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Ming-Tseh Lin

Ming-Tseh Lin, MD, PhD

Pathology

Highlights

Languages

  • Chinese - Mandarin
  • English

Gender

Male

Johns Hopkins Affiliations:

  • Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty

About Ming-Tseh Lin

Professional Titles

  • Associate Director, Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, Department of Pathology

Primary Academic Title

Associate Professor of Pathology

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Background

Dr. Ming-Tseh Lin is an associate professor of pathology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and serves as the associate director of the Department of Pathology’s Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory.

A molecular pathologist, Dr. Lin is an expert in the development and validation of new assays, including the clinical application of next-generation sequencing (NGS) platforms.

Because he initially practiced as a hematologist and bone-marrow transplant specialist, Dr. Lin has a unique perspective on molecular diagnostics.

Dr. Lin earned his medical and doctoral degrees at National Taiwan University Medical School and Hospital (Taipei), where he trained in internal medicine and hematology. He completed pathology residencies at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and Albany Medical College, as well as two pathology fellowships at Hopkins.

Dr. Lin has published more than 100 academic journal articles.

Contact for Research Inquiries

1812 Ashland Avenue
Suite 200
Baltimore, MD 21205

Research Interests

Cancer biomarkers, Molecular diagnosis of solid tumors, Next-generation sequencing (NGS) platforms

Lab Website

Chung-Ming Tse

  • The Tse Lab does basic and translational research on the function and regulation of sodium/hydrogen exchange-2 isoform, and molecular biology of nucleoside transporters.

Research Summary

Dr. Lin is an expert in the development and validation of new assays, including the clinical application of next-generation sequencing (NGS) platforms.

His current research aims to identify cancer biomarkers.

In addition, investigators in the CLIA-certified Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory led by Dr. Lin have validated the NGS platform for mutation detection of formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded neoplastic tissues.

Dr. Lin has previously studied the association between single- nucleotide polymorphisms and the outcomes of patients who underwent hematopoietic cell transplantation.

Selected Publications

  • Lin MT, Mosier SL, Thiess M, Beierl KF, Debeljak M, Tseng LH, Chen G, Yegnasubramanian S, Ho H, Cope L, Wheelan SJ, Gocke CD, Eshleman JR. Clinical validation of KRAS, BRAF, and EGFR mutation detection using next-generation sequencing. Am J Clin Pathol. 2014;141:856-66.

  • Lin MT, Storer B, Martin PJ, Tseng LH, Gooley T, Chen PJ, Hansen JA. Relation of an interleukin-10 promoter polymorphism to graft-versus-host disease and survival after hematopoietic-cell transplantation. N Engl J Med. 2003; 349:2201-10. 

  • Belchis DA, Tseng LH, Gniadek T, Haley L, Lokhandwala p, Illei P, Gocke CD, Forde P, Brahmer J, Askin FB, Eshleman JR, Lin MT. Heterogeneity of resistance mutations detectable by next-generation sequencing in TKI-treated lung adenocarcinoma. Oncotarget. 2016;7:45237-48

  • Haley L, Tseng LH, Zheng G, Dudley J, Anderson DA, Azad NS, Gocke CD, Eshleman JR, Lin MT. Performance characteristics of next-generation sequencing in clinical mutation detection of colorectal cancers. Mod Pathol. 2015;28:1390-9.

  • Zheng G, Tseng LH, Chen G, Haley L, Illei P, Gocke CD, Eshleman JR, Lin MT. Clinical detection and categorization of uncommon and concomitant mutations involving BRAF. BMC Cancer. 2015;15:779.

Lectures & Presentations

Molecular Biology Advances in Myeloid Neoplasms, Invited speaker, Forth Dain-Hopkins Forum, Dain, China, Hangzhou, China, 6/30/18

Memberships

  • Association of Molecular Pathology; United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology; College of American Pathologists

Locations

  1. The Johns Hopkins Hospital

Expertise

Education

  • Fellowship: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Pathology, 2010
  • Residency: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Pathology, 2009
  • Fellowship: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Pathology, 2008
  • Residency: Albany Medical Center, Pathology, 2006
  • Graduate School: National Taiwan University School of Medicine, PhD, 1996
  • Fellowship: National Taiwan University School of Medicine, Hematology, 1991
  • Residency: National Taiwan University School of Medicine, Internal Medicine, 1991
  • Medical Education: National Taiwan University School of Medicine, MD, 1984

Board Certifications

  • Molecular Genetic Pathology: American Board of Pathology, 2011
  • Anatomic Pathology: American Board of Pathology, 2009

Insurance

Search plans
  • Aetna
  • CareFirst
  • Cigna
  • First Health
  • Geisinger Health Plan
  • HealthSmart/Accel
  • Johns Hopkins Health Plans
  • MultiPlan
  • Pennsylvania's Preferred Health Networks (PPHN)
  • Point Comfort Underwriters
  • Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
  • Veteran Affairs Community Care Network (Optum-VACCN)