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Mei Zheng

Associate Professor

Mei Zheng

Associate Professor

Academic Appointment(s)

Medical College of Georgia
Department of Pathology

Bio

Dr. Zheng received her MD from Hebei Medical University, China and PhD from University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany; completed anatomic/clinical pathology residency at MCG in 2013. From 2013-2015, she completed a hematopathology fellowship at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. She has been in the faculty at MCG since May of 2023 and currently serves as the Medical Director of Clinical Chemistry/ Immunology and Point of Care. She also serves as the interim Section Chief and CLIA Director of Clinical Pathology.

  • MEZHENG@augusta.edu
  • (706) 721-3995
  • AD3300

Education

  • Ph.D., Ophthalmology Residency Progra Univ of Essen, 1997

  • MS, Ophthalmology Residency Progra Shanxi Medical College, 1994

  • BMD, Medicine Hebei Medical College, 1986

Certifications

  • Georgia Medical License Georgia Medical Board, 2015

  • PHY Georgia Medical Board, 2015

  • PHY Georgia Medical Board, 2009

Awards & Honors

  • A. B. Chandler Award for Outstanding Research Medical College of Georgia / Georgia Regents University, 2013

  • ARVO/Retina Research Foundationb/Joseph M. and Eula C. Lawrence Travel Fellowship Grant ARVO/Retina Research Foundation, 2002

  • Doctor of Medicine Thesis "magna cum laude" The University of Essen, School of Medicine; Essen, Germany, 1997

  • 9th National Young Ophthalmologist Confernece National Ophthalmologist Conference, 1994

  • Shanxi Medical University, School of Medicine Shanxi Medical University, 1994

Teaching Interests

Medical Students: Basic Anemia, Advanced Anemia; Spherocytosis; and Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura; Introduction to CBC and Blood Histology, and Chemistry- Laboratory Tests and Patient Care
Pathology Residents: Low grade B-cell Lymphoma, high grade B-cell Lymphoma, plasma cell neoplasm, tumor like lesions with B-cell predominance and pathology board review for hematopathology
Hematology-oncology Fellows: Peripheral blood CBC interpretation, and ancillary tests for HemOnc fellows

Scholarship

Selected Recent Publications

  • Frequency and prognostic significance of MYD88 mutations and MGMT methylation in primary central nervous system diffuse large B-cell lymphoma., 2017
    Journal Article, Professional Journal
  • Primary leiomyosarcomas of the gastrointestinal tract in the post-gastrointestinal stromal tumor era., 2012
    Journal Article, Professional Journal
  • Prothrombbin mutation and Methyulenetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) polymorphisms, 2012
    Journal Article, Professional Journal
  • The role of interferon-gamma and macrophages in preventing virus spread in the injected eye following HSC-1 inoculation of BALB/c mice., 2011
    Journal Article, Professional Journal
  • Uniocular anterior chamber inoculation of a tumor necrosis factory alpha-expressing recombinant of herpes simplex virus type 1 results in more rapid destruction and increased viral replication in the retina of the unicouilated eyes., 2008
    Journal Article, Professional Journal

Research Interests

Research Interests
Flow cytometric immunophenotyping, cytogenetic and molecular pathogenesis of myeloid neoplasm and CNS lymphoma
Clinical Interests
Flow cytometry immunophenotypic diagnosis
Lymphoma and myeloid neoplasm diagnosis
Laboratory quality improvement and utilization management including new laboratory test development