Professor
Medical Director, Clinical Laboratories

PhD: Organic Chemistry, Stanford University
Postdoc Fellowship: Clinical Chemistry, University of Washington, Seattle
MS: Analytical Chemistry, University of Georgia
BS: Chemistry, Calcutta University, India

The Division provides vital patient services to the Hospital, Greater Kansas City Metropolitan Area and outlying medical facilities through our Laboratory Medicine Services.  Faculty are board-accredited, and the Division provides a full spectrum of subspecialized expertise including Blood Bank, Chemistry, Cytogenetics, Flow Cytometry, Hematology, Microbiology, Molecular Microbiology, and Point of Care. The clinical laboratory processes over 2.5 million samples per year. We performed 4.9 million billable tests in fiscal year 2021. Our laboratory is accredited by the AABB, College of American Pathologists (CAP), CMS, CLIA, FDA and Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy (FACT)

DIVISION LEADERSHIP

X. Long Zheng, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Russell J. Eilers, M.D.
Endowed Chair and Service Chief

Rachael Liesman, Ph.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor
Director, Clinical Microbiology Lab
Director, Molecular Microbiology Lab

Vacant
Assistant Director, Microbiology Lab

Zhan (Johnny) Ye, M.D., Ph.D., FCAP
Clinical Assistant Professor
Associate Director, Blood Bank

DIVISION FACULTY BY SUBSPECIALTY:

• Zhan Ye, M.D., Ph.D., Director
• Dennis Sosnovske, M.D.
• X. Long Zheng, M.D., Ph.D.

• Amitava Dasgupta, Ph.D.
• Dennis Sosnovske, M.D.

• Mark Cunningham, M.D.
• Zhan Ye, M.D., Ph.D.
• X. Long Zheng, M.D., PhD

• Maura O’Neil, M.D., Director 
• Jasmeet Assi, M.D.
• Katie Dennis, M.D.
• Sarah Kelting, M.D.
• Rashna Madan, MBBS
• Devin Shrock, M.D.

• Wei Cui, M.D., Director 
• Mark Cunningham, M.D.
• Sarah Kelting, M.D.
• Janet Woodroof, M.D.
• Da Zhang, M.D.

• Mark Cunningham, M.D., Director  
• Wei Cui, M.D.
• Daniel Farrell, M.D.
• Sarah Kelting, M.D.
• Dennis Sosnovske, M.D.
• Janet Woodroof, M.D.
• Da Zhang, M.D.

• Rachael Liesman, Ph.D., Director 

• Zhan Ye, M.D., Ph.D., Director
• Dennis Sosnovske, M.D.
• X. Long Zheng, MD, Ph.D.