Yan Peng, MD, PhD
Pathologist | Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology
5323 Harry Hines Blvd Dallas TX, 75390About
Dr. Yan Peng is a surgical pathologist and cytopathologist practicing in Dallas, TX. She is certified by the American Board of Pathology in Anatomic Pathology, Clinical Pathology and Cytopathology. Dr. Peng has extensive expertise in breast and gynecologic pathology. As a pathologist, Dr. Peng can make diagnosis and perform immunohistochemical and molecular testing in tissues from cancer patients to guide treatment decision and provide prognostic information. Dr. Peng has participated in multiple National Cancer Institute (NCI) breast and gynecologic cancer clinical trials. She serves as a clinical investigator for the NCI Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program.
Education and Training
Beijing Medical University MD 1986
Board Certification
Cytopathology (Pathology)
Anatomic Pathology (Pathology)
Clinical Pathology (Pathology)
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Areas of expertise and specialization
Faculty Titles & Positions
- Chair, Pathology Faculty Mentoring Committee UT Southwestern Medical Center 2017 - Present
- Director of Immunohistochemistry Laboratory and Tumor Biomarker Image Analysis Laboratory Parkland Health & Hospital System, Dallas, Texas 2007 - 2015
- Professor of Pathology UT Southwestern Medical Center 2018 - Present
- facility site director of breast pathology fellowship UT Southwestern Medical Center 2018 - Present
Awards
- President 2018 North Texas Society of Pathologists, USA
- Marquis Who’s Who in America 2016 the 70th Platinum Anniversary Edition
- Outstanding Alumnus 2020 Beijing Medical University (Peking University Health Science Center)
- President 2019 International Association of Chinese Pathologists (IACP)
- President of Faculty Senate 2017 UT Southwestern Medical Center
Professional Memberships
- • United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology
- • International Academy of Pathology
- • International Society of Breast Pathology
Fellowships
- Mayo Clinic Rochester, Physiology 1995
- UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Molecular Nephrology Research 1999
- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Magee Womens Hospital, Breast & Gynecologic Pathology 2004
- Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Cytopathology 2005
Fellowships
- ACGME accredited Breast and Gynecologic Pathology fellowship at UPMC ACGME accredited Cytopathology fellowship at Harvard Medical School/BIDMC
Articles and Publications
- Dr. Peng has published more than 90 peer-reviewed articles. She is an editor of a textbook entitled Practical Breast Pathology (Springer) and an author of multiple book chapters of breast pathology textbooks. She serves as an editorial board member for multiple scientific journals including Human Pathology(Elsevier). She is the section editor of Gynecologic Pathology of Human Pathology Reports (Elsevier).
Teaching and speaking
- English, Mandirine
Favorite professional publications
- He L, Wick N, Germans S and Peng Y*. The Role of Breast Cancer Stem Cells in Chemoresistance and Metastasis in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. Cancers. 2021, 13(24), 6209; PMID: 34944829
Areas of research
Breast cancer biomarkers
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