Zea Borok, MD

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Areas of Treatment:

Specialties:

  • Internal Medicine

Title:

  • Professor of Medicine, Biochemistry, and Molecular Biology
  • Chief, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
  • Associate Director, Will Rogers Institute Pulmonary Research Center
  • Director, Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship Training Program

Department:

Locations:

Sub-specialties:

  • Pulmonary
  • Critical Care

Background:

After completing medical school in her native South Africa, Dr. Borok completed her residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh.  Following a fellowship in Critical Care Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh, she completed fellowship training in Pulmonary Medicine at the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Borok joined the faculty of USC in 1990 and quickly distinguished herself as a prominent medical researcher, educator and practitioner. She holds several administrative and academic positions and directs an active research program in mechanisms of lung injury repair.

Education:

  • University of Cape Town, South Africa, M.B., Ch.B., 1974 - 1979

Internships:

  • Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa, 1980 - 1981
  • Montefiore Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, 1982 - 1983

Residencies:

  • Montefiore Hospital (Internal Medicine), Pittsburgh, PA, 1983 -1985

Fellowships:

  • College of Physicians & Surgeons of Columbia University (Thrombosis), New York, NY, 1981 - 1982
  • Presbyterian-University Hospital (Critical Care Medicine), Pittsburgh, PA, 1986 - 1987
  • National Institutes of Health, Pulmonary Branch (Pulmonary Medicine), Bethesda, MD, 1987 - 1990.

Board Certification:

  • Internal Medicine
  • Pulmonary Disease
  • Critical Care Medicine

Professional Society Memberships:

  • Western Society for Clinical Investigation
  • American College of Physicians (Fellow)
  • American College of Chest Physicians (Fellow)
  • American Federation for Medical Research
  • American Society for Cell Biology
  • American Thoracic Society
  • Society of Critical Care Medicine
  • Western Society for Clinical Investigation

Languages:

  • English