Ie-Ming Shih, MD, PhD

Dr. Ie-Ming Shih is the Richard W. TeLinde Distinguished Professor of Gynecologic Pathology in the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics and is the director of this inter-departmental gynecologic disease research program at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions. Dr. Shih also co-directs the Women’s Malignancy Program at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins. Born in Taiwan, Dr. Shih came to the US for his PhD study at the University of Pennsylvania before his clinical training at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. After completing residency, clinical fellowship and research fellowship at Hopkins, Dr. Shih became a faculty member there in 2000; his research focuses on exploring diagnostic and molecular landscapes and pathogenesis in different types of gynecologic disorders including endometriosis. His team in collaboration with others has identified cancer driver mutations in endometriosis and is currently engaged in studying the clonal origins and fitness of endometriotic lesions.  He served on several advisory boards including the NCI Ovarian Task Force of Gynecologic Cancer Steering Committee and the Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation, etc. He is a current or former editorial board member for several journals as well as the current World Health Organization (WHO) Classification of Female Genital Tumors.