Department of Surgery Faculty
Christine Zink, MD
Assistant Professor / Clinical
Division: Emergency Medicine
Email: zink@uthscsa.edu
Board Certifications:
Education:
MD, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
Residency, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY
Publications:
Suryadevara R, Holter S, Borgmann K, Persidsky R, Labenz-Zink C, Persidsky Y,
Gendelman HE, Wu L, Ghorpade A, Zink C. Regulation of tissue inhibitor of
metalloproteinase-1 by astrocytes: links to HIV-1 dementia. Glia 2003
Oct;44(1):47-56.
Book chapters:
Zink C. Tick Bites In: The Wilderness Medical Society/ACEP Wilderness Medicine
Scenario Teaching Curriculum. 2009.
Abstracts:
Zink C, Balsari S, Moresky R, Foran M, Bristow R. Implementation of a
Community-Based Emergency Medicine Oriented Training Program in Rural India Acad
Emergency Medicine: 2006 Jan. p. 9104-9105. (Acad Emergency Medicine; vol.
13:8).
Zink C, Ghorpade A, Suryadevara R, Holter S, Borgmann K, Persidsky R. Persidsky Y, Gendelman HE, Wu L. The role of tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1 in HIV-1 associated dementia 2001 Feb.
Zink C, Ghorpade A, Persidskaia R, Suryadevara R, Gendelman HE. Matrix metalloproteinases regulation in human leukocytes and astrocytes: Implication for HIV-1 associated dementia
Zink C, Ghorpade A, Persidskaia R, Che M, Persidsky Y, Gendelman HE. Glial differentiation, activation and/or viral infection influence the secretion of matrix metalloproteinases: Implications for HIV-1associated dementia
Zink C, Ghorpade A, Che M, Persidsky Y, Gendelman HE. Mononuclear phagocytes secrete metalloproteinases that affect the neuropathogenesis of AIDS dementia
Biosketch: Dr. Christine L. Zink, MD graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences in 2000 at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She attended Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, earning her MD in 2006. Following medical school, Dr. Zink completed an Emergency Medicine residency at New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY in 2010.
Honors and Awards:
2009, Distinguished Housestaff Award: New York Weill Cornell Medical Center Alumni Council
2008, Society for Academic Emergency Medicine Clinical Pathologic
2006, Weill Medical College Excellence in Emergency Medicine Award
2005, The Jay Lawrence Award for Clinical Proficiency in Infectious Diseases
2005, Ben H. Kean Traveling Fellowship Award
2005, Philanthropic Educational Organization Scholar Award
2000, Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society Membership
1999, Pediatric AIDS Foundation Summer Research Fellowship
Professional societies:
Wilderness Medical Society
Emergency Medicine Residents Association
American College of Emergency Physicians
Society for Academic Emergency Medicine
