Daniel J. Zheng, MD, MHS
Locations: Buerger Center for Advanced Pediatric Care
About Daniel J. Zheng, MD, MHS
Titles
Attending Physician
Instructor, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Certifications
Pediatrics – American Board of Pediatrics
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
Awards and Honors
2020-2021, Boston Combined Residency Program Faculty Teaching Honor Roll
2021, Sidney Farber Award
2020, Frederick H. Lovejoy, Jr. Award
2017, New England Pediatric Society Prize
2017, American Cancer Society Prize
Leadership and Memberships
2021-present, Children’s Oncology Group
2021-present, American Society of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
2019-present, American Society of Hematology
2017-present, American Society of Clinical Oncology
Editorial and Academic Positions
2024, American Society of Hematology, Abstract Reviewer - Health Services and Quality Improvement –Myeloid Malignancies
2024, Supportive Care in Cancer, Reviewer
2023, Cancer, Reviewer
Education & training
Graduate Degree
MSH - Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
MSHP - University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine (Health Policy Research), Philadelphia, PA
Medical Degree
MD - Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
Internship
Pediatrics (Leadership in Equity and Advocacy Track), Boston Combined Residency Program – Boston Children’s Hospital and Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA
Residency
Pediatrics (Leadership in Equity and Advocacy Track), Boston Combined Residency Program – Boston Children’s Hospital and Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA (Chief Resident)
Fellowship
Fellowship - Pediatric Oncology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Additional Training
National Clinician Scholars Program, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Publications
PubMed
Publications
2024
Newman H, Li Y, Huang YV, Elgarten CW, Myers RM, Ruiz J, Zheng DJ, Leahy AB, Aftandilian C, Arnold SD, Bona K, Gramatges MM, Heneghan MB, Maloney KW, Modi AJ, Mody RJ, Morgan E, Rubnitz J, Winick N, Wilkes JJ, Seif AE, Fisher BT, Aplenc R, Getz KD. Household income and health-related quality of life in children receiving treatment for acute myeloid leukemia: Potential impact of selection bias in health equity research. Cancer Med. 2024 Apr;13(7):e6966. doi: 10.1002/cam4.6966. PMID: 38572962; PMCID: PMC10993703.
Shoag J, Li Y, Getz KD, Huang YS, Hall M, Naranjo A, Richardson T, Desai AV, Umaretiya PJ, Aziz-Bose R, Kelly CA, Zheng DJ, Newman H, Zahler S, Aplenc R, Bagatell R, Bona K. Healthcare utilization disparities among children with high-risk neuroblastoma treated on Children's Oncology Group clinical trials. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2024 Jul 12:e31192. doi: 10.1002/pbc.31192. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38997807.
2022
Kadan-Lottick NS, Zheng DJ, Wang M, Bishop MW, Srivastava DK, Ross WL, Rodwin RL, Ness KK, Gibson TM, Spunt SL, Okcu MF, Leisenring WM, Robison LL, Armstrong GT, Krull KR. Patient-reported neurocognitive function in adult survivors of childhood and adolescent osteosarcoma and Ewing sarcoma. J Cancer Surviv. 2022 Jan 21. doi: 10.1007/s11764-021-01154-z. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35059962.
Rainer T*, Zheng DJ* (co-first author), Winn AS, Michelson CD, Sectish TC, Cheston CC. Becoming an Anti-Racist Training Program: A Single Residency's Year of Growth. J Pediatr. 2022 Mar 19:S0022-3476(22)00258-X. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2022.03.028. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35314153; PMCID: PMC9124054.
Aziz-Bose R, Zheng DJ, Umaretiya PJ, Ilcisin L, Stevenson K, Koch V, Valenzuela A, Cole PD, Gennarini LM, Kahn JM, Kelly KM, Tran TH, Michon B, Welch JJG, Silverman LB, Wolfe J, Bona K. Feasibility of oncology clinical trial-embedded evaluation of social determinants of health. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2022 Nov;69(11):e29933. doi: 10.1002/pbc.29933. Epub 2022 Sep 7. PMID: 36069432.
2021
Gold NB, Nash KA, Perdomo J, Zheng DJ, Power-Hays A, Rainer T, Hisama F, Pober B, Feinberg E. Delayed diagnosis of Williams-Beuren syndrome in an adolescent of Jamaican descent: examining racial disparities in genetics education. Clin Dysmorphol. 2021 Jan;30(1):69-70. doi: 10.1097/MCD.0000000000000357. PMID: 33136657.
Zheng DJ, Li A, Ma C, Ribeiro KB, Diller L, Bona K, Marron JM. Socioeconomic disparities in survival after high-risk neuroblastoma treatment with modern therapy. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2021 May 22:e29127. doi: 10.1002/pbc.29127. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34022098.
Umaretiya PJ, Revette A, Seo A, Flamand Y, Ilcisin L, Zheng DJ, Bhatia S, Wolfe J, Bona K. PediCARE: Development of a poverty-targeted intervention for pediatric cancer. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2021 Jun 30:e29195. doi: 10.1002/pbc.29195. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34190405.
Zheng DJ, Umaretiya PJ, Schwartz ER, Al-Sayegh H, Raphael JL, van Litsenburg RRL, Ma C, Muriel AC, Bona K. Disparities in pediatric psychosocial oncology utilization. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2021 Nov;68(11):e29342. doi: 10.1002/pbc.29342. Epub 2021 Sep 14. PMID: 34519425; PMCID: PMC8463506.
2019
Herrick-Reynolds K, Sewanan LR, Zheng DJ, Wang P, Encandela J, Shahu A, Reisman A. A novel near-peer reflective writing workshop. Clin Teach. 2019 Aug;16(4):339-344. doi: 10.1111/tct.13057. PMID: 31397104.
Perdomo J, Tolliver D, Hsu H, He Y, Nash KA, Donatelli S, Mateo C, Akagbosu C, Alizadeh F, Power-Hays A, Rainer T, Zheng DJ, Kistin CJ, Vinci RJ, Michelson CD. Health Equity Rounds: An Interdisciplinary Case Conference to Address Implicit Bias and Structural Racism for Faculty and Trainees. MedEdPORTAL. 2019 Nov 22;15:10858. doi: 10.15766/mep_2374-8265.10858. PMID: 32166114; PMCID: PMC7050660.
2018
Zheng DJ, Lu X, Schore RJ, Balsamo L, Devidas M, Winick NJ, Raetz EA, Loh ML, Carroll WL, Sung L, Hunger SP, Angiolillo AL, Kadan-Lottick NS. Longitudinal analysis of quality-of-life outcomes in children during treatment for acute lymphoblastic leukemia: A report from the Children's Oncology Group AALL0932 trial. Cancer. 2018 Feb 1;124(3):571-579. doi: 10.1002/cncr.31085. Epub 2017 Nov 7. PMID: 29112230; PMCID: PMC5808870.
Ross WL, Le A, Zheng DJ, Mitchell HR, Rotatori J, Li F, Fahey JT, Ness KK, Kadan-Lottick NS. Physical activity barriers, preferences, and beliefs in childhood cancer patients. Support Care Cancer. 2018 Jul;26(7):2177-2184. doi: 10.1007/s00520-017-4041-9. Epub 2018 Jan 27. PMID: 29383508.
Zheng DJ, Hooper M, Spencer-Manzon M, Pierce RW. A Case of Succinyl-CoA:3- Oxoacid CoA Transferase Deficiency Presenting with Severe Acidosis in a 14- Month-Old Female: Evidence for Pathogenicity of a Point Mutation in the OXCT1 Gene. J Pediatr Intensive Care. 2018 Mar;7(1):62-66. doi: 10.1055/s- 0037-1604270. Epub 2017 Jul 19. PMID: 31073471; PMCID: PMC6260335.
Zheng DJ, Krull KR, Chen Y, Diller L, Yasui Y, Leisenring W, Brouwers P, Howell R, Lai JS, Balsamo L, Oeffinger KC, Robison LL, Armstrong GT, Kadan-Lottick NS. Long-term psychological and educational outcomes for survivors of neuroblastoma: A report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. Cancer. 2018 Aug 1;124(15):3220-3230. doi: 10.1002/cncr.31379. Epub 2018 Jun 11. PMID: 29888538; PMCID: PMC6168938.
Zheng DJ, Shyr D, Ma C, Muriel AC, Wolfe J, Bona K. Feasibility of systematic poverty screening in a pediatric oncology referral center. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2018 Dec;65(12):e27380. doi: 10.1002/pbc.27380. Epub 2018 Aug 1. PMID: 30069999; PMCID: PMC6193823.
2017
Iyer NS, Mitchell HR, Zheng DJ, Ross WL, Kadan-Lottick NS. Experiences with the survivorship care plan in primary care providers of childhood cancer survivors: a mixed methods approach. Support Care Cancer. 2017 May;25(5):1547-1555. doi: 10.1007/s00520-016-3544-0. Epub 2017 Jan 3. PMID: 28050709.
2016
Liu GZ, Jawitz OK, Zheng D, Gusberg RJ, Kim AW. Reflective Writing for Medical Students on the Surgical Clerkship: Oxymoron or Antidote? J Surg Educ. 2016 Mar- Apr;73(2):296-304. doi: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2015.11.002. Epub 2016 Jan 12. PMID: 26794901; PMCID: PMC5536974.
Zheng DJ, Sint K, Mitchell HR, Kadan-Lottick NS. Patterns and predictors of survivorship clinic attendance in a population-based sample of pediatric and young adult childhood cancer survivors. J Cancer Surviv. 2016 Jun;10(3):505-13. doi: 10.1007/s11764-015-0493-4. Epub 2015 Nov 16. PMID: 26572903.
Le A, Mitchell HR, Zheng DJ, Rotatori J, Fahey JT, Ness KK, Kadan-Lottick NS. A home-based physical activity intervention using activity trackers in survivors of childhood cancer: A pilot study. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2017 Feb;64(2):387-394. doi: 10.1002/pbc.26235. Epub 2016 Sep 12. PMID: 27615711.
Abstracts (includes Posters and Scientific Presentations)
2024
Zheng DJ, Hettinger G, Aftandilian C, Bona K, Caywood EH, Collier AB, Elgarten CW, Gathers C, Ghosh T, Gramatges MM, Henry M, Huang YV, Li Y, Lotterman C, Maloney K, Mian A, Miller TP, Modi A, Mody R, Morgan E, Myers R, Newman H, Seif AE, Smith C, Stokke J, Winick NJ, Wilkes JJ, Wong V, Aplenc R, Getz KD. Real-World Generalizability of Clinical Trial Cytomolecular Features by Race and Ethnicity in Pediatric Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Oral presentation at annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology: San Diego, CA: December 7-10, 2024.
Zheng DJ, Hettinger G, Cao L, Elgarten CW, Fisher BT, Gathers C, Huang YV, Ko J, Leger K, Li Y, Myers R, Narayan HK, Ortiz J, Seif AE, Aplenc R, Getz KD. Near Universal National Uptake in the Real-World Setting Associated with Reduced Cardiac ICU Care Requirements in Pediatric Acute Myeloid Leukemia. Oral presentation at annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology: San Diego, CA: December 7-10, 2024. Also presented as an oral presentation at the Second International Pediatric Cardio-Oncology Conference: Cincinnati, OH: November 8-9, 2024.
Zheng DJ, Murphy-Banks R, Rodday AM, Xiang Q, Linendoll N, Beauchemin M, Ohlsen TJD, Fleisher E, Miller KA, Freyer DR, Crosswell HE, Chan R, Roth ME, Parsons SK. Churn, Churn, Churn! A Mixed Methods Analysis of Young Adult Leukemia and Lymphoma Survivors’ Experience Navigating the Insurance Landscape in a Post Affordable Care Act Era. Oral presentation at annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology: San Diego, CA: December 7-10, 2024.
2023
Zheng DJ, Getz K, Aplenc R. The impact of relapse on racial and ethnic disparities in pediatric acute myeloid leukemia. Poster presentation at annual meeting of the National Clinician Scholars Program: Half Moon Bay, CA: November 15-17, 2022.
Newman H, Jones E, Umaretiya PJ, Aziz-Bose R, Ilcisin LAS, Zheng DJ, Wolfson JA, Wolfe J, Bona K. Feasibility of the poverty-targeted pediatric cancer resource equity (PediCARE) intervention. Oral presentation at annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology: Chicago, IL: June 2-6, 2023.
Zheng DJ, van der Mei E, Li Y, Huang YV, Aftandilian C, Bona K, Caywood E, Collier AB, Gramatges MM, Heneghan MM, Henry M, Lotterman C, Maloney K, Miller TP, Modi A, Mody R, Morgan E, Winick NJ, Wilkes JJ, Wong V, Newman H, Myers RM, Elgarten CW, Seif AE, Fisher BT, Aplenc R, Getz KD. Survival disparities by frontline clinical trial enrollment status for treatment of pediatric acute myeloid leukemia. Poster presentation at annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology: San Diego, CA: December 9-12, 2023.
Zheng DJ, Li Y, Huang YV, Aftandilian C, Bona K, Caywood E, Collier AB, Gramatges MM, Heneghan MM, Henry M, Lotterman C, Maloney K, Miller TP, Modi A, Mody R, Morgan E, Winick NJ, Wilkes JJ, Wong V, Gathers C, Newman H, Moore RH, Myers RM, Elgarten CW, Seif AE, Fisher BT, Aplenc R, Getz KD. Racial and ethnic differences in acuity and cumulative frontline organ toxicity at the time of relapse in pediatric acute myeloid leukemia. Oral presentation at annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology: San Diego, CA: December 9-12, 2023.
2021
Dennis-Heyward EA, Zheng DJ, Sox C. Evaluation of recruitment initiatives to increase pediatric resident diversity. E-poster presentation at Pediatric Academic Societies 2021 Meeting: Virtual: April 30, 2021.
Lectures by Invitation
2023
Zheng DJ. “Building mechanistic understanding of health inequity in pediatric oncology.” Faculty recruitment talk at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Memphis, TN.
Anum, SJ, Robles J, Zheng DJ. Co-chair for Promoting Minroities in Hematology Oral Presentations. Annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology: San Diego, CA: December 9-12, 2023.