Liang Cheng

Dr. Liang Cheng is Virgil H. Moon Endowed Professor of Pathology and Urology at Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. Currently, he is Chief of the Genitourinary Pathology Service, Director of the Urologic Pathology Fellowship, and Director of Molecular Diagnostics and Molecular Pathology Laboratories. Dr. Cheng is board certified in Molecular Genetic Pathology, Anatomic and Clinical Pathology by the American Board of Pathology. Dr. Cheng has received numerous prestigious awards including the Stowell-Orbison Award from the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) and the Koss Medal Award from the International Society of Urological Pathology (ISUP). Dr. Cheng received the Arthur Purdy Stout Prize from the Arthur Purdy Stout Society of Surgical Pathologists in recognition of outstanding contributions to the field of surgical pathology for a surgical pathologist less than 45 years old. Dr. Cheng has published over 780 peer-reviewed SCI articles in high-impact scientific journals. His published work has been cited more than 30,000 times (ISI Web of Science h-index: 87). He is also the author of over 80 book chapters and several books, including Bladder Pathology, Urologic Surgical Pathology, Essentials of Anatomic Pathology, Molecular Genetic Pathology, Atlas of Genitourinary Pathology, Molecular Surgical Pathology, Rare Tumors and Tumor-like Conditions, Pathology of the Urinary Bladder-An Algorithmic Approach, and Atlas of Anatomic Pathology (Series Editor). Currently, he is an active member of over 30 Editorial Boards, including Molecular Cancer (Associate Editor), Human Pathology (Senior Associate Editor), American Journal of Surgical Pathology, Modern Pathology, Histopathology, Journal of Pathology, Journal of Clinical Pathology, European Journal of Cancer, Pathology, Future Oncology, Urologic Oncology, Expert Review of Anticancer Therapy, Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology and others. In 2015, Dr. Cheng was ranked among the Top 10 World’s Experts in Urogenital Neoplasms, and No. 5 in the field of Bladder Cancer by Expertscape (http://www.expertscape.com/leaders/bladder-cancer). Dr. Cheng's research focuses on translational studies of genitourinary cancers and molecular diagnostics of solid tumors.

Research Interest

Bladder Pathology, Urologic Surgical Pathology, Essentials of Anatomic Pathology, Molecular Genetic Pathology