Lewyt College of Veterinary Medicine

ABOUT

Ching Yang, DVM, PhD, DACVP

Assistant Professor, Anatomic Pathology 

Email: Ching.Yang@liu.edu

Dr. Ching Yang received her veterinary degree from National Taiwan University in 2017. She then pursued a combined veterinary anatomic pathology residency and Ph.D. program at The Ohio State University. Through collaboration between The Ohio State University and Nationwide Children’s Hospital, her doctoral research focused on the mechanisms of protective immunity against Staphylococcus aureus skin and soft tissue infections using a murine model. She received her Ph.D. degree and became a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Pathologists (ACVP) in 2021. To further specialize in dermatopathology, Dr. Yang completed a fellowship in veterinary dermatopathology at the University of Pennsylvania in 2022. Afterward, she joined the Long Island University College of Veterinary Medicine as an assistant professor of anatomic pathology. She enjoys teaching students and collaborating with investigators by providing pathology support to biomedical research. Dr. Yang’s academic interests include dermatopathology, surgical pathology, and experimental pathology. Her research focus on investigating the pathogenesis of staphylococcal skin infections in animals and humans, particularly Staphylococcus pseudintermedius-induced canine pyoderma.

Publications - (selected manuscripts)

  • Yang, C., et al. α-Hemolysin-mediated endothelial injury contributes to the development of Staphylococcus aureus-induced dermonecrosis. Infect. Immun. (2024): e00133-24.

  • Campanelli G, Deabel RA, Devarakonda LS, Parupathi P, Zhang J, Waxner N, Yang C, Kumar A, and Levenson AS. Molecular efficacy of Gnetin C as dual-targeted therapy for castrate-resistant prostate cancer. Molecular Nutrition and Food Research. 2023. http://doi.org/10.1002/mnfr.202300479.

  • Kiener S, Troyer H, Ruvolo D, Grest P, Soto S, Letko A, Jagannathan V, Leeb T, Mauldin EA, Yang C. and Rostaher A. Independent COL17A1 Variants in Cats with Junctional Epidermolysis Bullosa. Genes 14:10 (2023): 1835.

  • Kiener S, Troyer H, Ruvolo D, Grest P, Soto S, Letko A, Jagannathan V, Leeb T, Mauldin EA, Yang C, et al. Independent COL17A1 Variants in Cats with Junctional Epidermolysis Bullosa. Genes. 2023; 14(10):1835. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes14101835.

  •  Yang C*, Bradley CW, Preziosi D, Mauldin EA. Cutaneous mastocytosis in 8 young dogs and review of literature. Vet Pathol (2023). 10.1177/03009858231174452. *Corresponding author.

  • Kiener S, Yang C, Rich N, Jagannathan V, Mauldin EA, Leeb T. Heterozygous ATP2A2 missense variant in a Shih Tzu with Darier disease. Anim Genet (2023). https://doi.org/10.1111/age.13314

  • Teymournejad O, Li Z, Beesetty P, Yang C, Montgomery CP. Toxin expression during Staphylococcus aureus infection imprints host immunity to inhibit vaccine efficacy. NPJ Vaccine 8: 3 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41541-022-00598-3.

  • Beesetty P, Si Y, Li Z, Yang C, et al. Tissue specificity drives protective immunity against Staphylococcus aureus infection. Front Immunol, 2022.

  • Kleinhenz M, Beesetty P, Yang C, et al. Antibiotic treatment of Staphylococcus aureus infection inhibits the development of protective immunity. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 66.4: e02270-21, 2022.

  • Li Z, Beesetty P, Gerges G, Yang C, et al. Impaired T lymphocyte responses during childhood Staphylococcus aureus infection. J Infect Dis 225.1: 177-185, 2021.

  • Yang C*, Kohnken RK. Age-related changes in the canine aorta. Vet Pathol 58.2: 376-383. *Corresponding author. 2021

  • Burroughs D, Diaz S, Lorch G, Yang C, et al. Cutaneous melanocytoma associated with vitiligo and leukotrichia in a mixed breed pig. Vet Rec Case Rep 9.3 e146, 2021.

  • Lindaberry C, Vaden S, Cianciolo R, Yang C, et al. Proteinuria in dogs with gallbladder mucocele formation: A retrospective case control study. J Vet Intern Med 35.2:878-886, 2021.

  • Tryon E, Kalamaras A, Yang C, Wavreille V, Selmic L. Duodenal duplication cyst masquerading as a pancreatic abscess in a cat. Vet Rec Case Rep 8.3: e001123, 2021.

  • Yang C*, Ruiz-Rosado JD, Robledo-Avila FH, et al. Antibody-mediated protection against Staphylococcus aureus dermonecrosis: synergy of toxin neutralization and neutrophil recruitment. J Investig Dermatol 141.4: 810-820. *Corresponding author. 2020.

  • Ruiz-Rosado JD, Robledo-Avila FH, Cortado H, Yang C, et al. Neutrophil-macrophage imbalance drives the development of renal scarring during experimental pyelonephritis. J Am Soc Nephrol 32: 69-85, 2020.

  • Malhotra S, Yang C, Hayes D Jr., et al. Regional infection and inflammation in cystic fibrosis: A pilot study with lung explants and a novel histopathology grading system. Chest 158.4: A1361, 2020.

  • White ME, Hokamp JA, Wellman ML, Yang C. Fibrosarcoma with sarcomatosis and metastasis in a FeLV negative cat. Vet Clin Pathol 49.1: 143-146, 2020.

  • Haase-Berglund ML, Premanandan C, Yang C. Histologic evaluation of parovarian nodules in the cat. J Feline Med Surg 22.6: 571-574, 2019.

  • Yang C, McAloney C, Jennings RN, et al. What is your diagnosis? Thoracic mass in a dog. Vet Clin Pathol 48.4:774-776, 2019.

  • Yang C, Weisbrode S, Yardley J, et al. Metaphyseal and diaphyseal dysplasia of the third cervical vertebra secondary to physeal necrosis in a quarter horse foal. J Comp Pathol 163: 38-41, 2018.

  • Mak CK*, Yang C*, Jeng CR, Pang VF, Yeh KS. Reproductive failure associated with coinfection of porcine circovirus type 2 and porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus. Can Vet J 59.5: 525-530. *Co-first authors. 2018.

  • Yang C, Wan MT, Lauderdale TL, et al. Molecular characteristics of clinical methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius harboring arginine catabolic mobile element (ACME) from dogs and cats. Vet J 224: 46-49, 2017.

  • Yang C and Huang HP. Evidence-based veterinary dermatology: a review of published studies of treatments for Otodectes cynotis (ear mite) infestation in cats. Vet Dermatol 27.4: 221-e56, 2016.

  • Yang C, Chang CY, Chang YC, et al. Identification of a highly transfectable cell line permissive to porcine epidemic diarrhea virus infection and replication. Taiwan Vet J 42.4: 1-7, 2016.\

  • Chiou HY, Huang YL, Deng MC, Chang CY, et al. Phylogenetic analysis of the spike (S) gene of the new variants of porcine epidemic diarrhoea virus in Taiwan. Transbound Emerg Dis 64.1: 157-166, 2015.