Membership Committee
The Membership Committee reviews all new membership applications for approval and recruits more qualified members, including fellows, as well as medical students and medical residents with career interests in Hematology and Oncology.
Yong Ji, MD, PhD (Chair)
Yong Ji, MD, PhD is a board-certified hematologist and oncologist at MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper - Camden. He received his medical degree from Nantong Medical College, China, and PhD in biochemistry from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. After postgraduate fellowship in Molecular Medicine at Columbia P&S, he completed internal medicine residency in New Jersey and hematology and oncology fellowship at Tufts-New England Medical Center. Dr Ji was one of the Organizing Committee members for the CAHON in 2004. He has a broad interest in treating benign and malignant hematologic disorders, GI and thoracic malignancies, and other solid tumors. He has been serving hematology and oncology community in South Jersey since 2005.
Haixia Qin, MD, PhD (Co-Chair)
Dr. Haixia Qin is a breast and lung cancer specialist at MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper. She received her MD from Xi’an Jiaotong University and PhD from Medical College of Georgia. She completed her internal medicine residency at Morehouse School of Medicine. She worked as a hospitalist at Loma Linda University Medical Center and Mayo Clinic, prior to her medical oncology fellowship training at University of Minnesota. She enjoys exercising, reading, and cooking.
Yiyi Yan, MD, PhD
Dr. Yan received her medical degree in Shanghai Second Medical School in China. She then her completed her M.S and Ph.D. training in Molecular and Cancer Genetics at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston Texas, followed by a year of research fellowship. After she completed her IM residency in Pennsylvania, she moved to Rochester Minnesota and started her Hematology-Oncology fellowship training at Mayo Clinic. She completed her fellowship training in 2017 and joined as staff in the Division of Medical Oncology at Mayo Clinic Rochester. She oversees multiple clinical trials and translational cancer research program and is currently the co-chair for the melanoma/cutaneous malignancy group at Mayo Clinic. Her clinical and research focus have been on Immunotherapy and tumor biology and tumor immunology, especially in understanding the mechanisms of immuneregulation to provide opportunities for integration of novel immunotherapies into more effective treatments for advanced solid tumors.
Deng Zhang, MD, PhD
Dr. Deng Zhang is a practicing physician at Hematology Oncology of Indiana. Dr. Zhang received his Doctor of Medicine degree and Master of Science degree in biomedical engineering in China. He earned a PhD in biosystems engineering from Michigan State University followed by an internal medicine residency. He then completed a fellowship in hematology and medical oncology at Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, New York. He is Board certified in medical oncology, hematology and internal medicine. Dr. Zhang has participated in clinical research and has been published in numerous prestigious journals. He is a member of the American Society of Hematology and American Society of Clinical Oncology.
Zach Liu, MD
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