Shirley Yan, M.D.

Pathology
Thoracic Pathology

Education & Training

Residency - Allegheny General Hospital (2003-2005), Pathology
Fellowship - Hahnemann University Hospital (2007-2008), Cytopathology
Medical School - HeBei Medical School (1978-1982)
Fellowship - UT Southwestern Medical School (1997-2001), Internal Medicine
Residency - Baylor Scott & White - Dallas (2005-2007), Pathology

Books & Publications

Books
- Chapter 9: High-Risk and Poorly Differentiated Thyroid Cancer in Management of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer
  Shirley Yan, Shelby Holt, Saad Khan, and Fiemu Nwariaku. (2017), Springer International Publishing
Publications
- Glucocorticoid-responsive lymphocytic parathyroiditis and hypocalciuric hypercalcemia due to autoantibodies against the calcium-sensing receptor: a case report and literature review.
  Song L, Liu L, Miller RT, Yan SX, Jackson N, Holt SA, Maalouf NM European journal of endocrinology 2017 Jul 177 1 K1-K6
- Downregulation of autophagy is associated with severe ischemia-reperfusion-induced acute kidney injury in overexpressing C-reactive protein mice.
  Bian A, Shi M, Flores B, Gillings N, Li P, Yan SX, Levine B, Xing C, Hu MC PloS one 2017 12 9 e0181848
- aKlotho Mitigates Progression of AKI to CKD through Activation of Autophagy.
  Shi M, Flores B, Gillings N, Bian A, Cho HJ, Yan S, Liu Y, Levine B, Moe OW, Hu MC Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 2015 Dec
- Response to Crizotinib/Erlotinib Combination in a Patient with a Primary EGFR-Mutant Adenocarcinoma and a Primary c-met-Amplified Adenocarcinoma of the Lung.
  Dietrich MF, Yan SX, Schiller JH Journal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer 2015 May 10 5 e23-5
- Solid pseudopapillary neoplasm collides with a well-differentiated pancreatic endocrine neoplasm in an adult man: case report and review of histogenesis.
  Yan SX, Adair CF, Balani J, Mansour JC, Gokaslan ST American journal of clinical pathology 2015 Feb 143 2 283-7
- Recognizing the Limitations and Pitfalls of Cytology for Anaplastic Carcinoma within Hurthle Cell (Oncocytic) Carcinomas.
  Timothy E. Richardson, Shirley Yan, and Elizabeth M. Kurian. Journal of Clinical and Anatomic Pathology 2015 2 1-5
- A Rare Case of De novo C634G Germline Mutation of the RET Proto-Oncogene in a Patient with MEN 2A Syndrome with Aggressive Pheochromocytoma
  Laurentiu M. Pop, Shirley X. Yan, Ildiko Lingvay Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism 2012 4-5 2 198-204
- Clonal composition of neuroantigen-specific CD8+ and CD4+ T-cells in multiple sclerosis.
  Biegler BW, Yan SX, Ortega SB, Tennakoon DK, Racke MK, Karandikar NJ Journal of neuroimmunology 2011 May 234 1-2 131-40
- Glatiramer acetate (GA) therapy induces a focused, oligoclonal CD8+ T-cell repertoire in multiple sclerosis.
  Biegler BW, Yan SX, Ortega SB, Tennakoon DK, Racke MK, Karandikar NJ Journal of neuroimmunology 2006 Nov 180 1-2 159-71
- Enhanced alveolar growth and remodeling in Guinea pigs raised at high altitude.
  Hsia CC, Carbayo JJ, Yan X, Bellotto DJ Respiratory physiology & neurobiology 2005 May 147 1 105-15
- High prevalence of autoreactive, neuroantigen-specific CD8+ T cells in multiple sclerosis revealed by novel flow cytometric assay.
  Crawford MP, Yan SX, Ortega SB, Mehta RS, Hewitt RE, Price DA, Stastny P, Douek DC, Koup RA, Racke MK, Karandikar NJ Blood 2004 Jun 103 11 4222-31
- Retinoic acid induces nonuniform alveolar septal growth after right pneumonectomy. PubMed PMID: 14506099.
  Xiao Yan, Dennis J. Bellotto, David J. Foster, Robert L. Johnson, Jr., Herbert K. Hagler, Aaron S. Estrera, and Connie C. W. Hsia Journal of Applied Physiology 2004 Mar;96(3). Epub 2003 Nov 14 1080-1089
- Retinoic acid-induced alveolar cellular growth does not improve function after right pneumonectomy. PubMed PMID: 14617528.
  Merrill D. Dane, Xiao Yan, Rahul M. Tamhane, Robert L. Johnson Jr., Aaron S. Estrera, Deborah C. Hogg, Richard T. Hogg, and Connie C. W. Hsia Journal of Applied Physiology 2004 Mar; 9(3) Epub 2003 Sep 23 1090-1096
- Variation of lung volume after fixation when measured by immersion or Cavalieri method. PubMed PMID: 12388332.
  Yan, X., E.R. Weibel, and C.C.W. Hsia American Journal of Physiology 2003 2003 Jan;284(1):L242-5. Epub 2002 Sep 13 Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology 242-5
- Density-dependent reduction of nitric oxide diffusing capacity after pneumonectomy. PubMed PMID: 12562671.
  Hsia, C.C.W., X. Yan, D.M. Dane, and R.L. Johnson, Jr. Journal of Applied Physiology 2003. 94(5) 2003 May 1926-1932
- Glatiramer acetate (Copaxone) therapy induces CD8(+) T cell responses in patients with multiple sclerosis. PubMed PMID: 11877472.
  Karandikar NJ, Crawford MP, Yan X, Ratts RB, Brenchley JM, Ambrozak DR, Lovett-Racke AE, Frohman EM, Stastny P, Douek DC, Koup RA, Racke MK. Journal of Clinical Investigation 2002 109(5) Mar 581-4.
- Expression of epidermal growth factor and surfactant proteins during postnatal and compensatory lung growth. PubMed PMID: 12376351.
  Foster DJ, Yan X, Bellotto DJ, Moe OW, Hagler HK, Estrera AS, Hsia CC. American Journal of Physiology 2002 283(5) 2002 Nov L981-90.
- Preliminary observation of the inhibitory effect of (s)-DHPA on the infection of EHFV in sucking mice.
  Yan, X., and H. Xiong Virologica Sinica 1989 (1989) 3:262-265 262-265

Research

Heart and Lung Transplant Pathology
Head and Neck Pathology
Endocrine Pathology
Cytopathology

Clinical Focus

Thoracic Pathology