Zheming Yu , MD

Bachelor of Medicine: Nanjing Medical University Jiangsu, China, 2009

Master of Medicine: Fudan University School of Medicine Shanghai, China, 2012 (Neurology)

Master of Public Health: University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA, 2016 (Epidemiology)

Neurology Residency: University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson, MS, 2024

Movement Disorders Fellowship: University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH, 2026

American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (Neurology) (Certification Date: 09-16-2024 )

Neurology

Neurology

Grant: #00009109/ 5R01AG085029-02 Investigators:Hill, Emily; Yu, Zheming 08-01-2025 -07-31-2026 University of Southern California The Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Clinical Trial Platform (PTP) Role:Collaborator 1033828.00 Hold Level:Higher Education

Peer Reviewed Publications

Pecoraro, Pasquale Maria; Mangiardi, Marilena; Abanto, Jesus; Duque, Kevin R; de la Esperanza, Blanca Talavera; Yu, Zheming; Deraz, Heba A; Bell, Ansley; Espay, Alberto J; Marsili, Luca (2026. ) Earlier Postural and Cognitive Milestones in Parkinson's Disease with Comorbid Myasthenia Gravis.Movement disorders clinical practice, , More Information

Yu, Zheming; de la Esperanza, Blanca Talavera; Abanto, Jesus; Deraz, Heba; Duque, Kevin R; Marsili, Luca; Hill, Emily J; Dwivedi, Alok Kumar; Espay, Alberto J; Mahajan, Abhimanyu (2026. ) Dystonia in Parkinson's disease: Clinical characteristics and predictors of treatment response.Parkinsonism & related disorders, , 150 ,108422 More Information

de la Esperanza, Blanca Talavera; Yu, Zheming; Patino, Jorge; Lin, Amanda; Williamson, Brady J; Rodríguez-Porcel, Federico José; Espay, Alberto J; Mahajan, Abhimanyu (2026. ) A sacred prelude to aphasia: Demystifying a diagnostic trinity.Parkinsonism & related disorders, , 150 ,108409 More Information

Yu, Zheming; Chinchihualpa Paredes, Nathaly O; Pecoraro, Pasquale Maria; de la Esperanza, Blanca Talavera; Kauffman, Marcelo A; Espay, Alberto J; Marsili, Luca (2026. ) Functional Neurological Disorder during Foscarbidopa/Foslevodopa Infusion in PRKN-Associated Parkinsonism.Movement disorders clinical practice, , 13 (8 ) ,1976-1978 More Information

de la Esperanza, Blanca Talavera; Chinchihualpa-Paredes, Nathaly; Yu, Zheming; Herrera, Andrea; Vega, Patricia; Hill, Emily J; Espay, Alberto J; Kauffman, Marcelo A; Marsili, Luca (2026. ) Myotonia Mimicking Paroxysmal Dystonia: Two Cases of SCN4A Temperature-Sensitive Sodium Channelopathy.Movement disorders clinical practice, , More Information

Patino, Jorge; Collins-Ruff, Kathleen; Berry, Lisa; Chinchihualpa Paredes, Nathaly O; De la Esperanza, Blanca Talavera; Yu, Zheming; Lin, Amanda; Timmerman, Emerlee; Espay, Alberto J; Marsili, Luca (2026. ) Stereotypies misdiagnosed as functional neurological disorder in late-onset Niemann-Pick C.Parkinsonism & related disorders, , 147 ,108337 More Information

Patino, Jorge; Yu, Zheming; Talavera, Blanca; Lin, Amanda; Lang, Anthony E; Espay, Alberto J (2026. ) Between Habit and Mannerism: Idiosyncratic Motor Behavior.Movement disorders clinical practice, , 13 (5 ) ,1331-1332 More Information

Marsili, Luca; Kauffman, Marcelo A; Talavera de la Esperanza, Blanca; Yu, Zheming; Gilbert, Donald L; Espay, Alberto J (2025. ) "Mini Molar Tooth" Sign in POLR3B-Associated Cerebellar Ataxia with Hypomyelinating Leukodystrophy.Movement disorders clinical practice, , 12 (10 ) ,1659-1661 More Information

Sekikawa, Akira; Higashiyama, Aya; Lopresti, Brian J; Ihara, Masafumi; Cui, Chendi; Li, Jiatong; Watanabe, Makoto; Li, Mengyi; Goon, Shatabdi; Aizenstein, Howard J; Chang, Yuefang; Kakuta, Chikage; Yu, Zheming; Mathis, Chester A; Kokubo, Yoshihiro; Royse, Sarah; Fukuda, Tetsuya; Snitz, Beth; Lopez, Oscar L; Miyamoto, Yoshihiro (2025. ) An inverse association of cerebral amyloid-β deposition and serum docosahexaenoic acid levels in cognitively normal older adults in Japan.Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD, , 106 (1 ) ,378-386 More Information

Shaaban, C Elizabeth; Fan, Erica; Klatt, Brooke N; Cohen, Ann D; Snitz, Beth E; Yu, Zheming; Lopresti, Brian J; Villemagne, Victor L; Klunk, William E; Aizenstein, Howard J; Rosso, Andrea L (2022. ) Brain health correlates of mobility-related confidence.Experimental gerontology, , 163 ,111776 More Information

Cui, Chendi; Higashiyama, Aya; Lopresti, Brian J; Ihara, Masafumi; Aizenstein, Howard J; Watanabe, Makoto; Chang, Yuefang; Kakuta, Chikage; Yu, Zheming; Mathis, Chester A; Kokubo, Yoshihiro; Fukuda, Tetsuya; Villemagne, Victor L; Klunk, William E; Lopez, Oscar L; Kuller, Lewis H; Miyamoto, Yoshihiro; Sekikawa, Akira (2021. ) Comparing Pathological Risk Factors for Dementia between Cognitively Normal Japanese and Americans.Brain sciences, , 11 (9 ) , More Information

Sekikawa, Akira; Higashiyama, Aya; Lopresti, Brian J; Ihara, Masafumi; Aizenstein, Howard; Watanabe, Makoto; Chang, Yuefang; Kakuta, Chikage; Yu, Zheming; Mathis, Chester; Kokubo, Yoshihioro; Klunk, William; Lopez, Oscar L; Kuller, Lewis H; Miyamoto, Yoshihiro; Cui, Chendi (2020. ) Associations of equol-producing status with white matter lesion and amyloid-β deposition in cognitively normal elderly Japanese.Alzheimer's & dementia (New York, N. Y.), , 6 (1 ) ,e12089 More Information

Lopresti, Brian J; Campbell, Elizabeth M; Yu, Zheming; Anderson, Stewart J; Cohen, Ann D; Minhas, Davneet S; Snitz, Beth E; Royse, Sarah K; Becker, Carl R; Aizenstein, Howard J; Mathis, Chester A; Lopez, Oscar L; Klunk, William E; Tudorascu, Dana L (2020. ) Influence of apolipoprotein-E genotype on brain amyloid load and longitudinal trajectories.Neurobiology of aging, , 94 ,111-120 More Information

Snitz, Beth E; Tudorascu, Dana L; Yu, Zheming; Campbell, Elizabeth; Lopresti, Brian J; Laymon, Charles M; Minhas, Davneet S; Nadkarni, Neelesh K; Aizenstein, Howard J; Klunk, William E; Weintraub, Sandra; Gershon, Richard C; Cohen, Ann D (2020. ) Associations between NIH Toolbox Cognition Battery and in vivo brain amyloid and tau pathology in non-demented older adults.Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands), , 12 (1 ) ,e12018 More Information

Tudorascu, Dana L; Anderson, Stewart J; Minhas, Davneet S; Yu, Zheming; Comer, Diane; Lao, Patrick; Hartley, Sigan; Laymon, Charles M; Snitz, Beth E; Lopresti, Brian J; Johnson, Sterling; Price, Julie C; Mathis, Chester A; Aizenstein, Howard J; Klunk, William E; Handen, Benjamin L; Christian, Brad T; Cohen, Ann D (2019. ) Comparison of longitudinal Aβ in nondemented elderly and Down syndrome.Neurobiology of aging, , 73 ,171-176 More Information

Tudorascu, Dana L; Minhas, Davneet S; Lao, Patrick J; Betthauser, Tobey J; Yu, Zheming; Laymon, Charles M; Lopresti, Brian J; Mathis, Chet A; Klunk, William E; Handen, Benjamin L; Christian, Bradley T; Cohen, Ann D (2018. ) The use of Centiloids for applying [11C]PiB classification cutoffs across region-of-interest delineation methods.Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands), , 10 ,332-339 More Information

Yu, Zheming; Samavat, Hamed; Dostal, Allison M; Wang, Renwei; Torkelson, Carolyn J; Yang, Chung S; Butler, Lesley M; Kensler, Thomas W; Wu, Anna H; Kurzer, Mindy S; Yuan, Jian-Min (2017. ) Effect of Green Tea Supplements on Liver Enzyme Elevation: Results from a Randomized Intervention Study in the United States.Cancer prevention research (Philadelphia, Pa.), , 10 (10 ) ,571-579 More Information

2014-2016 Master of Public Health: Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, , Pittsburgh, PA

2020-2024 Neurology Residency, University of Mississippi Medical Center, , Jackson, MS

2024-2026 Movement Disorders Fellowship, University of Cincinnati, , Cincinnati, OH

Practice - Gardner Neuroscience Institute
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