NewswireTODAY - /newswire/ - Beverly Hills, CA, United States, 2011/07/19 - Professor Brian Zink, Chairman of the Emergency Medicine Department of Vanderbilt University and Chief of Emergency Medicine at Rhode Island and The Miriam Hospitals, is appointed a Member of the Medical Advisory Board of US Tele-Medicine - UStelemedicine.

“Professor Zink will contribute exceptional wisdom and guidance to the nascent world of Telemedicine Triage,” said Jacques von Speyer, Chairman, and CEO of US Tele-Medicine.

Previously, Professor Zink served as Assistant Dean for Medical Student Career Development, Associate Dean for Student Programs and Director of Student Biomedical Research Programs at the University of Michigan Medical School. Professor Zink He received his M.D. from the University of Rochester, and did his emergency medicine residency at the University of Cincinnati program, where he was a Chief Resident in 1987-88.

“He is a rare breed of medical professional encompassing brilliant academia, exceptional clinical experiences, incisive research, and an inspiring vision to provide telemedicine triage to every community in America. We are fortunate and honored to welcome him to US Tele-Medicine,” said von Speyer.

Besides medical student development, Professor Zink’s scholarly interests include traumatic brain injury and the history of EM. He is the author of Anyone, Anything, Anytime – A History of Emergency Medicine. He received the 2007 SAEM Hal Jayne Academic Excellence Award; the 2008 ACEP Outstanding Contribution in Education Award; & the 2010 Alpert Medical School Dean's Award for the Advancement of Women Faculty.

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