Alice Barsoumian MD

Education

• Fellowship: Infectious Disease, San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium (SAUSHEC) San Antonio, TX: 2011- 2013
• Residency: Internal Medicine, SAUSHEC, San Antonio, TX: 2008- 2011
• Doctor of Medicine: University of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA: 2004- 2008
• Bachelor of Science, Biology: Summa Cum Laude, University Scholar of the Year, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA: August 2000- May 2004

Biography

Lt Col Barsoumian graduated Loyola Marymount University (2004) as top graduate. She attended medical school at the University of California, Irvine prior to completing her internal medicine (IM) residency and infectious disease (ID) fellowship at SAUSHEC (2013). Lt Col Barsoumian served as the Officer in Charge of the BAMC ID clinic (2014-2017), the associate program director of the ID fellowship (2016-2018), and the Medical Director of the Antimicrobial Stewardship Program (2017-2021). Under her leadership, the program was recognized as a Center of Excellence (2019, 2021) and earned 7 DHA High Reliability Awards (2018-2022). Lt Col Barsoumian led the SAUSHEC ID Fellowship Program (2018-2023) and earned the John D. Roscelli Outstanding Program Director Award (2021) and the USUHS Dean’s Teaching Award (2021).

Lt Col Barsoumian is the chief of the BAMC ID Service and the ID Consultant to the USAF Surgeon General (from 2022). She sits on leadership committees for USU’s Infectious Diseases Clinical Research Program and the Military Infectious Disease Research Program’s Threat Prioritization Panel, directing the focus of operationally ID relevant research DoD-wide. Lt Col Barsoumian authored 35 manuscripts, 1 book chapter, and 2 Joint Trauma System guidelines. She mentored trainees to publish 7 first author manuscripts and present 25 times at scientific meetings. Lt Col Barsoumian served on the Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) Medical Education Work Group (2018-2022), co-authored 2 national curricula for ID fellows, and published 2 others. She is
currently serving as a panel member for ACGME’s ID appeals committee (2022-2028).

Lt Col Barsoumian deployed as a medical advisor to the Afghan National Army (2014-2015), completing 63 outside the wire missions. She conducted an infection prevention SAV to 9 Role II and III facilities in Kuwait, Iraq, and Afghanistan to quell an outbreak of multidrug resistant organisms in combat wounded (2019). Lt Col Barsoumian conducted the first video investigation to successfully abort a down-range fatal outbreak (2021). She is a course instructor at USAFSAM’s Global Medicine Course, the Joint Forces Combat Trauma Management Course, the Public Health Emergency Management Basic Course, and Infection Control in the Joint Environment Course and has taught on these topics overseas to Peruvian (2017, 2023) and Uruguayan (2018) military members.

Lt Col Barsoumian is a Professor of Medicine with the Uniformed Services University, a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and the IDSA, and a member of Alpha Omega Alpha.

Career Highlights: Positions, Projects, Deployements, Awards and Additional Publications

Program Director, SAUSHEC Infectious Disease Fellowship, 2018- current

Medical Director, Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, Brooke Army Medical Center, 2017- current

Infectious Disease Clinic Officer in Charge, San Antonio Military Medical Center, 2014- 2017

Associate Program Director, SAUSHEC Infectious Disease Fellowship Program, 2015- 2016

Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Freedom’s Sentinel, Senior Physician Advisor, Medical Institutional Advisory Team, New Kabul Compund, Afghanistan, 2014-2015

Representative Bibliography

Barsoumian A, Calvano T, Markelz AE, Cassidy R, Murray CK, Beckius ML, Mende K, Akers KS. Variations of CHROMagar Acinetobacter to detect imipenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii-calcoaceticus complex. Scand J Infect Dis. 2013 Jun;45(6):446-52.

Barsoumian A, Sanchez CJ, Mende K, Tully CC, Beckius ML, Akers KS, Wenke JC, Murray CK. In vitro toxicity and activity of Dakin’s solution, mafenide acetate, and amphotericin B on filamentous fungi and human cells. J Orthop Trauma. 2013 Aug; 27(8):428-36.

Barsoumian AE, Mende K, Sanchez CJ Jr, Beckius ML, Wencke JC, Murray CK, Akers KS. Clinical infectious outcomes associated with biofilm-related bacterial infections: a retrospective chart review. BMC Infect Dis. 2015 Jun 7;15:223.

Lee LE*, Barsoumian AE, Brown AW, Wiggins MA, Renshaw JS, Osswald MB, Murray CK. Rates of microbiolgoically diagnosed infection and pathogen detection in hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients. Mil Med. 2016 Nov:181(11):e1685-e1691.

Barsoumian AE, Yun HC. Augmenting fellow education through spaced multiple choice questions. Mil Med. 2018 Jan: 183(1-2):e122-e126.

Barsoumian AE, Hartzell JD, Bonura E, Ressner RA, Whitman TJ, Yun HC. Military internal medicine resident decision to apply to fellowship and extend military commitment. Epub ahead of print. https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usx091.

Barsoumian AE, White BK, Yun HC. Teaching antimicrobial stewardship to infectious disease fellows through simulated interdisciplinary scenarios. MedEdPORTAL. 2018;14:10693.

Luther VP, Shnekendorf R, Abbo LM, Advani S, Armstrong WS, Barsoumian AE, Beeler CB, Bystritsky R, Cherabuddi K, Cohen S, Hamilton KW, Ince D, Justo JA, Logan A, Lynch III JB, Nori P, Ohl CA, Patel PK, Pottinger PS, Schwartz BS, Stack C, Zhou Y. Antibiotic Stewardship Curriculum for Infectious Disease Fellows: Program Directors Identify a Curriculum Need. PROVISIONALLY ACCEPTED TO CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES.

Barsoumian AE, Hartzell J, Bonura E, Ressner R, Whitman T, Yun HC. Factors Impacting Selection of Infectious Disease Training for Military Internal Medicine Residents. ACCEPTED TO CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES.