About Me

My name is Brian Zenger. I am currently an MD/PhD Student at the University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.

Contact: Brian.zenger@utah.edu

Current Working Location: Zoom

Research Interests: My current research interests are largely focused on different facets of cardiac electrophysiology, including mathematical and computational approaches to improve our understanding and clinical management. Furthermore, I am interested in the patient perception of these treatments including patient-reported outcomes and non-rigid clinical outcomes. I am also interested AI/ML approaches to detect and isolate electrical pathologies from 12-lead ECG recordings. I have also explored different cardiac imaging research including semi-automated cardiac structure segmentation, shape analysis, and diseased tissue quantification.

My dissertation work was focused on the electrical detection of myocardial ischemia through experimental models of acute myocardial ischemia. Specifically, I improved the detection of the ischemic electrical source using invasive high-resolution cardiac electrical mapping. These advances will provide better, faster, and more accurate detection of myocardial ischemia in the clinical setting.

Community Outreach Interests: My current community outreach interests include work with the No One Dies Alone program and the Health Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Office at the University of Utah. I am interested in end of life care and treatment of patients transitioning from life to death. I am also interested in logistical management of volunteers and people management systems to streamline non-profit volunteer activities. Finally, I am interested in mentorship and medical school preparatory programs, and their evaluation.

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