ZhihongJWangMD

Pediatric Hematology & Oncology • Richmond, VA

Pediatric Hematologic Oncology, Pediatric Neuro-Oncology, Pediatric Solid Tumor Oncology

Associate Professor, Pediatrics, Virginia Commonwealth University

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Office
1000 E Broad St
Richmond, VA 23219
Phone+1 804-828-9605

Fax+1 804-628-5848
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Education & Training

Children's Hospital of MichiganFellowship, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, 2004 - 2006
Children's Hospital of MichiganResidency, Pediatrics, 2002 - 2004
Henry Ford HospitalInternship, Transitional Year, 2001 - 2002
Stanford Health CarePost-Doctoral Fellowship, Cancer Immunotherapy, 1995 - 1997
Beijing Medical UniversityClass of 1984

Certifications & Licensure

MI State Medical License 2001 - 2026
VA State Medical License 2018 - 2024
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Hematology-Oncology

Clinical Trials

Isotretinoin With or Without Dinutuximab, Aldesleukin, and Sargramostim Following Stem Cell Transplant in Treating Patients With Neuroblastoma Start of enrollment: 2001 Oct 18
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Neuropsychological and Behavioral Testing in Younger Patients With Cancer Start of enrollment: 2009 Feb 27
Recruiting
Collecting and Storing Malignant, Borderline Malignant Neoplasms, and Related Samples From Young Patients With Cancer Start of enrollment: 2003 Oct 13
Completed
Biomarkers in Tumor Tissue Samples From Patients With Newly Diagnosed Neuroblastoma or Ganglioneuroblastoma Start of enrollment: 2000 Nov 06
Recruiting
Molecularly Determined Treatment of Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Gliomas (DIPG) Start of enrollment: 2011 Sep 01
Terminated
Phase 2
Monitor Response to Treatment in Neuroblastoma Using 3&Apos;-Deoxy-3&Apos;-Fluorothymidine- Positron Emission Tomography (FLT-PET) Start of enrollment: 2011 Feb 01
Unknown status
Not Applicable
Modafinil in Treating Children With Memory and Attention Problems Caused by Cancer Treatment for a Brain Tumor Start of enrollment: 2011 Aug 01
Completed
Phase 2
Chemotherapy Followed by Radiation Therapy in Treating Younger Patients With Newly Diagnosed Localized Central Nervous System Germ Cell Tumors Start of enrollment: 2012 Jun 27
Active, not recruiting
Phase 2
Irinotecan Hydrochloride and Temozolomide With Temsirolimus or Dinutuximab in Treating Younger Patients With Refractory or Relapsed Neuroblastoma Start of enrollment: 2013 Feb 12
Completed
Phase 2
Effects of Dexrazoxane Hydrochloride on Biomarkers Associated With Cardiomyopathy and Heart Failure After Cancer Treatment Start of enrollment: 2014 Mar 05
Recruiting
Chlorhexidine Gluconate Cleansing in Preventing Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection and Acquisition of Multi-drug Resistant Organisms in Younger Patients With Cancer or Undergoing Donor Stem Cell Transplant Start of enrollment: 2013 Nov 04
Completed
Phase 3
HeadStart4: Newly Diagnosed Children (<10 y/o) With Medulloblastoma and Other CNS Embryonal Tumors Start of enrollment: 2015 Sep 01
Active, not recruiting
Phase 4
Roles: Contact
Pharmacokinetics, Safety and Efficacy of the Selumetinib Granule Formulation in Children Aged ≥1 to <7 Years With NF1-related Symptomatic, Inoperable PN Start of enrollment: 2022 Jan 21
Recruiting
Phase 1, Phase 2
Roles: Contact
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Intracranial Germinoma in Two Caucasian American Siblings With Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Toll, S., Flore, L., Gorsi, H., Marupudi, N., Mody, S., Wang, Z., Kupsky, W.> ;Journal of Pediatric Hematology/oncology. 2024 Mar 1
4 citations
Treatment decisions and the use of MEK inhibitors for children with neurofibromatosis type 1-related plexiform neurofibromas.
Amy E Armstrong, Allan J Belzberg, John R Crawford, Angela C Hirbe, Zhihong J Wang> ;BMC Cancer. 2023 Jun 16
7 citations
Outcomes of Infants and Young Children With Relapsed Medulloblastoma After Initial Craniospinal Irradiation-Sparing Approaches: An International Cohort Study.
Craig Erker, Martin Mynarek, Simon Bailey, Claire M Mazewski, Lorena Baroni, Maura Massimino, Juliette Hukin, Dolly Aguilera, Andrea M Cappellano, Vijay Ramaswamy, Alv...> ;Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2023 Apr 1
25 citations
Integrated molecular and clinical analysis of low-grade gliomas in children with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1).
Michael Fisher, David T.W. Jones, Yimei Li, Xiaofan Guo, Poonam Sonawane, Angela J. Waanders, Joanna J. Phillips, William A. Weiss, Adam C. Resnick, Sara J. C. Gosline...> ;Acta Neuropathologica. 2021 Feb 14
Novel Finding of Copy Number Gains in GNAS and Loss of 10q in a Child With Malignant Transformation of Neurocutaneous Melanosis Syndrome
Catherine Peterson, Stephanie A. Toll, Bradley Kolb, Janet Poulik, Miguel Reyes-Múgica, Sandeep Sood, Abilash Haridas, Zhihong Joanne Wang, Neena I. Marupudi> ;JCO Precision Oncology. 2021 Jan 8
15 citations
Whole blueberry protects pancreatic beta-cells in diet-induced obese mouse.
Weixiang Liu, Yiping Mao, Jacob Schoenborn, Zhihong Wang, Guiliang Tang, Xiaoqing Tang> ;Nutrition & Metabolism. 2019 May 22
1 citations
Clinical Trial Enrollment is Associated With Improved Follow-up Rates Among Survivors of Childhood Cancer.
Kelley K. Hutchins, Süreyya Savaşan, Ronald Thomas, Laura A. Strathdee, Zhihong J. Wang, Jeffrey W. Taub> ;Journal of Pediatric Hematology/oncology. 2019 Jan 1
8 citations
Dramatic response to trametinib in a male child with neurofibromatosis type 1 and refractory astrocytoma
Tristan Knight, Margaret Shatara, Lindsey Carvalho, Deniz Altinok, Janet Poulik, Zhihong Joanne Wang> ;Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2019 Jan 1
70 citations
Prospective feasibility and safety assessment of surgical biopsy for patients with newly diagnosed diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma
Nalin Gupta, Liliana Goumnerova, Peter E. Manley, Susan N. Chi, Donna Neuberg, Maneka Puligandla, Jason Fangusaro, Stewart Goldman, Tadanori Tomita, Tord D. Alden, Art...> ;Neuro-Oncology. 2018 Oct 9
9 citations
Concomitant Use of Panobinostat and Reirradiation in Progressive DIPG: Report of 2 Cases.
Zhihong J. Wang, Yubin Ge, Deniz Altinok, Janet Poulik, Sandeep Sood, Jeffrey W. Taub, Holly Edwards, Mark W. Kieran, Miller Steven> ;Journal of Pediatric Hematology/oncology. 2017 Aug 1
The dendritic spine morphogenic effects of repeated cocaine use occur through the regulation of serum response factor signaling.
Cahill, M. E.,Walker, D. M.,Gancarz, A. M.,Wang, Z. J.,Lardner, C. K.,Bagot, R. C.,Neve, R. L.,Dietz, D. M.,Nestler, E. J.> ;Mol. Psychiatry. 2017 May 31
36 citations
Mechanisms responsible for the synergistic antileukemic interactions between ATR inhibition and cytarabine in acute myeloid leukemia cells
Jun Ma, Xinyu Li, Yongwei Su, Jianyun Zhao, Daniel A. Luedtke, Valeria Epshteyn, Holly Edwards, Guan Wang, Zhihong Wang, Roland Chu, Jeffrey W. Taub, Hai Lin, Yue Wang...> ;Scientific Reports. 2017 Feb 8
22 citations
Synergistic anti-leukemic interactions between ABT-199 and panobinostat in acute myeloid leukemia ex vivo.
Jonathan Schwartz, Xiaojia Niu, Eric Walton, Laura M. Hurley, Hai Lin, Holly Edwards, Jeffrey W. Taub, Zhihong Wang, Yubin Ge> ;American Journal of Translational Research. 2016 Sep 15
156 citations
Binding of Released Bim to Mcl-1 is a Mechanism of Intrinsic Resistance to ABT-199 which can be Overcome by Combination with Daunorubicin or Cytarabine in AML Cells.
Xiaojia Niu, Jianyun Zhao, Jun Ma, Chengzhi Xie, Holly Edwards, Guan Wang, J. Timothy Caldwell, Shengyan Xiang, Xiaohong Zhang, Roland Chu, Zhihong J. Wang, Hai Lin, J...> ;Clinical Cancer Research. 2016 Sep 1
Pre-BCR signaling in precursor B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia regulates PI3K/AKT, FOXO1, and MYC, and can be targeted by SYK inhibition.
Köhrer, S.,Havranek, O.,Seyfried, F.,Hurtz, C.,Coffey, G. P.,Kim, E.,Ten Hacken, E.,Jäger, U.,Vanura, K.,O'Brien, S.,Thomas, D. A.,Kantarjian, H.,Ghosh, D.,Wang, Z.,Zh...> ;Leukemia. 2016 Feb 06
28 citations
Synergistic anti-leukemic interactions between panobinostat and MK-1775 in acute myeloid leukemia ex vivo
Wenxiu Qi, Wenbo Zhang, Holly Edwards, Roland Chu, Gerard J. Madlambayan, Jeffrey W. Taub, Zhihong Wang, Yue Wang, Chunhuai Li, Hai Lin, Yubin Ge> ;Cancer Biology & Therapy. 2015 Nov 3
1 citations
Gliomatosis cerebri in a 12-year-old patient.
Young Ah Lee, William J. Kupsky, Deniz Altinok, Zhihong Joanne Wang, Lalitha Sivaswamy> ;Pediatric Neurology. 2015 Apr 1
28 citations
Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma biopsy: A single institution experience
Zhihong J. Wang, Latha B. Rao, Kanta Bhambhani, Kathy Miller, Janet Poulik, Deniz Altinok, Sandeep Sood> ;Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2015 Jan 1
7 citations
Targeting histone deacetylases (HDACs) and Wee1 for treating high‐risk neuroblastoma
Santosh S. Hanmod, Guan Wang, Holly Edwards, Steven Buck, Yubin Ge, Jeffrey W. Taub, Zhihong Wang> ;Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2015 Jan 1
1 citations
Inadvertent high-dose therapy with temozolomide in a child with recurrent pontine glioma followed by a rapid clinical response but deteriorated after substitution with...
Zhihong J. Wang, Deniz Altonok, Sandeep Sood, Andre Konski, Janet Poulik> ;Journal of Pediatric Hematology/oncology. 2014 Nov 1
32 citations
Panobinostat Synergistically Enhances the Cytotoxic Effects of Cisplatin, Doxorubicin or Etoposide on High-Risk Neuroblastoma Cells
Guan Wang, Holly Edwards, J. Timothy Caldwell, Steven Buck, William Y. Qing, Jeffrey W. Taub, Yubin Ge, Zhihong Wang> ;Plos One. 2013 Sep 30
Coil Type Does Not Affect Angiographic Follow-up Outcomes of Cerebral Aneurysm Coiling: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Z Wang, D F Kallmes> ;American Journal of Neuroradiology.
128 citations
Mesenchymal stromal cells improve survival during sepsis in the absence of heme oxygenase-1: the importance of neutrophils
Sean Hall, Konstantin Tsoyi, Bonna Ith, Robert F. Padera, James A. Lederer, Zhihong Wang, Xiaoli Liu, Mark A. Perrella> ;Stem Cells. 2013 Feb 1
4 citations
A knee ulcer in a teenager with acute myeloid leukemia.
Ricardo Zegarra-Linares, Zhihong J. Wang, Paul Lephart, Janet Poulik, Chokechai Rongkavilit> ;The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 2012 Oct 1
10 citations
Patterns of Failure in Patients With Primary Intracranial Germinoma Treated With Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy
Peter Paximadis, Abhirami Hallock, Kanta Bhambhani, Roland Chu, Sandeep Sood, Zhihong Wang, Andre Konski> ;Pediatric Neurology. 2012 Sep 1
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Press Mentions

Calcitriol Enhances Doxorubicin-Induced Apoptosis in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Cells via Regulating VDR/PTPN2/p-sTAT3 PathwayMay 1st, 2020