Education and Training

Medical School

MD - Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA

Internship

Pediatrics - The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

Residency

Pediatrics - The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

Fellowship

Pediatric Hematology/Oncology - The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

Board Certification

Pediatrics – American Board of Pediatrics

Titles and Academic Titles

Attending Physician

Instructor, Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Departments and Services

Publications

Papers

2019

Hu Y, Chen C, Ding YY, Wen X, Wang B, Gao L, Tan K. Optimal control nodes in disease-perturbed networks as targets for combination therapy. Nat Commun, 2019 May 16.

Taylor DM, Aronow BJ, Tan K, White PA, Bernt K, Salomonis N,…Ding YY,… Mandl KD. The Pediatric Cell Atlas: defining the growth phase of human development at single-cell resolution. Dev Cell. 2019 Mar 27. pii: S1534-5807(19)30178-9.

2018

Ding YY, Stern JW, Jubelirer TF, Wertheim GB, Li F, Chang F, Gu Z, Mullighan CG, Li Y, Harvey RC, Chen IM, Willman CL, Hunger SP, Li MM, and Tasian SK: Clinical efficacy of ruxolitinib and chemotherapy in a child with Philadelphia chromosome-like acute lymphoblastic leukemia with GOLGA5-JAK2 fusion and induction failure. Haematologica May 2018.

2017

Ding YY, Panzer J, Maris JM, Castañeda A, Gomez-Chiari M, Mora J: Transverse myelitis as an unexpected complication following treatment with dinutuximab in pediatric patients with high-risk neuroblastoma: A case series. Pediatr Blood Cancer July 2017.

Vujkovic M, Attiyeh EF, Ries RE, Goodman EK, Ding Y, Kavcic M, Alonzo TA, Wang YC, Gerbing RB, Sung L, Hirsch B, Raimondi S, Gamis AS, Meshinchi S, Aplenc R: Genomic architecture and treatment outcome in pediatric acute myeloid leukemia: a Children's Oncology Group report. Blood June 2017.

2014

Vujkovic M, Attiyeh EF, Ries RE, Horn M, Goodman EK, Ding Y, Kavcic M, Alonzod TA, Gerbing RB, Hirsch B, Raimondi S, Gamis AS, Meshinchi S, and Aplenc R: Concordance of copy number alterations in pediatric acute myeloid leukemia samples between Illumina and Affymetrix genotyping platforms: A report from the Children's Oncology Group. Cancer Genetics 208: 408-13, 2014.

2008

Raynard S, Zhao W, Bussen W, Lu L, Ding YY, Busygina V, Meetei AR, Sung P: Functional role of BLAP75 in BLM-topoisomerase III alpha-dependent Holliday Junction Processing. Journal Biology Chemistry 283(23): 15701-8, 2008.

2004

Combs TP, Pajvani UB, Berg AH, Lin Y, Jelicks LA, Laplante M, Nawrocki AR, Rajala MW, Parlow AF, Cheeseboro L, Ding YY, Russell RG, Lindemann D, Hartley A, Baker GR, Obici S, Deshaies Y, Ludgate M, Rossetti L, Scherer PE: A Transgenic Mouse with a Deletion in the Collagenous Domain of Adiponectin Displays Elevated Circulating Adiponectin and Improved Insulin Sensitivity. . Endocrinology 145: 367-383, 2004.

Awards and Honors

2019, American Society of Hematology-European Haematology Association Translational Research Training in Hematology Award
2019-2020, Abramson Cancer Center Paul Calabresi Career Development Award for Clinical Oncology K12
2017, AACR "Molecular Biology in Clinical Oncology" program selection; Snowmass, CO
2011-2012, Charles A Cunningham M.D. Academic Merit Scholarship, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
2011, Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation Pediatric Oncology Student Training Grant
2008-2010, Pfeiffer-Purdy Academic Merit Scholarship, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
2008, Magna cum Laude, Yale University
2007, Linck Fellowship Award for Humanitarian Service, Yale University
2007, Phi Beta Kappa

Leadership and Memberships

Memberships in Professional Organizations

2018-present, American Society of Hematology
2017-present, American Association for Cancer Research
2016-present, Children's Oncology Group
2012-present, American Academy of Pediatrics