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Zheming Yu, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical

Neurology & Rehabilitation Medicine | College of Medicine

Education/Credentials
  • Movement Disorders Fellowship: University of Cincinnati
  • Neurology Residency: University of Mississippi Medical Center
  • Master of Public Health: University of Pittsburgh (Epidemiology)
  • Master of Medicine: Fudan University School of Medicine (Neurology)
  • Bachelor of Medicine: Nanjing Medical University
Board Certifications & Licenses

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

Languages

English

Specialties

Neurology

Contact Information

Clinical Interests

Neurology

Peer Reviewed Publications

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, ,

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

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

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

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, ,

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

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

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

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

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

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,

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

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

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

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

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

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