Christa S. Zerbe, M.D., M.S.

As a Senior Clinician, Dr. Zerbe focuses on the clinical care of patients with CGD and acquired anti-cytokine antibody syndromes. Her research includes studies in patients with anti-cytokine antibodies both nationally and internationally in Thailand continuing the research and treatment of patients who suffer from these syndromes in order to further our understanding of non-HIV acquired immunodeficiency. Additionally, Dr. Zerbe oversees the care and research regarding patients with and affected carriers of the gene resulting in Chronic Granulomatous Disease. Her collaboration with the NIDDK and with outside collaborators resulted in a UO1 grant as well as several protocols looking at therapies aimed at the inflammatory complications in this disease.

An alumnus of The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Dr. Zerbe completed her Internal Medicine residency at the University of Maryland Hospital before transitioning into the ABIM Research Pathway for Infectious Disease Fellowship at the NIH. Dr. Zerbe serves as Principal Investigator on numerous protocols within NIAID. She is the director of the Infectious Disease training program at the NIH and recently began overseeing the joint NIH-Johns Hopkins Hospital Transplant Oncology ID training program.