Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery
Chairman, Department of Surgery, UPMC Shadyside
Chief of Neurosurgery, UPMC Shadyside
Phone: (412) 623-2972
e-mail: zorubds@upmc.edu

Community Clinic Sites:

Shadyside Medical Building
5200 Centre Avenue, Suite 617
Pittsburgh, PA 15232

Jefferson Medical Building
575 Coal Valley Road, Suite 401
Pittsburgh, PA 15236

Specilialized Areas of Interest:

Neurosurgery

Biography:

David Zorub, MD, was born in Lebanon and immigrated to the United States at the age of nine. He grew up in Hot Springs, AR, where he received his primary education.

Dr. Zorub received his undergraduate degree from Tulane University College of Arts and Sciences, graduating summa cum laude with a major in history. His subsequent education was at Tulane University School of Medicine where he received his medical degree cum laude and a masters of science in neuroanatomy. Post-graduate education was at Duke University Medical Center where he completed his internship and residency in neurologic surgery. While at Duke he did a special postdoctoral fellowship for the Veteran’s Administration and did research at the Institute of Physiology in Pisa, Italy.

Upon completion of training at Duke University Medical Center, Dr. Zorub came to the University of Pittsburgh and Presbyterian University Hospital where he served as director of residency education and director of sterotactic surgery. He subsequently relocated to Shadyside Hospital and Foundation in 1980 and has served as director of neurosurgery and subsequently as chairman of surgery since 1993, a position he currently holds.

Dr. Zorub also functioned as vice president of clinical affairs for Shadyside Hospital for seven years and his responsibilities included the clinical oversight of the merger agreement with UPMC Presbyterian for the Shadyside Board of Trustees as well as serving as vice president overseeing medical staff services, infection control, informatics and process improvement and quality management.

Dr. Zorub continues to be very active clinically, performing clinical neurosurgery and overseeing the UPMC Shadyside Department of Surgery with its 29 operating rooms. He has served in numerous positions at UPMC Shadyside, participating in essentially all facets of the institution. He served for six years on the Shadyside Hospital board of trustees and for seven years on the joint Presbyterian/Shadyside board of trustees until June 30, 2003.

Dr. Zorub has also been active in organized medicine, having served as president of the Allegheny County Medical Society, chair of its board of trustees, and chair of the ACMS Foundation Board of Trustees. Dr. Zorub is a member of the American Association of Neurologic Surgeons, the Congress of Neurosurgeons, the AMA, the Pennsylvania Neurosurgical Society as well as the Pennsylvania Medical Society.

Board Certifications

American Board of Neurological Surgery

Hospital Privileges

Jefferson Regional Medical Center
UPMC Cancer Center
UPMC Presbyterian
UPMC Shadyside