Michael Mingzhao Xing MD, PhD

Dr. Michael Mingzhao Xing is a professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is also a professor of oncology and of pathology. His areas of clinical expertise include endocrine diseases, including hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidism, thyroid cancer, thyroid disorders and thyroid nodules.

Dr. Xing received his M.D. from the Second Military Medical University. He completed his residency at the Greater Baltimore Medical Center. He performed a fellowship in pharmacology at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine and a fellowship in endocrinology and metabolism at Johns Hopkins.

Dr. Xing’s research interests include thyroid cancer and thyroid nodules. Dr. Xing’s team is interested in studying cellular and molecular mechanisms of thyroid cancer, including its genetic and epigenetic alterations and related cellular behaviors. His team is particularly interested in exploring cellular and molecular derangements associated with the MAP kinase and PI3K/Akt pathways as a fundamental mechanism in thyroid tumorigenesis.