Education
Medical School
HeBei Medical School (1982)
Fellowship
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School (2001), Internal Medicine
Residency
Allegheny General Hospital (2005), Pathology
Residency
Baylor Medical Center (2007), Pathology
Fellowship
Hahnemann University Hospital (2008), Cytopathology

Research Interest
  • Cytopathology
  • Endocrine Pathology
  • Head and Neck Pathology
  • Heart and Lung Transplant Pathology

Publications

Featured Publications LegendFeatured Publications

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 J Thorac Oncol 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 Am. J. Clin. Pathol. 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 J. Neuroimmunol. 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 J. Neuroimmunol. 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 Respir Physiol Neurobiol 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-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 J Appl Physiol. 2004 Mar; 9(3) Epub 2003 Sep 23 1090-1096
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 J Appl Physiol. 2004 Mar;96(3). Epub 2003 Nov 14 1080-1089