Yiming Zhong, PhD, FACMG
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Laboratory director, Division of Genomic Diagnostics, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Department: Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Contact information
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
3615 Civic Center Blvd
716H Abramson Pediatric Research Center
Philadelphia, PA 19104
3615 Civic Center Blvd
716H Abramson Pediatric Research Center
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-590-0488
Fax: 215-590-2156
Fax: 215-590-2156
Education:
B.S. (Biology)
Wuhan University, Wuhan, China, 1999.
M.S. (Genetics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology)
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 2004.
Ph.D. (Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology)
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2010.
Permanent linkB.S. (Biology)
Wuhan University, Wuhan, China, 1999.
M.S. (Genetics, Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology)
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, 2004.
Ph.D. (Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology)
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2010.
Selected Publications
Hyojeong Hwang, Jinhua Wu, Jeffery Schubert, Meha Patel, Natali Naveh, Netta Golenberg, Minjie Luo, Yiming Zhong, Lea F Surrey, Marilyn M Li, Monica Pomaville, Kathy Fange Liu, Derek Wong: Transcriptomic landscape of fusion driven CNS tumors for the design and validation of junction specific antisense oligonucleotide mediated targeting of fusion oncogenes. American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) / San Diego, CA 2026.Sachleen Tuteja, Alissa Wlodaver, Dawn Kirschmann, Edward Caparelli, Kai Lee Yap, Jeffrey Schubert, Yiming Zhong, Marilyn M. Li, Katrin Leuer, Shunyou Gong, and Aida I. Richardson: Insights into the Novel EEF1D::ALK Fusion in FISH-Negative ALK-positive Pediatric Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma. British Journal of Haematology December 2025 Notes: Accepted.
Wynn Bastianelli, Jinhua Wu, Mian Ahsan, Ava Szepessy, Jefferey Schubert, Naomi Balamuth, Joe Chan, Elizabeth Denenberg, Minjie Luo, Avrum Pollock, Pierre Russo, Karleena Rybacki, Feng Xu, Yiming Zhong, Lea Surrey, Kai Wang, Theodore W. Laetsch, Marilyn M. Li: Molecular Characterization of a Complex PDGFRB Structural Variation in Infantile Myofibroma with Complete Response to Imatinib. JCO Precision Oncology November 2025 Notes: Accepted.
Haley Newman, Derek Wong, Jinhua Wu, Jeffrey Schubert, Netta Golenberg, Natali Naveh, Maha Patel, Feng Xu, Sarah Charles, Jiani Chen, Elizabeth H Denenberg, Elizabeth A Fanning, Daniel Gallo, Tammy Luke, Morgan Thomas, Kajia Cao, Ada JS Chan, Munashe Holloman, Zhiqian Fan, Weixuan Fu, Stephen P Hunger, Suzanne P MacFarland, Kathrin M Bernt, Lea F Surrey, Minjie Luo, Gerald B Wertheim, Marilyn M Li, Sarah K Tasian, Yiming Zhong: Leveraging Genomic Diagnostics for Prognostics and Therapeutics in Pediatric Acute Leukemia. HemaSphere 9(11): e70269, November 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1002/hem3.70269.
Cindy Im, Andrew R. Raduski, Lauren J. Mills, Kashi Raj Bhattarai, Robert J. Mobley, Kelly R. Barnett, Zhanni Lu, Kenneth Liao, Nathan Anderson, Rebecca A. Johnson, Erica Langer, Anthony J. Hooten, Alix E. Seif, Kathrin M. Bernt, Matthew Tsang, Brandon A. Mamou, Luis Gil-de-Gómez, Julie A. Wolfson, Danielle N. Friedman, Neerav Shukla, Laura J. Klesse, Erin L. Marcotte, Lingyun Ji, Alice Dang, Minjie Luo, Yiming Zhong, Jalen Langie, Charleston W.K. Chiang, Adam de Smith, Joseph L. Wiemels, Andrew DeWan, Xiaomei Ma, Catherine Metayer, Zhaoming Wang, Heather H. Nelson, Nathan Pankratz, Tianzhong Yang, Saonli Basu, Lucie M. Turcotte, Jun J. Yang, Daniel Savic, Michael E. Scheurer, Logan G. Spector: Genome-wide association study of childhood B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia reveals novel African ancestry-specific susceptibility loci. Nature Communications 16(1): 8974, October 2025.
Li D, Tasian SK, Wertheim G, Rheingold SR, Bernt KM, Newman H, Wainwright L, Wilmoth DM, Thiel B, Surrey LF, Margolskee E, Pillai V, Luo M, Paessler ME, Hunger SP, Li MM, Zhong Y.: Integrated genomic analysis to reduce chromosomal analysis for the diagnosis of pediatric hematologic malignancies: addressing the shortage of cytogenetic technologists. Haematologica. 110(8): 1861-1864, Aug 2025.
Harris JC, Schubert J, Lockhart B, Olson R, Paessler ME, Margolskee E, Pillai V, Wu J, Golenberg N, Chen J, Denenberg EH, Luke T, Luo M, Zhong Y, Li MM, Wertheim GB.: Genetically Distinct Acute Megakaryoblastic Leukemia following Low Hypodiploid B-Lymphoblastic Leukemia linked by TP53 Mutation. Pediatr Dev Pathol. 28(3): 214-219, May-Jun 2025.
Dong Li, Sarah K Tasian, Gerald Wertheim, Susan R Rheingold, Kathrin M. Bernt, Haley Newman, Luanne Wainwright, Donna M Wilmoth, Brian Thiel, Lea F Surrey, Elizabeth Margolskee, Vinodh Pillai, Minjie Luo, Michele E Paessler, Stephen P Hunger, Marilyn M Li, Yiming Zhong: Can Integrated Genomic Analysis Replace Chromosomal Analysis for the Diagnosis of Hematological Malignancies: Addressing the Shortage of Cytogenetic Technologists ACMG Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting / Los Angeles, California 2025 Notes: Platform oral presentation.
Sarah Charles, Alex Gileta, Julia Mewha, Tammy Luke, Elizabeth H Denenberg, Elizabeth A Fanning, Jiani Chen, Alicia Moseley, Jinhua Wu, Jeffrey Schubert, Lea F Surrey, Yiming Zhong, Naomi Gunawardena, Kaoru Takasaki, Marilyn M Li, Stella T Chou, Minjie Luo: Genetic Testing for Inherited Red Blood Cell Disorders: Diagnostic Yield and Clinical Utility. ACMG Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting / Los Angeles, California 2025 Notes: Poster.
Derek Wong, Haley Newman, Jinhua Wu, Jeffrey Schubert, Elizabeth H Denenberg, Elizabeth A Fanning, Jiani Chen, Feng Xu, Zhiqian Fan, Kajia Cao, Weixuan Fu, Daniel Gallo, Lea Surrey, Minjie Luo, Stephen Hunger, Kathrin M Bernt, Gerald Wertheim, Marilyn M. Li, Sarah K Tasian, Yiming Zhong: Mutational Spectra of >1000 Pediatric Acute Leukemias and Their Clinical Utility in Prognosis, Risk Stratification, and Precision Medicine Therapeutics. ACMG Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting / Los Angeles, California 2025 Notes: Platform oral presentation.