Physicians

Departments / Divisions

• Medicine / Medicine-Infectious Diseases
• Molecular Genetics and Microbiology

Address
DUMC 3824
Durham, NC 27710

Appointment Telephone
919-668-0789

Office Telephone
919-668-0789

Fax Telephone
919-684-8902

Training

• MD, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine (Illinois), 1998

Residency

• Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1998-2001

Fellowship

• Infectious Diseases, Duke University Medical Center, 2001-2005

Other Training

• MHS, Duke University, 2007

Clinical Interests
Infectious complications of solid-organ transplantation, hematologic malignancy, hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation, other non-HIV-related immune-compromised states

Research Interests
Medical education
Genomic applications for diagnosis of infectious diseases
Genomic applications for prediction of infectious diseases

Industry Relationships and Collaborations (What's this?)

This faculty member (or a member of their immediate family) has a working relationship (i.e. consulting, research, and/or educational services) with the companies listed below. These relations have been reported to the health system leadership and, when appropriate, management plans are in place to address potential conflicts.

• APT pharmaceuticals
• Cogent Healthcare
• Covance
• Elsevier
• GlaxoSmithKline
• Oxford University Press
• UpToDate, Inc.

Representative Publications
Zaas, AK; Aziz, H; Lucas, J; Perfect, JR; Ginsburg, GS. Blood gene expression signatures predict invasive candidiasis. Science Translational Medicine. 2010;2:21ra17. (2010) Abstract

Zaas, AK; Chen, M; Varkey, J; Veldman, T; Hero, AO; Lucas, J; Huang, Y; Turner, R; Gilbert, A; Lambkin-Williams, R; Øien, NC; Nicholson, B; Kingsmore, S; Carin, L; Woods, CW; Ginsburg, GS. Gene expression signatures diagnose influenza and other symptomatic respiratory viral infections in humans. Cell Host and Microbe. 2009;6:207-217. (2009) Abstract

Zaas, AK; Liao, G; Chien, JW; Weinberg, C; Shore, D; Giles, SS; Marr, KA; Usuka, J; Burch, LH; Perera, L; Perfect, JR; Peltz, G; Schwartz, DA. Plasminogen alleles influence susceptibility to invasive aspergillosis. PLoS Genetics. 2008;4:e1000101. (2008) Abstract