ZeaBorokMD
Pulmonology • San Diego, CACritical Care Medicine, Interstitial Lung Diseases
Professor, Medicine, UCSD School of Medicine
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Office
200 W Arbor Dr
San Diego, CA 92103Phone+1 800-926-8273Fax+1 888-539-8781
Education & Training
Clinical Center at the National Institutes of HealthResidency, Internal Medicine, 1987 - 1989
UPMC Medical Education/Presbyterian Shadyside HospitalFellowship, Critical Care Medicine, 1986 - 1987- UPMC Medical EducationResidency, Internal Medicine, 1983 - 1986
University of Cape Town Faculty of MedicineClass of 1979
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 1990 - 2025
MD State Medical License 1987 - 1990
PA State Medical License 1983 - 1990- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Critical Care Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Pulmonary Disease
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Super Doctor SuperDoctors.com
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Integrated multiomic analysis identifies TRIP13 as a mediator of alveolar epithelial type II cell dysfunction in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.Laurence St Pierre, Asres Berhan, Eun K Sung, Juan R Alvarez, Hongjun Wang
Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta. Molecular Basis of Disease. 2024-11-13 - Context-dependent roles of mitochondrial LONP1 in orchestrating the balance between airway progenitor versus progeny cells.Le Xu, Chunting Tan, Justinn Barr, Nicole Talaba, Jamie Verheyden
Cell Stem Cell. 2024-10-03 - Cell of origin alters myeloid-mediated immunosuppression in lung adenocarcinoma.Minxiao Yang, Noah Shulkin, Edgar Gonzalez, Jonathan Castillo, Chunli Yan
Biorxiv. 2024-06-23
Journal Articles
- LINC00261 Is an Epigenetically-Regulated Tumor Suppressor That Is Essential for Activation of the DNA Damage ResponseZea Borok, Jonathan Castillo, Clinical Cancer Research
Press Mentions
Atul Malhotra, MD, Receives Prestigious Lifetime Achievement AwardAugust 20th, 2024- Zea Borok, MD, Named Chair of the Department of Medicine at UC San Diego School of MedicineMarch 22nd, 2021
- USC Stem Cell Scientist Amy Ryan Studies Diseases from Cystic Fibrosis to COVID-19March 3rd, 2021
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Grant Support
- Molecular Programming Of AEC Differentiation: Role Of Forkhead FactorsNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2010–2012
- Epigenetic Profiling Of Human Alveolar Epithelial Cells In Health And DiseaseNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2011
- Alveolar Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) In Pulmonary FibrosisNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2008–2011
- Epigenetic Regulation Of AEC Plasticity And Epithelial-Mesenchymal TransitionNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2009–2010
- Role Of FOXP2 In AEC (Trans)DifferentiationNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2004–2008
- GATA-6: Key Regulator Of AEC TransdifferentiationNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2004–2007
- Stem Cell Homing/Engraftment In Lung Injury And RepairNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2002–2004
- Regulation Of Aquaporin-5 Type I PneumocytesNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute2000–2003
- Alveolar Epithelial Function/DifferentiationNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute1994–1997
- Control Of Alveolar Epithelial Function/DifferentiationNational Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute1993
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