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
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. Feb 2025 Notes: doi: 10.1177/10935266251316150.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. Jan 2025 Notes: doi: 10.3324/haematol.2024.286924.
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 2025 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. 2025 ACMG Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting / Los Angeles, California 2025.
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. 2025 ACMG Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting / Los Angeles, California 2025 Notes: Platform oral presentation.
Haley Newman, Mary Egan Clark, Derek Wong, Jinhua Wu, Garrett M Brodeur, Stephen P Hunger, Sarah K Tasian, Timothy Olson, Julia T Warren, David T Teachey, Kira Bona, Jeffrey Schubert, Netta Golenberg, Maha Patel, Elizabeth H Denenberg, Elizabeth A Fanning, Jiani Chen, Tamara Luke, Sarah Charles, Daniel Gallo, Kajia Cao, Weixuan Fu, Zhiqian Fan, Lea F Surrey, Gerald Wertheim, Minjie Luo, Suzanne P MacFarland, Marilyn M Li, Yiming Zhong: Genomic profiling of pediatric hematologic malignancies and diagnosis of cancer predisposition syndromes: tumor-only versus paired tumor-normal sequencing. Haematologica 109(9): 3024-3030, Sep 2024.
Minjie Luo, Derek Wong, Kristin Zelley, Jinhua Wu, Jeffery Schubert, Elizabeth H Denenberg, Elizabeth A Fanning, Jiani Chen, Daniel Gallo, Netta Golenberg, Maha Patel, Laura K Conlin, Kara N Maxwell, Gerald B Wertheim, Lea F Surrey, Yiming Zhong, Garrett M Brodeur, Suzanne P MacFarland, Marilyn M Li: Identification of TP53 germline variants in pediatric patients undergoing tumor testing: strategy and prevalence. J Natl Cancer Inst 116(8): 1356-1365, Aug 2024.
Fumin Lin, Kajia Cao, Fengqi Chang, Joseph H Oved, Minjie Luo, Zhiqian Fan, Jeffrey Schubert, Jinhua Wu, Yiming Zhong, Daniel J Gallo, Elizabeth H Denenberg, Jiani Chen, Elizabeth A Fanning, Michele P Lambert, Michele E Paessler, Lea F Surrey, Kristin Zelley, Suzanne MacFarland, Peter Kurre, Timothy S Olson, Marilyn M Li: Uncovering the Genetic Etiology of Inherited Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes Using a Custom-Designed Next-Generation Sequencing Panel. The Journal of Molecular Diagnostics 26(3): 191-201, March 2024.
Suzanne P. MacFarland, Polina Poliakova, Victoria E. Goodman, Haley Faust, Melani M Duvall, Kristin Zelley, Sarah Baldino, Mary Egan Clark, Branlyn DeRosa, Daniel Gallo, Minjie Luo, Lea F. Surrey, Yiming Zhong, Sara King-Dowling, Marilyn M. Li, Garrett M. Brodeur, Lisa A. Schwartz: Paired tumor-normal genetic testing in pediatric oncology: Caregiver understanding and experience. 2024 American Society of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Conference / Seattle WA 2024 Notes: Poster.
Derek Wong, PhD, Fumin Lin, PhD, Kristina A. Cole, MD, PhD, Jinhua Wu, PhD, Jeffrey Schubert, PhD, Jiani Chen, MSc, Cassie Kline, MD, Netta Golenberg, PhD, Meha Patel, PhD, Kajia Cao, Weixuan Fu, Elizabeth Denenberg, MSc, Elizabeth Fanning, MSc, Daniel Gallo, MSc, Gerald Wertheim, MD, Minjie Luo, PhD, Lea Surrey, MD, Yiming Zhong, PhD, Mariarita Santi, MD, PhD, Adam Resnick, PhD, Phillip B. Storm, MD, Michael Fisher, MD, Marilyn M. Li, MD : Driving precision cancer care for pediatric CNS tumors using an integrated multi-omics approach: a single institution study of a large cohort of 582 pediatric CNS tumors. 2024 American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) Annual Meeting / Denver, CO 2024 Notes: Poster.