She is currently a Volunteer Assistant Professor at UT Health Science Center in the Department of Surgery. Dr. Zalamea received her postgraduate General Surgery training at Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara, CA and Doctorate of Medicine at East Tennessee State University. Prior to joining the Church Health Center, Dr. Zalamea spent five years of private practice in Abingdon, VA, a primarily rural community of 7,000. She has been involved in annual overseas mission work in the Philippines with Memphis Mission of Mercy since 1998 and in Haiti and Honduras with Light of the World Charities since 2011.