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Christopher J. Zahner, MD

Christopher J. Zahner, MD

Dr. Christopher Zahner is the Diagnostic Management Team coordinator and lead, as well as the medical director of Coagulation and Point-of-care testing in the Department of Pathology at the University of Texas Medical Branch. Dr. Zahner’s clinical research is focused on diagnostic error using the diagnostic management team and mobile app development. Additionally, his basic research has focused on medical devices and resulted in hardware development, grants, and patents in the fields of balance, acoustics, sample processing, and microbial growth, along with prototype hardware in sample tracking and hand hygiene.

Prior to medicine, he was a mechanical engineer for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for the International Space Station (ISS) specializing in Environmental Control and Life Support (ECLS) systems.