
Zheng Fan MD clinical genetics
Sleep Medicine, Child Neurology
Professor, Neurology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
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101 Manning DrChapel Hill, NC 27514
Phone+1 919-966-8596
Fax+1 919-843-5515
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Education & Training
University of North Carolina HospitalsFellowship, Sleep Medicine, 2014 - 2015
University of North Carolina HospitalsResidency, Pediatrics, 2003 - 2004
University of North Carolina HospitalsFellowship, Child Neurology, 2000 - 2003
ECU Health Medical Center/East Carolina UniversityInternship, Internal Medicine, 1999 - 2000
Shanghai Medical UniversityClass of 1991
Certifications & Licensure
NC State Medical License 2000 - 2026
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology Sleep Medicine
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Clinical Trials Methods Course Fellowship award NINDS, NIH, 2011
- Young Investigator Award Neurobiology of Disease in Children (NDC), 2009
- Award University (UNC) Research Council, 2008
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Long-Read Sequencing of a Neurodevelopmental Disorder Patient Reveals Complex Rearrangement Involving the ARID1B Gene.Tam P Sneddon, Scott A Melville, Mai Xiong, Kimberly Foss, Emma B Cardwell
American Journal of Medical Genetics. Part A. 2025-09-11 - Comparison of overnight trends in relative power for specific frequency bands, sleep stages, and brain regions between patients with depressive disorder and matched co...Leping Li, Amlan Talukder, Deryck Yeung, Yuanyuan Li, David M Umbach
Psychiatry Research. Neuroimaging. 2025-08-01 - Age Trajectories of OSaturation and Levels of Serum Bicarbonate or End-Tidal COAcross the Life Course of Women and Men: Insights from EHR and PSG Data.Leping Li, Min Shi, David M Umbach, Zheng Fan
Biomolecules. 2025-06-17
Journal Articles
- Abnormal Coherence and Sleep Composition in Children with Angelman Syndrome: A Retrospective EEG StudyLynne M Bird, David J Lee, Zheng Fan, Catherine J Chu, BioMed Central
- Statistical texture analysis based MRI quantification of Duchenne muscular dystrophy in a canine modelWang J, Fan Z, Vandenborne K, Walter G, Shiloh-Malawsky Y, An H, Kornegay J, Styner M., Proc. SPIE, 1/1/2013
- Case Report: Anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis subacute cerebellitis remarkably responsive to rituximabKumar S, Fan Z, Greenwood R., J Pediatr Neurol, 1/1/2013
Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- Polysomnographic Characterization of Sleep Disturbance in Angelman Syndrome: a Case Series.Broman-Fulks J, Shiloh Y, Vaughn BV and Fan Z., AAN Annual Meeting, 1/1/2018
- Sleep Parameters of Patient�s with Duchenne�s Muscular Dystrophy.Ewing T, Ahn M, Kumar K, Vaughn BV, L Roth H and Fan Z, AASM annual meeting, 1/1/2017
- A case of Restless leg syndrome in a unilateral amputated phantom limb responded to Pregabalin and literature SearchKumar K, Ewing T, Vaughn BV, Roth HL, Fan Z, AASM annual meeting, 1/1/2017
Lectures
- Gene modification therapy for genetic neuromuscular diseases, focus on SMA and Duchenne muscular dystrophy1/1/2019
- Updates for SMA treatments and gene modification therapy. Current topics in medical and human geneticsDepartment of Genetics and Pediatrics, UNC-CH - 1/1/2019
- Dawn of a new therapeutic era for spinal muscular atrophy (SAM)Department of Pediatrics, UNC-CH - 1/1/2018
Press Mentions
Molecular Basis of EphA2 Recognition by gHgL from GammaherpesvirusesNovember 24th, 2020
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