Dr. Joel Moncur (Colonel, U.S. Army, Retired) serves as the Chief Medical Officer and Deputy Director of the Joint Pathology Center, formerly known as the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Silver Spring, Maryland. Moncur is a molecular and genetic pathologist.
Moncur’s previous positions include Director of the Joint Pathology Center and Chair of Pathology at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center. In 2020, Moncur began the digital transformation of the JPC repository, one of the nation’s oldest and largest repositories of pathology slides and samples. Through this program, the JPC has digitized over 4.5 million pathology glass slides and partnered to develop prototype machine learning algorithms, including a model that detects, grades, and predicts the prognosis of prostate cancer. Moncur’s research also includes timely topics in infectious diseases, including the neuropathological findings in COVID-19, the pathology of measles as a re-emerging disease, and the optimal testing approach for detecting human papillomavirus in head and neck squamous cell carcinomas.
Moncur is also active within the College of American Pathologists, where he currently serves on the Board of Governors, as Vice Chair of the Council on Scientific Affairs, and as a member of the Council on Education, finance committee and investment committee. Moncur previously served as the chair and advisor for the CAP Molecular Oncology Committee.