LeiZhengMD

Oncology • San Antonio, TX

UT Health San Antonio – Executive Director, Mays Cancer Center, Vice President for Oncology

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Office
7979 Wurzbach Road
Mail Code 8026, Office U632A
San Antonio, TX 78229

Summary

Dr. Lei Zheng is an oncologist in San Antonio, TX. He received his medical degree from Peking Union Medical College and has been in practice 21 years. He also speaks multiple languages, including Chinese (Mandarin). He is experienced in pancreatic cancer, immunotherapy, gastroenterology, oncology, and personalized medicine. He has more than 150 publications and over 10,000 citings.

Education & Training

Johns Hopkins UniversityFellowship, Hematology and Medical Oncology, 2006 - 2009
Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/NorthwellResidency, Internal Medicine, 2003 - 2006
Peking Union Medical CollegeClass of 1996

Certifications & Licensure

MD State Medical License 2006 - 2025
PA State Medical License 2020 - 2022
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Medical Oncology

Clinical Trials

A Trial of Boost Vaccinations of Pancreatic Tumor Cell Vaccine Start of enrollment: 2010 Apr 20
Active, not recruiting
Phase 2
Palliative Stereotactic Radiation for Pancreatic or Periampullary Adenocarcinoma Start of enrollment: 2013 Jan 01
Active, not recruiting
Phase 2
PEGPH20 Plus Nab-Paclitaxel Plus Gemcitabine Compared With Nab-Paclitaxel Plus Gemcitabine in Participants With Stage IV Untreated Pancreatic Cancer Start of enrollment: 2013 May 14
Completed
Phase 2
Study With CY, Pembrolizumab, GVAX Pancreas Vaccine, and SBRT in Patients With Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer Start of enrollment: 2016 Jul 18
Completed
Phase 2
Study of Pembrolizumab With or Without Defactinib Following Chemotherapy as a Neoadjuvant and Adjuvant Treatment for Resectable Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma Start of enrollment: 2019 Jun 04
Recruiting
Phase 2
Trial of Neoadjuvant and Adjuvant Nivolumab and BMS-813160 With or Without GVAX for Locally Advanced Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinomas. Start of enrollment: 2019 Dec 12
Recruiting
Phase 1, Phase 2
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Comparison of Shared Class I HLA-bound Non-canonical Neoepitopes between Normal and Neoplastic Tissues of Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma.
Tengyi Zhang, Betul Celiker, Yingkuan Shao, Jessica Gai, C Mark Hill
Clinical Cancer Research. 2024-12-19
3 citations
Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG Regulates Host IFN-I Through the RIG-I Signalling Pathway to Inhibit Herpes Simplex Virus Type 2 Infection.
Jingyu Wang, Mei Huang, Yuqi Du, Haoming Chen, Zixiong Li
Probiotics and Antimicrobial Proteins. 2024-12-01
Patterns of recurrence after curative intent hepatic resection for colorectal liver metastasis.
Heng-Chung Kung, Christopher Shubert, Catherine Wilbur, Will Burns, Richard Burkhart
Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. 2024-12-01

Press Mentions

Renowned Oncologist, Zheng, Brings $500,000 UT System STARs Award to UT Health San AntonioJanuary 10th, 2025
UT Health San Antonio World-Renowned Expert in BRCA Research to Be Honored for Global ContributionsOctober 21st, 2024
UT Health San Antonio Joined UTSA Roadrunners in Salute to Health Care WorkersOctober 21st, 2024
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Other Languages

Chinese (Mandarin)

External Links

Johns Hopkins Physicianshttp://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/lei-zheng