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Yanling Ma, MD

Professor of Clinical Pathology

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Email [email protected]
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Overview

Dr. Ma is currently a staff pathologist at both LAC+USC Medical Center and Women’s Hospital and teaches courses in pathology to second year USC medical students. A native of China, Dr. Ma first came to USC in 1994 as a pathology intern at LAC+USC Medical Center. A residency and fellowship at LAC+USC Medical Center followed and in 2000, Dr. Ma was appointed Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology. Dr. Ma has been a member of the College of American Pathologists since 1977 and is also currently a member of the Keck School of Medicine’s Residency Recruitment Committee. A former Acting Chief of Surgical Pathology, Dr. Ma currently directs the Immunohistochemistry Laboratory.

Publications

  • Expression of HER2 in the eye and the potential for on-target side effects with antibody-drug conjugates. Sci Rep. 2026 May 07; 16(1).. View in PubMed
  • Performance of breast fine needle aspiration as an initial diagnostic tool: A large academic hospital experience. Cytopathology. 2022 11; 33(6):707-715.. View in PubMed
  • Assessment of ERBB2/HER2 Status in HER2-Equivocal Breast Cancers by FISH and 2013/2014 ASCO-CAP Guidelines. JAMA Oncol. 2019 03 01; 5(3):366-375.. View in PubMed
  • Reprint of: The pathology of pulmonary sarcoidosis: update. Semin Diagn Pathol. 2018 Sep; 35(5):324-333.. View in PubMed
  • Are we overtreating intraductal papillomas? J Surg Res. 2018 11; 231:387-394. Kiran S, Jeong YJ, Nelson ME , Ring A, Johnson MB, Sheth PA , Ma Y , Sener SF , Lang JE . . View in PubMed
  • Unexpected CDH1 Mutations Identified on Multigene Panels Pose Clinical Management Challenges. JCO Precis Oncol. 2017 Nov; 1:1-12.. View in PubMed
  • HER2 Status in Advanced or Metastatic Gastric, Esophageal, or Gastroesophageal Adenocarcinoma for Entry to the TRIO-013/LOGiC Trial of Lapatinib. Mol Cancer Ther. 2017 01; 16(1):228-238.. View in PubMed
  • HER2 Gene Amplification Testing by Fluorescent In Situ Hybridization (FISH): Comparison of the ASCO-College of American Pathologists Guidelines With FISH Scores Used for Enrollment in Breast Cancer International Research Group Clinical Trials. J Clin Oncol. 2016 10 10; 34(29):3518-3528.. View in PubMed
  • Robotic transmural ablation of bladder tumors using high-intensity focused ultrasound: Experimental study. Int J Urol. 2016 06; 23(6):501-8.. View in PubMed
  • Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor, Excision-Repair Cross-Complementation Group 1 Protein, and Thymidylate Synthase Expression in Penile Cancer. Clin Genitourin Cancer. 2016 10; 14(5):450-456.e1.. View in PubMed

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