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.
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 2025 Notes: In Press.
Jinhua Wu, Esther Berko, Feng Xu, Jeffrey Schubert, Jiani Chen, Tia Hamilton, Matthew Lueder, Minjie Luo, Grace Polkosnik, Yiming Zhong, John Maris, Marilyn Li, Yael Mossé, Lea F. Surrey: Implementation and Performance of a Neuroblastoma Liquid Biopsy Panel for Non-Invasive Molecular Monitoring. American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Special Conference / Boston MA 2025 Notes: Platform presentation.
Brett R Kurpiel, Caitlin J Alexander, Jeffrey Schubert, Yiming Zhong, Paul J Zhang, Suzanne P MacFarland, and Lea F Surrey: An unusual, biphasic malignant neoplasm with EML4::ALK rearrangement and dual mesenchymal and neuroblastic/ganglionic differentiation. Society for Pediatric Pathology Fall Meeting / Philadelphia PA 2025.
Morteza Seifi, Laura Corson, Dianne Sylvester, Jason Saliba, Shivani Golem, Elena Repnikova, Kai Lee Yap, Wan-Hsin Lin, Yassmine Akkari, Laveniya Satgunaseelan, Madina Sukhanova, William Schleif, Yiming Zhong, Minjie Luo, Obi L Griffith, Malachi Griffith, Angshumoy Roy, Gordana Raca: Systematic Curation of Defining and Supportive Diagnostic Variants to Enhance Genomic Diagnostics in Pediatric Oncology. Annual Meeting of the Cancer Genomics Consortium (CGC) / Houston, TX 2025.
Mark G. Evans, Kilannin Krysiak, Jason Saliba, Chimène Kesserwan, Yassmine Akkari, Mark D. Ewalt, Ilaria Iacobucci, Paulo Campregher, Paul G. Ekert, Deepa Bhojwani, Laura B. Corson, Nikita Mehta, Shivani Golem, Rashmi Kanagal-Shamanna, Alexandra E. Kovach, Kristy Lee, Arpad Danos, Hannah Helber, Sandeep Gurbuxani, Christine J. Harrison, Nitin Jain, Valentina Nardi, Shalini C. Reshmi, Morteza Seifi, Kathryn Roberts, Alexandre Rouette, Neerav Shukla, Wendy Stock, Xinjie Xu, Liying Zhang, Xiaonan Zhao, Yiming Zhong, Linda B. Baughn, Panieh Terraf, Obi L. Griffith, Malachi Griffith, Gordana Raca, Charles Mullighan: Application of expert panel-derived oncogenicity guidelines in BCR::ABL1-like B-lymphoblastic leukemia/lymphoma to ABL1-class gene fusions. Annual Meeting of the Cancer Genomics Consortium (CGC) / Houston, TX 2025.
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.