Brian J. Zink

Brian J. Zink, MD, is professor and senior associate chair for education and faculty development in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor. He graduated from Allegheny College and the University of Rochester School of Medicine and completed his emergency medicine residency training at the University of Cincinnati. In his 30-year career in emergency medicine, he has performed funded research in the effects of alcohol in trauma, has served as associate dean for student programs at the University of Michigan Medical School, and was the inaugural chair of emergency medicine at the Alpert Medical School of Brown University (2006-2018). Dr. Zink was honored to serve as president of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) from 2000 to 2001 and the Association of Academic Chairs of Emergency Medicine (AACEM) from 2012 to 2013. He founded and is co-director of the SAEM/AACEM Chair Development Program. He has received numerous awards and honors, including the Hal Jayne Academic Excellence Award and the John Marx Leadership Award from the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, the Outstanding Contribution in Education Award from the American College of Emergency Physicians, and the Distinguished Service Award from AACEM.