MichaelJayZaporMD, PhD, CTropMed, CPE, FACP, FIDSA

Summary

• I obtained my Bachelor of Science in biology from the University of Connecticut in 1985 after which I attended the University of Rhode Island, where I obtained my PhD in microbiology in 1990. My military service began in January 1981, when I enlisted in the U.S. Army Reserve. I was originally commissioned as an infantry officer in 1983 and spent from 1981-1991 as a reservist in that branch. After completing my doctorate, I entered active duty as a medical service corps officer and came to the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) for post-doctoral research. From 1991-1994, I worked in the Department of Communicable Diseases and Immunology, researching vaccines against _Shigella flexneri_. In 1994, I came off active duty and attended medical school at Albany Medical College in New York on a Health Professions Scholarship. Upon graduating in 1998, I returned to active duty and completed a residency in internal medicine at Brooke Army Medical Center (1998-2001) followed by an infectious diseases fellowship at Walter Reed Army Medical Center (2001-2004). Upon completing my fellowship, I served as a staff physician, first at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center (2004-2011) and then at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center (2011-2013). I also served as the Deputy Commander for Clinical Services (Chief of Medical Staff) at Kimbrough Ambulatory Care Center, Ft. Meade (2013-2015), Director of the Bacterial Diseases Branch at the WRAIR (2015-2016), and then as the Deputy Commander of the WRAIR (2016-2017). I have deployed twice as a battalion surgeon, once to Iraq with the 10th MTN DIV (2005-2006) and once to Afghanistan with the 82d ABN DIV (2010). Upon retiring from the Regular Army in 2017, I began employment with the Department of Veterans Affairs, where I have served as Chief of Medicine (2017-2020) and currently serve as Deputy Chief of Staff, Designated Education Officer, and Facility Research Coordinator at the VAMC in Martinsburg, West Virginia.

Retirement Ceremony in Honor of COL Michael Zapor
Join us in as we honor COL Michael Zapor as he retires from active duty at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research.