Ching Zhu

Education

• M.D. Stanford University, School of Medicine, 2014
• Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles, 2022

Trainings & Certifications

• Internal Medicine Residency, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center 2014 - 2017 (2014 - 2017) Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
• Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship, University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine 2017 - 2022 (2017 - 2022) University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine
• Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship, University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine 2022 - 2024 (2022 - 2024) University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine

Positions

• Assistant Professor of Medicine
• Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Publications

• Zhu C, Makita T, Lucero EY, Jyothidasan A, Patel R, Wang JJ, et al. Adrenergic Hypersensitivity Drives Ventricular Arrhythmias Following Loss of Plexin-Mediated Cardiac Innervation. JACC Clin Electrophysiol. 2025 Sep 29;
• Zhu C, Makita T, Lucero EY, Jyothidasan A, Patel R, Wang JJ, et al. Adrenergic Hypersensitivity Drives Ventricular Arrhythmias Following Loss of Plexin-Mediated Cardiac Innervation. 2025.
• Hong JM, Zhu C, Press MC. Sudden ST-Segment Changes in a Critically Ill Patient. JAMA Cardiol. 2024 Feb 1;9(2):195u20136.
• Yao J, Ma F, Zhang L, Zhu C, Jumabay M, Yao Z, et al. Single-Cell RNA-Seq Identifies Dynamic Cardiac Transition Program from ADCs Induced by Leukemia Inhibitory Factor. Stem Cells. 2022 Oct 21;40(10):932u201348.
• Mori S, Hanna P, Dacey MJ, Temma T, Hadaya J, Zhu C, et al. Comprehensive Anatomy of the Pericardial Space and the Cardiac Hilum: Anatomical Dissections With Intact Pericardium. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2022 May;15(5):927u201342.
• Zhu C, Rajendran PS, Hanna P, Efimov IR, Salama G, Fowlkes CC, et al. High-resolution structure-function mapping of intact hearts reveals altered sympathetic control of infarct border zones. JCI Insight. 2022 Feb 8;7(3).
• Hanna P, Zhu C, Shivkumar K, Buch E. Cryoballoon pulmonary vein isolation: Effects on neural control of the heart. Int J Cardiol. 2020 Sep 1;314:77u20138.
• Zhu C, Hanna P, Rajendran PS, Shivkumar K. Neuromodulation for Ventricular Tachycardia and Atrial Fibrillation: A Clinical Scenario-Based Review. JACC Clin Electrophysiol. 2019 Aug;5(8):881u201396.
• Rajendran PS, Hanna P, Zhu C, Shivkumar K. Neuroinflammation as a mechanism for cardiovascular diseases. Int J Cardiol. 2019 Aug 1;288:128u20139.
• Hanna P, Zhu C, Rajendran PS, Shivkumar K. Anesthetizing the Fibrillating Heart. J Am Heart Assoc. 2019 May 21;8(10):e012713.
• Dusi V, Zhu C, Ajijola OA. Neuromodulation Approaches for Cardiac Arrhythmias: Recent Advances. Curr Cardiol Rep. 2019 Mar 18;21(5):32.
• Gourdie RG, Ghatnekar GS, Ou2019Quinn M, Rhett MJ, Barker RJ, Zhu C, et al. The unstoppable connexin43 carboxyl-terminus: new roles in gap junction organization and wound healing. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2006 Oct;1080:49u201362.
• Hunter AW, Barker RJ, Zhu C, Gourdie RG. Zonula occludens-1 alters connexin43 gap junction size and organization by influencing channel accretion. Mol Biol Cell. 2005 Dec;16(12):5686u201398.
• Zhu C, Barker RJ, Hunter AW, Zhang Y, Jourdan J, Gourdie RG. Quantitative analysis of ZO-1 colocalization with Cx43 gap junction plaques in cultures of rat neonatal cardiomyocytes. Microsc Microanal. 2005 Jun;11(3):244u20138.