Dr. Zakalik completed her undergraduate and Medical School studies at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, where she went on to do her residency and Chief Residency in Internal Medicine. She completed a Fellowship in Hematology and Oncology at the University of California, San Francisco, where she became faculty and conducted NIH funded research in the area of gene regulation in cancer development. Dr.Zakalik was instrumental in developing a Cancer Genetics Program at Beaumont at a time when the understanding of Cancer Genetics was coming into the forefront of Oncology.

Dr. Zakalik came to Beaumont 17 years ago and is a core faculty member in the Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Program. She is a member of the OUWB Medical School Admissions committee, and teaches in the Cancer Genetics curriculum . She serves on the Board of the Michigan Cancer Consortium where she has chaired the Cancer Genomics Committee and the Cancer Prevention Committee.

Ed is excited to give back to the community by helping New Day craft and execute its vision to become the primary cancer support charity in the state of Michigan.  He and his wife Heather, a long time New Day volunteer, are Rochester residents and along with their adult children Bailey and Ryan, feel so fortunate to engage in efforts to assist this wonderful foundation.