Dr. Rong Mei Zhang joined the Department of Medicine in the Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Lipid Research on July 1, 2020 as an Instructor.
Dr. Zhang received her Bachelor of Science degree at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. To enhance her research experience, she worked in basic science research developing a zebrafish model to study Neuroblastoma at the Medical College of Wisconsin where she subsequently completed her medical degree.
Dr. Zhang moved to St. Louis to start her residency in Internal Medicine at St. Louis University in 2014. After completing her residency, she worked as a hospitalist in the St. Louis area prior to starting her fellowship. She joined Washington University to complete her fellowship in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism from 2014-2017. During fellowship, she began translational research under the guidance of Dr. Carlos Bernal-Mizrachi evaluating the effects of acute hyperglycemia on monocyte metabolism. In collaboration with her secondary mentor, Dr. Ana Maria-Arbelaez, she was involved in clinical trials utilizing euglycemic-hypoglycemic clamp studies in order to enhance her ability to perform monocyte evaluation in vivo. Dr. Zhang completed an additional research year of clinical fellowship to enhance her research experience.
Dr. Zhang continues her clinical care of patients with a focus on diabetes with her continuity clinic and inpatient consult services. She maintains clinical teaching responsibilities with fellows in consult services and residents in the medicine service. Dr. Zhang maintains a focus on her research interest in studying the contribution of monocytes to diabetic complications. She hopes to combine her clinical and research interest in diabetes and inflammation to help advance the care for patients.
Dr. Rong Mei Zhang Joins the Department of Medicine
