Marcus Zervos, M.D., has been appointed assistant dean of Global Affairs for the Wayne State University School of Medicine.
In this new position, Dr. Zervos will oversee, promote, develop and review all global activities and initiatives for the School of Medicine. He also will monitor, foster coordination, improve communication and oversee
international student electives, and define and determine relationships with international medical schools. He will provide oversight for all efforts on the part of faculty and academic staff involved in global activities, and monitor all international research.
Dean Jack D. Sobel, M.D., announced the appointment March 14.
“We are engaged in many endeavors with schools and projects around the world, and will likely be involved in many more,” Dean Sobel said. “Dr. Zervos is the ideal physician to oversee these efforts.”
A 1979 graduate of the School of Medicine, Dr. Zervos has been a clinical professor of Internal Medicine in the WSU Infectious Diseases Section since 1999. He is the division head of Infectious Diseases for the Henry Ford Health System.
Before joining the faculty, Dr. Zervos served as an assistant professor of Internal Medicine and Laboratory Medicine, Section of Infectious Diseases, at the Yale School of Medicine from 1986 to 1988.
He received his undergraduate degree summa cum laude from the University of Detroit in 1974. He performed a medical internship at Detroit Receiving Hospital, and completed a medical residency at Harper Hospital in 1982, where he was named chief medical resident. He completed a fellowship in Infectious Diseases at the University of Michigan in 1986.
From 1999 to 2004, Dr. Zervos served as director of Research at William Beaumont Hospital. He has also served as medical director of Infection Prevention and associate director of Research for Clinical Trials for the Henry Ford Health System. Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases, he is a member of several National Institutes of Health review panels and is a member and fellow of several professional societies, including the American College of Physicians and the Infectious Diseases Society of America. He was awarded the James H. Nakano Citation and Charles C. Shepard Science awards by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for his work with resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
His research focus is on epidemiology, prevention and outcomes of serious enterococcal and S. aureus infection. He coordinates global health projects to develop sustainable capacity in low-income settings in 20 countries. He also coordinates projects to assist vulnerable populations in the United States, including Detroit, and issues related to water quality in Flint, Mich.
Dr. Zervos has secured several million dollars in grants and has been the principal investigator for more than 300 government- and industry-funded studies examining epidemiology and outcomes and prevention measures for multi-drug antimicrobial resistant pathogens. He has contributed more than 530 published abstracts at national and international scientific meetings and has published more than 320 articles in peer-reviewed journals. He has co-written several books and numerous book chapters dealing with infectious diseases.