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Office
10833 Le Conte Ave RM 13188
Los Angeles, CA 90095Phone+1 310-794-8285Fax+1 310-206-8108
Summary
- A tenured full professor and vice chair of the department of pathology and laboratory medicine chief of cytopathology, the director of international telepathology, and the medical director of Great Los Angeles cytotechnology school at University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). A Fellow of College of American Pathologist (FCAP), Fellow of Academy of Translational Medicine (FacdTM), Member of Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, and a Member of California Nanosystem Institute. Received Physician of the Year award by Wall Street Journal (2005), International Health Professional and Scientist of the Year (2003, 2006), and be nominated to Shaw prize in life science and medicine (2010) and Tang prize (2018).
The main research interest is in cancer biomarker studies with over 180 peer-reviewed research publications. A speaker for around 180 meetings and occasions locally, nationally and internationally for topics including cytology, gynecological and urinary tract pathology, cancer biology and therapy, and cancer biomarkers. Also interested in developing new technologies for pathology especially cytopathology, including imaging and digital analysis, telepathology, nanotechnology, liquid biopsy, and AI-technology. Main clinical expertise includes cytology especially urine cytology, Fine Needle Aspiration service, molecular cytology, gynecological pathology and genitourinary tract pathology.
Education & Training
- UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterFellowship, Cytopathology, 1998 - 1999
- UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterResidency, Pathology-Anatomic and Clinical, 1994 - 1998
- Shanghai Medical UniversityClass of 1984
Certifications & Licensure
- CA State Medical License 1996 - 2026
- PA State Medical License 2018 - 2018
- American Board of Pathology Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology
- American Board of Pathology Cytopathology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Guangji Scholar Zhejiang University Second Affiliate Hospital, China, 2011
- Nominee, Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine 2010
- Nominee, Geno Saccomanno, M.D. New Frontiers in Cytology Award 2009
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Triage options for positive high-risk HPV results from HPV-based cervical cancer screening: a review of the potential alternatives to Papanicolaou test cytology.Michael J Thrall, Erin McCarthy, Jeffrey K Mito, Jianyu Rao,
Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology. 2024-09-19 - 1 citationsAssociation between ambient exposure to PMand upper aerodigestive tract cancer in Los Angeles.Fang Fang, Beate Ritz, Jianyu Rao, Yifang Zhu, Donald P Tashkin
International Journal of Cancer. 2024-05-01 - Genetically Determined Circulating Lactase/Phlorizin Hydrolase Concentrations and Risk of Colorectal Cancer: A Two-Sample Mendelian Randomization Study.Sihao Han, Jiemin Yao, Hajime Yamazaki, Samantha A Streicher, Jianyu Rao
Nutrients. 2024-03-12
Journal Articles
- FIGO 2013 staging system for ovarian cancer: What is new in comparison to the 1988 staging system?Kandukuri S, and Rao J, Current Opinion in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1/1/2015
- Multicenter evaluation of the role of UroVysion FISH assay in surveillance of patients with bladder cancer: does FISH positivity anticipate recurrence?Seideman C, Canter D, Kim P, Cordon B, Weizer A, Oliva I, Rao J, Inman BA,Posch M, Herr H, Lotan Y, World J Urol, 1/25/2014
- Longitudinal trends in prostate cancer incidence, mortality, and survival of patients from two Shanghai city districts: a retrospective population-based cohort study, ...Hu Y, Zhao Q, Rao J, Deng H, Yuan H, Xu B, BMC Public Health, 1/14/2014
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Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- Comparing Histological Outcome for Cytology Negative/HPV+ with ASCUS/HPV-and ASCUS/HPV +.W Himakhun, J Rao, P Fung, M Wang, M Castellon, S Apple, Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology, 1/1/2014
- Cytological and Cytogenetic Analysis of Large Circulating Cells from Blood.D Go, S O'Byrne, R Conrad, J Rao, N Rao, Journal of the American Society of Cytopathology, 1/1/2014
- Cell stretching in extensional flows for assaying cell mechanics.D Gossett, H Tse, O Adeyiga, O Yang, J Rao, D Di Carlo, American Physical Society, APS March Meeting 2013, 1/18/2013
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Lectures
- Invited Speaker: Scientific & Clinical Advances Grand Rounds: "Urine Cytology and Adjunct Markers"University of California, Irvine - 1/28/2014
- Keynote Speaker: Endometrial cancer: The study of biomarkers for therapeutic response.Shanghai Jiaotong University/UCLA Medical Center, Shanghai, China - 1/24/2014
- Host and Chair, Biological Basis of Mechanophenotypes in Cancer Cells. Nanotechnology-enabled Cancer Theranostics.Beijing, China - 1/17/2014
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Other Languages
- Chinese (Mandarin)
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