Medical Director, Infection Prevention and Control
Chief, Infectious Disease Service
Brooke Army Medical Center
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Elizabeth Markelz is the Deputy Chief of Medicine for Operations and Administration and Chief of the Infectious Disease service at Brooke Army Medical Center (BAMC), and is the Deputy Infectious Disease consultant to The Army Surgeon General. She served as the Medical Director of Infection Prevention and Control (IPaC) at BAMC for six years leading outbreak investigations for legionella, mumps, multidrug-resistant organisms, Group B Streptococcus, and Clostridioides difficile. She also served on a team to investigate a fatal Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) outbreak at Bagram Air Force Base, Afghanistan. She spearheaded the Covid-19 IPaC response at BAMC and served on the South Texas Regional Advisory Council (STRAC) Infectious Disease leadership team to coordinate the Covid-19 response and guidance across the region. Dr. Markelz has served as an instructor for the Defense Institute of Medical Operations (DIMO) Outbreak and Management Course in Antananarivo, Madagascar for a team of Malagasy healthcare workers and military and public health officials. Also, while serving as the Brigade Surgeon for the 48th Chemical Brigade, she served as lead medical planner for a deployment in response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. Dr. Markelz earned her medical degree at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine and completed her Internal Medicine Residency and Infectious Disease Fellowship at Brooke Army Medical Center.
Dr. Markelz has received numerous awards, including the Physician Award from the Society of Federal Health Professionals and the Lt. Gen. Paul K. Carlton Jr. Faculty Award. She serves as an active investigator for 3 prospective multicenter trials, is an Associate Professor for Medicine at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and Infectious Disease Society of America and has the Army’s AMEDD 9A Proficiency Designator recognition.
