Zhongcheng Mei

Dr. Zhongcheng Mei is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, with a primary focus on lung transplantation immunology and post-operative immune mechanisms.

• Education: M.D. from Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-sen University (2012); M.S. from The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University (2015).
• Training: Surgical residency at Sun Yat-sen University Affiliated Donghua Hospital (2018), followed by postdoctoral research at University of Virginia and University of Maryland, Baltimore.

Dr. Mei's research investigates the role of eosinophils in lung alloimmunity and graft acceptance, particularly how stress-induced eosinophil activation exacerbates post-surgical complications via iNOS production. His work spans transplant immunology, immune regulation, and myeloid cell biology.

His recent publications highlight mechanisms of CD8+ T cell suppression, Th1/Tfh differentiation, and laminin α4-mediated tolerance, with methodological advancements in murine lung transplantation models. Current efforts aim to translate these findings into clinical strategies for improving lung allograft survival.