Zea Borok MD
Critical Care Medicine, Interstitial Lung Diseases
Professor, Medicine, UCSD School of Medicine
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200 W Arbor DrSan Diego, CA 92103
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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 - 2027
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
- A Multimodal Spatial and Epigenomic Atlas of Human Adult Lung Topography.Thu Elizabeth Duong, Dinh Diep, Kimberly Y Conklin, Indy Bui, Jeffrey M Purkerson
Biorxiv. 2025-05-23 - 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. 2025-03-01 - 2 citationsContext-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
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
UC San Diego School of Medicine Physician-Scientists Elected to Association of American PhysiciansMay 8th, 2025- 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
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Grant Support
- Beyond the Barrier: Alveolar Epithelial Cell Biology in Health and DiseaseUNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO2021–2025
- 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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