Christoph Zechner, M.D., Ph.D.

Biography

Christoph Zechner, M.D., Ph.D., is an Instructor in the Department of Internal Medicine, the Department of Pharmacology, and the Charles and Jane Pak Center for Mineral Metabolism and Clinical Research at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He specializes in Type 1 and 2 diabetes mellitus, general endocrinology, and disorders of phosphate metabolism.

Dr. Zechner earned his medical degree and research doctorate at the University of Freiburg, combined with a research fellowship at Yale University School of Medicine. After a medical internship at the University of Würzburg, he completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Washington University in St. Louis and the Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute at Lake Nona. Subsequently, he moved to UT Southwestern to complete his clinical training in internal medicine and endocrinology and research training in energy and solute metabolism in the laboratory of Drs. David Mangelsdorf and Steven Kliewer as a member of the Physician-Scientist Training Program.

Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in internal medicine and the subspecialty of endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism, he joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2014.

Dr. Zechner’s research is focused on phosphate balance and energy metabolism.

In 2014, he received the Research Productivity and Accomplishment Award from UT Southwestern’s Division of Endocrinology.

Personal Note

In his spare time, Dr. Zechner enjoys biking in the Texas heat, watching soccer, and taking advantage of the great cultural opportunities that Dallas offers, especially the symphony.