Zhaohai Yang, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory MedicinePerelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Contact Information3400 Spruce Street,
HUP 6 Founders
Philadelphia, PA, 19104
Office: 2156151638
Fax: 2153495910
Email: zhaohai.yang@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Specialty Division
Anatomic Pathology
Research Expertise
My research centers on neoplastic diseases of the luminal gastrointestinal tract, liver, biliary tract, and pancreas, with a particular interest in neuroendocrine tumors of the digestive system.
Clinical Expertise
I am a surgical pathologist who specializes in gastrointestinal, pancreas, and liver pathology.
Education
MD (Medical Doctor), Beijing Medical University (Peking University), 1993
M.Med (Pathology), Beijing Medical University (Peking University), 1996
PhD (Cell & Molecular Biology), University of Pennsylvania, 2001
Specialty Certification
American Board of Pathology (Anatomic and Clinical Pathology), 2009
Postgraduate Training
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Neuroscience , University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2001-2004
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Pathology & Lab Med, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2004-2005
Pathology Resident (AP/CP), University of Alabama Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama, 2005-2009
Gastrointestinal Pathology Fellow, University of Alabama Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama, 2008-2009
Oncologic Pathology Fellow, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, 2009-2010
Awards and Honors
Prize for Excellent Academic Performance, Beijing Medical University, 1992
Guanghua Prize for Postgraduate, Beijing Medical University, 1995
Louis B. Flexner Student Prize for Outstanding Dissertation Research,
University of Pennsylvania, 2001
Nephrology Best Abstract Award, American Society for Apheresis 27th Meeting, 2006
Roger D. Baker Prize in Anatomical Pathology, Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham, 2009
Top Five Most Highly Cited Review Paper, Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology, 2016
Travel Award to attend Big Data workshop, Georgetown University, 2017
Chairman’s award for distinguished service, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 2022
Memberships and Professional Organizations
American Society for Clinical Pathology, 2006 - Present
College of American Pathologists, 2006 - Present
United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, 2006 - Present
Rodger C. Haggitt Gastrointestinal Pathology Society, 2011 - Present
Chinese American Pathologists Association, 2014 - Present
Pancreatobiliary Pathology Society, 2016 - Present
