David Zhang, MD joined the Division of Hospital Medicine in the Department of Internal Medicine as an Instructor in June 2025. He was raised in San Antonio, Texas. He attended Washington University in St. Louis, where he studied physics and graduated with college honors. During his time in college, was inducted into the physics honor society, Sigma Pi Sigma, and did research in biophysics and epigenetics. Zhang then completed his internship and residency at Barnes-Jewish Hospital / WashU School of Medicine prior to joining the division in 2025. During his time in residence, he has maintained an interest in medical education. His current interests are general internal medicine with a special interest in pulmonology and critical care. He is also eager to mentor trainees and students, and to further his interest in medical education.
Education
- BA, Physics: WashU, St. Louis, MO (2018)
- MD: WashU, St. Louis, MO (2022)
- Residency, Internal Medicine: Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO (2024)
Clinical Interests
Medical education, general internal medicine, pulmonology and critical care, mentoring students
Publications
Amrute JM, Zhang D, Padovano WM, Kovács SJ. E-wave asymmetry elucidates diastolic ventricular stiffness-relaxation coupling: model-based prediction with in vivo validation. Am
J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2021 Jan 1;320(1):H181-H189. doi: 10.1152/ajpheart.00650.2020.
Epub 2020 Nov 13. PMID: 33185111.
Jang, H.S., Shah, N.M., Du, A.Y. et al. Transposable elements drive widespread
expression of oncogenes in human cancers. Nat Genet 51, 611–617 (2019).
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41588-019-0373-3