Wendy Yang

M.D.

Department of Primary Appointment:
School of Medicine
Pathology
Location: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD
Research Interests:
Cancer Biology
Email
wendy.yang@usuhs.edu
Office Phone
301-295-3461

Education

M.D., University of California, Davis, California (2002).
Residency, AP/CP Combined Program, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California (2008).
Hematopathology Clinical Fellow, Department of Pathology, Columbia University/New York Presbyterian Hospital, New Yor, New York (2009).
Molecular Genetic Pathology Clinical Fellow, Department of Pathology, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California (2010).
Genomic Pathology Clinical Research Fellow, Department of Pathology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York (2017).

Career Highlights: Positions, Projects, Deployements, Awards and Additional Publications

Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda Maryland (2020 - Present)

Assistant Member, Department of Hematopathology and Laboratory Medicine, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa Florida (2018-2019)

Pathologist, Regional Medical Center of San Jose, San Jose, California (2014-2016)

Associate Medical Director, Ambry Genetics Inc., Aliso Viejo, California (2014)

Staff Pathologist, Yosemite Pathology Medical Group, Modesto, California (2012-2014)

Assistant Laboratory Director, Laboratory for Personalized Molecular Medicine Inc., San Diego, California (2011-2012)

Staff Hematopathologist/Molecular Pathologist, Genoptix Medical Laboratory Inc., Carlsbad, California (2010-2012)

Representative Bibliography

Yang W, Contente S, Rahman S. A Polyomavirus-Positive Merkel Cell Carcinoma Mouse Model Support a Unified Origin for Somatic and Germ Cell Cancers. Cancers 2025, 17(17), 2800.

Doll B, De Castro MJ, fries MH, Pock AR, Seibert D, Yang W. Precision Medicine- A Demand Signal for Genomics Education. Mil Med. 2021 Dec 30; 187 (Suppl 1):40-46.

Yang W, Berger MF. Molecular diagnostics of cancer - a fundamental component of precision oncology (book chapter). Precision Cancer Medicine-Opportunities and Challenges, 1st Edition, Springer. 2019, Chapter 2, 5-31.

Van Ziffle J, Yang W, Chehab FF. Homozygous deletion of six olfactory receptor genes in a subset of individuals with Beta-thalassemia. PLoS One. 2011 Feb 24:6(2):e17327.

Yang W, Stotler B, Sevilla DW, Emmons FN, Murty VV, Alobeid B, Bhagat G. FISH analysis in addition to G-band karyotyping: utility in evaluation of myelodysplastic syndromes? Leuk Res. 2010 Apr;34(4):420-5.

Yang W, Yaoi T, Huang S, Yang Q, Hatcher S, Seet H, Gregg JP. Detecting the C282Y and H63D mutations of the HFE gene by Holliday Junction-based allele-specific genotyping methods. Clin Chem. 2005 Jan;51(1):201-3.

Yang Q, Lishanski A, Yang W, Hatcher S, Seet H, Gregg JP. Allele-specific Holliday junction formation: a new mechanism of allelic discrimination for SNP scoring. Genome Res. 2003 Jul;13(7):1754-64.