Faculty

David E. Zinsmeister, M.M.S.
Assistant Professor
Shoulder Service
Email: zinsmeister@uthscsa.edu

I began my physician’s assistant training at the Academy of Health Sciences, US Army, Ft. Sam Houston TX. In 1989, I received a B.S. degree in Health Care Administration from Saint Joseph’s College, Standish, Maine. In 1994, I earned a Master of Medical Science (PA) degree from Saint Francis University, Lorreto, PA. My hospital training took place at in the Orthopaedic Surgery Department of Brooke Army Medical Center, Ft. Sam Houston, TX. I served as Director and Associate Professor of the Physician Assistant Program at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, Florida from 1995 to 1998, and was Assistant Dean of the College of Allied Heath, at Nova Southeastern University from 1996-1998. I was appointed Clinical Assistant Professor in the UTHSCSA Department of Orthopaedics on January 1, 2004.

 

Publications::

Zinsmeister, DE: The diagnosis and treatment of hip fractures. J AM Acad Physician Assist 8(6):542-551, 1993

 

Zinsmeister, DE: Carpal tunnel syndrome, in Moser, RL (ed): Primary Care for Physician Assistants, 1st ed. New York, McGraw Hill, 1998, pp 371-181

 

Zinsmeister, DE: Hip fractures, in Moser, RL (ed): Primary Care for Physician Assistants, 1st ed. New York, McGraw Hill, 1998, pp 384-90

 

Zinsmeister, DE: Smith, HJ, Evaluating traumatic knee pain, in Moser, RL (ed): Primary Care for Physician Assistants, 1st ed. New York, McGraw Hill, 1998, pp 391-395