Suresh Joshi, MD, MSc, PhD: Surgery

Suresh Joshi, MD, PhD, MSc

Faculty

Specialties: Medical Microbiology, Infection Control

Research &
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Education

Pune, New Delhi, Philadelphia

Awards & Honors

Fellow of the Surgical Infection Society (2025)

Dr. Joshi is an adjunct professor at the A.J. Drexel Plasma Institute, as well as Drexel's School of Biomedical Engineering. He has a special interest in emerging bacterial infections, disinfection and sterilization, and biodefense.

Since 1987, Dr. Joshi has taught undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral students and trained doctoral and postdoctoral fellows in research. He has been mentoring graduates and medical students, who now have successful careers in medicine, academia and the pharmaceutical industry. Since 2004, he has been a member of international mentoring program and minority mentoring program of American Society of Microbiology (ASM), and Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA).

Subjects taught: Medical microbiology, pathology, parasitology, communicable diseases, hospital-acquired infections and infection control methods.
Visiting department faculty fellow: University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, N.Y.
Senior research fellowship and adjunct faculty: Thomas Jefferson University Medical College, Philadelphia, Pa.
Certification: Infection control, State of New York
Board eligible: American Board of Medical Microbiology
Postgraduate training (master's and doctoral): Medical microbiology and cellular biology
Medical training: Medical microbiology, as well as family physician. Practicing physician since 1986

Research Interests

Bacterial pathogenesis and biofilms; wound infection and healing

Research

Research Fellows with Dr. Joshi
Bhaswati Sen, PhD; Rubina Narang (PhD student); Jennifer Scotti (rotation) and Peter Huh (MD students); Priya Dhagat, Brandon Fong and Rachel Figaro (MS students)

Dr. Joshi’s research areas are related to bacterial pathogenesis and biofilms, and wound infection and healing . He has extensive experience in the areas of antimicrobial resistance, nosocomial infection control strategies, and molecular and clinical epidemiology, drug development and animal infection models. He has also worked in the area of host cellular responses (with a special focus on apoptosis and mediation of NFkB and caspases) to bacterial pathogens and/or their virulence products. Joshi has developed several in vitro and in vivo assays, and has expertise in immunocytochemical (ICC) and immunohistochemical (IHC) detection systems and microscopies. He has initiated Surgical Infections Research (SIR) program at this institute, with a special emphasis to multi-drug resistant (MDR)- Acinetobacter and MRSA infection, runs biosafety level-2 plus (BSL2 +) bacteriology laboratory. The major current topics of research in Dr. Joshi's lab are:

Carbapenem resistant-Acinetobacter baumannii: antibiotic resistance mechanisms, and pathogenesis of infection.
Antimicrobial and anti-biofilm strategies: using atmospheric non-thermal plasma, novel antimicrobial sustained release, antimicrobial augmentation.
Molecular diagnostic strategies for detection of multidrug-resistant bacterial pathogens and their virulence factors.
Botulinum toxin: host responses, vaccine development, novel diagnostic techniques.

Clinical Trials

Novel beta-lactamase inhibitors with carbapenems against complicated intra-abdominal infection.
Clinical response and efficacy of novel beta-lactamase inhibitor in urinary tract infection therapeutic regime.
Effect of novel antimicrobial solution and its clinical efficacy in the management of atopic dermatitis (being submitted).

Collaborations

A.J. Drexel Plasma Institute, 91��Ƭ��, Philadelphia
Center for Botulism and Biodefense Research (CBBR), Thomas Jefferson University
Institute of Molecular Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Dexel University College of Medicine
School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems, 91��Ƭ��
KEM Hospital & Research Center, Pune, and University of Pune, Pune (India)
Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem (Israel)

Honors

UNESCO-ASM Visiting Resource Person, 2002, 2004
National Judge & Evaluator for Annual Biomed Research Conf for Minority Students (ABRCMS), 2008, 2009, 2010
International Mentoring Program & Minority Mentoring Program, American Society for Microbiology, and Infect Dis Society of America.
Editorial Board Service to BMC Infectious Diseases (Associate Editor); Surgery: Current Research; World Journal of Clinical Infectious Diseases; Afr Journal of Infectious Diseases, International Journal of Bacteriology, ISRN Infectious Diseases, and Journal of Drug Development, Journal of Antibiotics Research, Journal of Immunology and Vaccination.

In the Media

44th SIS Annual Meeting (Mar 14, 2025)

“Dr. Suresh Joshi Is Nominated as USA’s Technical Expert on the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC)”
Drexel School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems News (Mar 19, 2022)

“The Birthplace of Plasma Medicine, 20 Years Later”
Drexel News (Mar 17, 2022)

IDSA Foundation (2022)

“Suresh G. Joshi, MD, PhD is recognized and elected as fellow to Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)”
(Aug 10, 2016)

The Triangle (Feb 28, 2014)

Additional articles...

“Research on Non-thermal Plasma Solutions”
Trove: National Library of Australia (Jun 1, 2013)

“Plasma-treated Alginate Wound Dressing”
Microbe Magazine (Feb 1, 2012)

Publications

Selected Publications

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Sorenson TR, Zack KM, Joshi SG
Microorganisms 13(8): 1816-1829. (2025)

Zack KM. Sorenson T, Joshi SG
Pathogens 13(137): 1-32. (2024)

“The Birthplace of Plasma Medicine, 20 Years Later”
Joshi SG
Drexel News (Mar 17, 2022)

Chakravarthi ST and Joshi SG
Microorganisms 10(1): 56-74. (2022)

Ercan UK, Yost AD, Wasko K, Brooks AD, Joshi SG
Plasma 4: 732-744 (2021)

Nguyen M and Joshi SG
Journal of Applied Microbiology 131(6): 2715-2738 (2021)

Additional Publications

Han S, Soylu MC, Kirimli CE, Wu W, Sen B, Joshi SG, Emery CL, Au G, Niu X, Hamilton R, Krevolin K, Shih WY
Biosensors and Bioelectronics 130: 73-80 (2019)

Allen, HB, Cusack CA, Joshi SG
International Journal of Neurobiology 13: e1-e4 (2019)

“Alzheimer’s Disease: Possible mechanisms for worsening of the disease”
Allen HB, Allawh RM, Ilyas EN, Miklossy J, Joshi SG
Current Neurobiology 9(1): 59-65 (2018)

Ercan UK, Sen B, Brooks AD, Joshi SG
Journal of Applied Microbiology 124(2): 383-397 (2018)

“Bioethical challenges arising from the microbiology and pathology of Alzheimer’s Disease”
Allen HB, Allawh RM, Ilyas EN, Joshi SG
Current Neurobiology 9(1): 26-28 (2018)

Raible KM, Sen B, Law N, Bias T, Emery CL, Ehrlich GD, Joshi SG
Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials 16: 75-86 (2017)

Kleinwaks LP, Leung B, Sen B, Emery CL, Hamilton RJ, Ari D. Brooks, Joshi SG
Canadian Journal of Infection Control 32(3): 143-145 (2017)

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Vaze ND, Park S, Brooks AD, Fridman A, Joshi SG
PLOS ONE 12(2): e0171434 (2017)

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Allen HB, Hossain C, Abidi N, Larijani M, Joshi SG
Advanced Techniques in Biology and Medicine; (51): 197-202, doi: 10.4172/2379- 1764.1000197 (2017)

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Allen HB, Boles J, Morales D, Ballal S, Joshi SG
Journal of Medical and Surgical Pathology 1(4): 135-140 (2016)

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Allen HB, Warner CA, Joshi SG
Journal of Clinical and Experimental Dermatology Research 7 (2): 344-346 (2016)

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Allen HB, Morales D, Jones K, Joshi SG
Journal of Neuroinfectious Diseases (7 (2): 211-213 (2016)

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Allen HB, Miller B, Durkin J, Joshi SG
Clinical Microbiology Open Access 5 (2): 244-246 (2016)

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Allen HB, Morales D, Jones K, Joshi SG
Journal of Neuroinfectious Diseases 7 (1): 200-202 (2016)

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Ercan UK. Smith J, Ji H-F, Brooks AD, Joshi SG
The Scientific Reports 6:20365, doi:10.1038/srep20365 (2016)

Allen HB, Shaver CM, Etzler CA, Joshi SG
Immunochemistry and Immunopathology 1(2): 112 (2015)

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Sen B, Joshi SG
Journal of Applied Microbiology (2015)

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Allen HB, Goyal K, Ogrich L, Joshi S
Journal of Clinical & Experimental Dermatology Research 6(6): e-11-14 (2015)

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Allen H, Dasgupta TS, Todd SP, Cusack CA, Joshi S
Journal of Clinical & Experimental Dermatology Research 6(6):e1-5 (2015)

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Yost AD, Joshi SG
PLoS ONE 10(10): e0139903, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0139903 (2015)

“Phenotypic ESBL Detection in Acinetobacter baumannii: A Real Challenge”
Litake GM, Ghole VS, Niphadkar KB, Joshi SG
American Journal of Infectious Diseases 11(3): 48-53, DOI: 10.3844/ajidsp.2015.48.53 (2015)

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Albala A, Ercan UK, Joshi SG, Eisenbrey JR, Teraphongphom N, Wheatley MA.
International Journal of Pharmaceutics 494(1): 146-151 (2015)

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Allen HB, Hannaway M, Joshi SG.
Journal of Clinical & Experimental Dermatology Research 6(4): 1-3 (2015)

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Joshi SG, Yost A, Joshi SS, Addya S, Ehrlich GD, Brooks AD.
Advances in Bioscience and Biotechnology 6(2): 49-62 (2015)

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Ercan UK, Joshi SS, Yost A, Gogotsi N, O'Toole S, Paff M, Melchior E, Joshi SG.
Advances in Microbiology 4(16): 1188-1196 (2014)

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Kojtari A, Ercan UK, Smith J, Friedman G, Sensenig R, Tyagi S, Joshi SG, Ji H-F, Brooks AD.
Journal of Nanomedicine and Biotherapeutic Discovery 4(1): 118-123 (2014)

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Zhang Z, Nix CA, Ercan UK, Gerstenhaber JA, Joshi SG, Zhong Y.
PLoS One 9(1): e84360-68 (2014)

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Neidrauer M, Ercan UK, Bhattachryya A, Samuels J, Sedlak J, Trikha R, Barbee KA, Weingarten MS, Joshi SG.
Journal of Medical Microbiology, 63: 203-209 (2014) (2013 Nov 6, Epub; ahead of print)

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Poor AE, Ercan UK, Yost A, Brooks AD, Joshi SG.
Surgical Infections, ahead of print. doi:10.1089/sur.2013.050 (Apr 21, 2014)

“The Presence and Impact of Biofilm-Producing Staphylococci in Atopic Dermatitis”
Allen HB, Vaze NS, Choi C, Hailu T, Cusack CA, Joshi SG
JAMA Dermatology, published online; doi:10.1001/jamadermatol.2013.8627 (Jan 22, 2014)

“Acinetobacter: An emerging pathogenic threat to public health”
Joshi SG and Litake GM
World Journal of Clinical Infectious Diseases, 3(3): 25-36 (2013)

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Vaze ND, Emery CL, Hamilton RJ, Brooks AD, and Joshi SG
Advances in Infectious Diseases, 3(1):10-16 (2013)

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Ercan UK, Wang H, Ji H, Fridman G, Brooks AD, and Joshi SG
Plasma Processes and Polymers, 10(6): 544-555 (2013)

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Joshi SG, Hamilton RJ, Emery CL, Brooks AD
American Journal of Infection Control, 40(9): 898-901 (2012)

Al-Saleem FH, Ancharski DM, Joshi SG, Elias MD, Singh A, Nasser Z, and Simposn LL
Infection and Immunity, 80(12): 4133-4142 (2012)

Wu AS, Kalghatgi S, Dobrynin D, Sensenig R, Podolsky E, Dulaimi E, Paff M, Garcia K, Wasko K, Fridman G, Balasubramanian M, Ownbey R, Barbee KA, Fridman A, Friedman G, Joshi SG, and Brooks AD
Journal of Surgical Research, 179(1): e1-e12 (2013)

Joshi SG
Journal of Pharmacological & Toxicological Methods, 65(1): 8-12 (2011)

Gomes S, Altafi S, Garcia K, Emery C, Hamilton R, Brooks AD, and Joshi SG
American Journal of Infection Control, 40(4): 381-383 (2011)

Satpute MG, Telang NV, Dhakephalkar PK, Niphadkar KB, and Joshi SG
American Journal of Infection Control, 39(4):e21-23 (2011)

“Fulminating septicemia due to persistent pan-resistant community-acquired MBL (IMP1)-positive Acinetobacter baumannii”
Telang NV, Satpute MG, Dhakephalkar PK, Niphadkar KB, and Joshi SG
Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology, 54(1): 180-182 (2011)

Joshi SG, Elias MD, Singh AK, Al-Saleem FH, Ancharski DM, Nasser Z, Takahashi T, and Simpson LL
Neuroscience, 179: 208-222 (2011)

Joshi SG, Cooper M, Yost A, Paff M, Ercan UK, Fridman G, Friedman G, Fridman A, and Brooks AD
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 52: 1053-1062 (2011)

Dobrynin D, Wu A, Kalghatgi S, Park S, Shainsky N, Wasko K, Dulaimi E, Ownbey R, Sensenig R, Joshi SG, and Brooks AD
Plasma Medicine, 1(1): 93-108 (2010)

Cooper M, Fridman G, Fridman A, and Joshi SG
Journal of Applied Microbiology, 109: 2039-2048 (2010)

Joshi SG, Paff M, Friedman G, Fridman G, Fridman A, and Brooks AD
American Journal of Infection Control, 38: 293-301 (2010)

Telang NV, Satpute MG, Niphadkar KB, and Joshi SG
American Journal of Infection Control, 38: 165-166 (2010)

Litake GM, Ghole VS, Niphadkar KB, and Joshi SG
International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents, 34: 280-283 (2009)

Takahashi T, Joshi SG, Al-Saleem FH, Ancharski D, Singh AK, Nisser Z, and Simpson LL
Vaccine, 27: 2616-2624 (2009)

Al-Saleem FH, Ancharski DM, Ravichandran E, Joshi SG, Singh AK, Gong Y, and Simpson LL
Journal of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics, 326: 856-863 (2008)

Joshi SG, Kovacs AD
Journal of Medical Microbiology 56: 138-141 (2007)

“An initial assessment of the systemic Pharmacokinetics of Botulinum neurotoxin”
Ravichandran E, Gong Y, Al-saleem F, Ancharski D, Joshi SG, Simpson LL
Journal of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics 318 (3): 1343-1351 (2006)

Simpson LL, Maksymowych AB, Kouguchi H, DuBois G, Bora RS, Joshi S
The Protein Journal 24:155-165 (2005)

Joshi SG, Francis CW, Silverman DJ, Sahni SK
FEMS Microbiology Letters 234: 333-341 (2004)

Joshi SG, Francis CW, Silverman DJ, Sahni SK
Infection and Immunity 71 (7): 4127-4136 (2003)

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Contact Information

sjoshi@drexelmed.edu

Department of Microbiology & Immunology
245 N. 15th Street
Mail Stop 1013A
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Phone: 215.762.8431
Fax: 215.762.1955

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