMC during the military campaigns in Iraq and AfghanistanWalter Reed Army Medical Center2007 - 2007
  • Clinical specificity of the Joint Biological Agent Identification and Diagnostic (JBAIDS) Anthrax System2004 - 2005
  • Construction of a novel malarial antigen expression vectorWalter Reed Army Institute of Research2001 - 2004
  • Virulence mechanisms of Shigella flexneriWalter Reed Army Institute of Research1991 - 1994
  • Mutational analysis of the virulence regulon of an LHR Agrobacterium tumefaciens tumor-inducing plasmidUniversity of Rhode Island1986 - 1990

Professional Memberships

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