Yejia Zhang, MD, PhD
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- 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
Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.
- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Americhealth Caritas of PA VIP - LGH Only
- Amerihealth Caritas (Transplant patients only)
- Amerihealth Caritas of PA - LGH Only
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
- Clover Health Choice
- Clover Health Choice Value PPO
- Clover Health Classic HMO
- Clover Health Value
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
Qualifications and experience
- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2003
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), United Kingdom Research and Innovation (UKRI), United Kingdom, International
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), South San Francisco, CA, National
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Competitive Career Development Funds, Veterans Integrated Service Networks (VISN)-4, Pittsburgh, PA, National
- Ad Hoc Reviewer, Small Business Orthopedics Study Section (SBIR/STTR), Musculoskeletal, Oral & Skin Sciences (MOSS), National Institute of Health, Bethesda, MD, National
- Member, American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Rosemont, IL, National
- Member, Association of Academic Physiatrists, Owings Mills, MD, National
- Member, CReATE Motion Center, Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Local
- Member, Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics (ITMAT), Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Local
- Member, North American Spine Society, Burr Ridge, IL, National
- Member, Orthopaedic Research Society, Rosemont, IL, National
- Member, Penn Center for Musculoskeletal Disorders, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Local
- Member, Philadelphia Spine Society, Philadelphia, PA, Local
- Member, Rehabilitation Medicine Scientist Training Program (RMSTP), National Institutes of Health, National
- Member, Translational Musculoskeletal Research Center (TMRC), Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center, Local
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