Yejia Zhang, MD, PhD

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Penn Medicine Provider

About me

  • Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

My education and training

  • Medical School: Shanghai Second Military Medical University
  • Residency: Resurrection Medical Center
  • Residency: Rush University Medical Center
  • Residency: University of Rochester Medical Center
  • Fellowship: Northwestern Memorial Hospital

Spoken languages

English
English

Insurance accepted

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Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Medicine Rittenhouse Long-Term Acute Care Hospital
Dr. Zhang is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

Research

Publications

Yao, L.; Wang, H.; Tian, Z.; Shofer, F.S.; Qin, L.; Zhang, Y. Effects of Age on Intervertebral Disc Tissue Morphology and Gene Expression in the ADAM8-Inactivation Mouse , Cells, 15(730): 2026

Chen K, Tian Z, Shofer FS, Chenna SS, Sandroni DZ, Qin L, Zhang Y TNFAIP8/TIPE2 inactivation modulates extracellular matrix organization gene expression and preserves the intervertebral disc , Genes & Diseases, 101835: 2025,2352-3042

Wang H, Tian Z, Shofer FS, Qin L, Zhang Y Modest Effects of Age on Inflammatory Markers and Histological Features in the Murine Intervertebral Disc Injury Model , Am J Phys Med Rehabil, 10(1): 2025

Tian Z, Chen K, Shofer FS, Ciesielski B, Wang H, O'Brien WT, Qin L, Zhang Y. Gene Expression Changes Precede Elevated Mechanical Sensitivity in the Mouse Intervertebral Disc Injury Model. , JOR Spine, 8(1): 2025

Chen K, Tian Z, Wang H, Enomoto-Iwamoto M, Zhang Y ADAM8 Inactivation Modulates Cellular Component Assembly Gene Expression in the Mouse Intervertebral Disc , Genes & Diseases, 12(3): 2024

Jiawei Lu, Zuozhen Tian, Frances S Shofer, Ling Qin, Honghong Sun, Yejia Zhang Tnfaip8 and Tipe2 Gene Deletion Ameliorates Immediate Proteoglycan Loss and Inflammatory Responses in the Injured Mouse Intervertebral Disc , Am J Phys Med Rehabil, 103(10): 2024,918-924

Li J, Gui T, Yao L, Guo H, Lin YL, Lu J, Duffy M, Zgonis M, Mauck R, Dyment N, Zhang Y, Scanzello C, Seale P, Qin L. Synovium and infrapatellar fat pad share common mesenchymal progenitors and undergo coordinated changes in osteoarthritis , J Bone Miner Res, 39(1): 2024,161-176

Chen K, Tian Z, Wang H, Qin L, Enomoto-Iwamoto M, Zhang Y. Gene Expression Profiles Perturbed by Injury to the Mouse Intervertebral Disc , Am J Phys Med Rehabil, 104: 2024,45-50

Lu J, Tian Z, Shofer FS, Yao L, Sandroni AZ, Sun H, Qin L, Zhang Y. Tnfa , Il6 , Cxcl1 , and Adam8 Genes Are the Early Markers After Mouse Tail Intervertebral Disc Injury , Am J Phys Med Rehabil, 102(1): 2023,1063-1069

Tian Z, Shofer FS, Fan M, Sandroni AZ, Yao L, Han L, Qin L, Enomoto-Iwamoto M, Zhang Y. ADAM8 inactivation retards intervertebral disc degeneration in mice , Genes Diseases, 11(1): 2023,101059

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