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 practiceMore 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, 108422More 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, 108409More 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) , 1976-1978More 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 practiceMore 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, 108337More 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) , 1331-1332More 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) , 1659-1661More 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) , 378-386More 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, 111776More 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) , e12089More 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, 111-120More 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) , e12018More 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, 171-176More 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, 332-339More 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) , 571-579More 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

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