
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
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Sex- and age-differences in supine positional obstructive sleep apnea in children and adults.Leping Li, Min Shi, David M Umbach, Katelyn Bricker, Zheng Fan
Sleep & Breathing = Schlaf & Atmung. 2025-02-17 - Differences in brain spindle density during sleep between patients with and without type 2 diabetes.Deryck Yeung, Amlan Talukder, Min Shi, David M Umbach, Yuanyuan Li
Computers in Biology and Medicine. 2025-01-01 - Detection of Movement and Lead-Popping Artifacts in Polysomnography EEG Data.Nishanth Anandanadarajah, Amlan Talukder, Deryck Yeung, Yuanyuan Li, David M Umbach
Signals. 2024-12-01
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
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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
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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
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Press Mentions
- Molecular Basis of EphA2 Recognition by gHgL from GammaherpesvirusesNovember 24th, 2020
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