JOSEPH B. MARZOUK, M.D, FIDSA
Education
Postgraduate Training
Internship, Residency and Chief Medical Residency (Internal Medicine)
Wayne State University Affiliated Hospitals, Detroit, MI, 1976 – 1980
Fellowship (Infectious Diseases)
University of California, San Francisco, CA, 1980 – 1982
Certification and Licensure
Memberships
Professional & Teaching Appointments
Chief, Infectious Disease Service
Summit Medical Center, Oakland, CA, 1998 – 2014
Vice-Chief, Infectious Disease Service,
Summit Medical Center, Oakland, CA, 1992 – 1998
Medical Director, Infection Prevention and Control, Summit Medical Center, Oakland, CA, 1992 – Present
Medical Director, Infection Prevention and Control, Alameda Hospital; Alameda, CA
Director, Adult Immunology Clinic
Summit Medical Center, Oakland, CA, 1995 – 2002
Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases
Highland General Hospital, Oakland, CA, 1990 – 1992
Hospital Affiliations
Active Staff:
Summit Medical Center, Oakland, CA
Alameda Hospital, Alameda, CA
San Ramon Regional Medical Center, San Ramon, CA
(Prior Staff Affiliations until merger of Merritt-Peralta Medical Center and Providence Hospital to Summit Medical Center)
Providence Hospital, Oakland, CA, 1982 – 1992
Merritt-Peralta Medical Center, Oakland, CA, 1982 – 1992
Offices and Committees
Presentations & Honors
Listed in “The Best Doctors in America.”
Numerous presentations and lectures to both medical and non-medical audiences on various Infectious Disease topics. The Antimicrobial Utilization Service under my directorship was honored by the American College of Physician Executives as an “Innovation and significant advance in medical management”.
Publications
Marzouk, J: Author-Editor, “Infectious Diseases” Chapter in Lawyers’ Medical Cyclopedia of Personal Injuries and Allied Specialties, Fourth Edition, Michie Law Publisher, Snowmass, Colorado, 1996.
Marzouk, J, et al.: Cefonicid for soft tissue infections. 22nd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 1982,
p. 207.
Dall, L, Marzouk, J, et al: In vivo dextran production by endocarditis producing viridans streptococci demonstrated by qualitative methods. 22nd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 1982, p. 129.
Marzouk, J, Dall, L, Mills, J: Genital Herpes: 1982. The Female Patient, 7:12-18, 1982.
Dall, L, Marzouk, J, and Mills, J (eds.): Fifth Annual Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice, UCSF, Snowmass, Colorado, 1982.
Marzouk, J: “Genital Herpes” in Infectious Diseases of the Eighties (audiotape). Family Practice Audio Digest, 31: March 21, 1983.
Joseph, P, Marzouk, J, and Komarmy, L: Poor anaerobic environment of the Isolator blood culture system. Abstract from 23rd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 1983.
Joseph, P, Marzouk, J, et al.: The clinical importance of speciating enterococci. Abstract from 23rd Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 1983.
Mills, J, Pulliam, Dall, L, Marzouk, J, Wilson, W, and Costerton, J: Exopolysaccharide production by viridans streptococci in experimental endocarditis. Infection and Immunity, 43:359-367, 1983.
Marzouk, J, Joseph, P, et al.: Arizona hinshawii septicemia associated with rattlesnake powder. California Morbidity Weekly Report No. 25, July 1, 1983.
Marzouk, J, Joseph, P, et al: Arizona hinshawii septicemia associated with rattlesnake powder. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report No. 32, pp. 464-465, September 9, 1983.
Participant in “A collaborative study of patient-initiated treatment of recurrent genital herpes with topical acyclovir or placebo.” Journal of Infectious Diseases 150:1-6, 1984.
Marzouk, J, Feiber, L: Acute infectious gastroenteritis: The microbes that are to blame. Consultant 24:67-87, 1984.
Leong, G, Joseph, P, Marzouk, J, Mills, J: Enterococcal Superinfection. Infections in Surgery, pp. 644-646, September 1984.
Slutkin, G, Mills, J, Marzouk, J, Dall, J: Cefonicid compared with cefazolin for treatment of soft tissue infections. Reviews of Infectious Disease Supplement Vol. 6, Supplement 4, 853-6, 1984.
Joseph, P, Marzouk, J: Increasing incidence of erythromycin resistance in Methicillin sensitive Staphylococcus aureus. Abstract in 85th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Microbiology, 1985.
Joseph, P, Marzouk, J: Transparent vs. dry gauze dressings for peripheral IV sites. Abstract in 85th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Microbiology, 1985.
Marzouk, J: Tick-Borne diseases. Where to expect and how to detect such bite caused syndromes. Consultant 25:21-44, 1985.
Joseph, P, Marzouk, J: Letter to the editor. Clinical Microbiology Newsletter 7:73, 1985.
Marzouk, J: Lyme disease and arthritis. Journal of Musculoskeletal Medicine 3:12-21, 1986.
Joseph, P, Marzouk, J: Role of the indium-WBC scan in prosthetic valve endocarditis. 26th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 1986.
Marzouk, J: Musculoskeletal Questions and Answers: Guidelines for effective and safe tick removal. Journal of Musculoskeletal Medicine 4:11-12, April 1987.
Participant in “Aerosolized Pentamidine for prophylaxis against Pneumocystis Carinii pneumonia.” New England Journal of Medicine 323:769-755, 1990.
Marzouk, J: How effective is Hemophilus influenza B vaccine? Consultant Vol 30: October 1990.
Marzouk, J: Not Acute Mono? Think HIV. Cortlandt Forum Vol 4, No. 9, pg. 68, September 1991.
Marzouk, J & Kennedy, C: Candidiasis. Practical guidelines for managing superficial and invasive infections. Consultant 32:71-78, 1992.
Marzouk, J: “A Systematic Approach to Reduction of Antibiotics Costs” in Innovations ’93, ACPE Publications. pp. 224-226, 1993.
Investigator in CDC’s “HIV Outpatient Study (HOPS)” until 2005 from which numerous publications and abstracts derived including, “Declining Morbidity and Mortality Among Patients with Advanced Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection.” New England Journal of Medicine 338:853-860, 1998.
Clinical Reviewer for Monograph, Clinical Challenges: Case Studies and Review Questions & Answers in Infectious Disease, 2002.
Have served as:
Expert Medical Reviewer for Medical Board of California
Consultant Reviewer for “Journal of Respiratory Diseases”
Consultant Reviewer for “Journal of Critical Illness”
Reader Advisory Board of “Mayo Clinic Proceedings”