Liang Cheng, MD is Virgil Moon Professor of Pathology and Urology, Chief of Genitourinary Pathology Division, Director of Molecular Pathology Laboratory, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine and Clarian, Pathology Laboratory, Indiana University School of Medicine. He is a co-author of Urologic Surgical Pathology, 4th Edition.

Dr. Cheng earned his MD from Beijing Medical University and did postdoctoral work at Case Western Reserve University and Mayo Clinic. He is board certified in Molecular Genetic Pathology and Anatomic and Clinical Pathology.

Dr. Cheng has received numerous awards including the Stowell-Orbison Award from the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP) and the Koss Medal Award from the International Society of Urological Pathology (ISUP). In 2006, he was the Arthur Purdy Stout Prize recipient from the Arthur Purdy Stout Society of Surgical Pathologists. Dr. Cheng has published more than 500 peer-reviewed articles in high-impact scientific journals and is the author of more than 50 book chapters and several books. He is an active member of over two dozen editorial boards, including Molecular Cancer, European Journal of Cancer, American Journal of Surgical Pathology, Modern Pathology, Human Pathology, Journal of Clinical Pathology, Future Oncology, Urologic Oncology, Expert Review of Anticancer Therapy, Critical Review Hematology Oncology.

Dr. Cheng’s research focuses on molecular genetics and biological predictors of genitourinary cancers.