Education

• 1984          Northwestern University, B.S., Medicine
• 1988          Northwestern University Medical School, M.D.
• 1990          Northwestern McGaw Medical Center, Internship,
• 1994          Northwestern McGaw Medical Center, Resident, Urology
• 1996          Children's Memorial Hospital, Fellowship, Pediatric Urology

Positions and Employment

• 1996-1998           Assistant Professor, Department of Urology, Northwestern University Medical School
• 1998-2002           Assistant Professor, Department of Urology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
• 2002-Present       Associate Professor, Department of Urology, Northwestern University Medical School

Honors

• 1992                     North Central Section – AUA Traveling Fellowship Award – First Prize
• 1992                     Chicago Urologic Society – Charles B. Huggins Resident Essay Contest
• 1993                     Leander Riba Award/Fellowship
• 1995-1998             American Foundation for Urologic Disease (AFUD) Research Scholar
• 1996                     Pfizer Scholar in Urology Award
• 1998                     American Academy of Pediatrics, Section of Urology, Second Prize – Basic Science Research
• 2001-2003             Edwin Beer Fellowship, N.Y. Academy of Medicine

Professional Memberships

• 1992                      North Central Section – AUA Traveling Fellowship Award – First Prize
• 1992                      Chicago Urologic Society – Charles B. Huggins Resident Essay Contest
• 1993                      Leander Riba Award/Fellowship
• 1995-1998              American Foundation for Urologic Disease (AFUD) Research Scholar
• 1996                      Pfizer Scholar in Urology Award
• 1998                      American Academy of Pediatrics, Section of Urology, Second Prize – Basic Science Research
• 2001-2003              Edwin Beer Fellowship, N.Y. Academy of Medicine

Selected Peer-Review Publications

• Cheng, E.Y., Oyasu, R., Grayhack, J.T., and McVary, K.T.:  Reversed seromuscular grafts in the urinary tract in dogs.  J. Urol.  152(2):2252, 1994.
• Cheng, E.Y., Grammatopoulos, T., Lee, C., Decker, R., Sensibar, J., Kaplan, W.E., Maizels, M., and Firlit, C.F.:  Angiotensin II and bFGF induce neonatal bladder stromal cell mitogenesis.  J. Urol., 156(2):  593, 1996.
• Cheng, E.Y., Richards, I., and Kaplan, W.E.:  Bladder stimulation therapy improves bladder compliance: results from multi-institutional trial.  J. Urol., 156(2):761, 1996.
• Cheng, E.Y., Richards, I., and Kaplan, W.E.:  Use of bladder stimulation in “high risk” patients.  J. Urol., 156(2):749, 1996.
• Cheng, E.Y., Lee, C., Decker, R., Sensibar, J., Lang, S., Kaplan, W.E., Maizels, M., and Firlit, C.F.:  Captopril (an inhibitor of angiotensin converting enzyme) inhibits obstructive changes in the neonatal rabbit bladder.  Urology, 50 (3):465, 1997.
• Palmer, L.S., Maizels, M., Kaplan, W.E., Firlit, C.F., and Cheng, E.Y.:  Urine levels of Transforming Growth Factor – beta 1 in children with ureteropelvic junction obstruction.  Urology, 50(5):769, 1997.
• Palmer, L.S., Lee, C., Decker, R.S., Lang, S., Kaplan, W.E., Firlit, C.F., and Cheng, E.Y.:  The effect of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibition and angiotensin II receptor antagonism on the obstructed rat bladder.  J. Urol., 158:1100, 1997.
• Cheng, E.Y., Lee, C., and Decker, R.S. Role of angiotensin II in bladder smooth muscle growth and function .  Adv. Exp. Med. Biol., 462: 183-191, 1999.
• Furness, P.D., Maizels, M., Han, S.W., Cohn, R.A., and Cheng, E.Y.: Elevated bladder urine concentration of transforming growth factor-beta 1 correlates with upper urinary tract obstruction in children. J.Urol., 162: 1033, 1999.
• Kropp, B.P., Zhang, Y.Y., Tomasek, J.J., Cowan, R., Furness, P.D., Vaughan, M.B., Parizi, M., and Cheng, E.Y.: Characterization of cultured bladder smooth muscle cells: assessment of in vitro contractility. J.Urol., 162: 1179, 1999.
• Cheng, E.Y. Cellular factors and the obstructed bladder. J. Urol., 164(4), 1334-5, 2000.
• Zhang, Y., Kropp, B.P., Moore P., Cowan, R., Furness, P.D., Kolligian, M.E., Frey P., and Cheng, E.Y. Coculture of bladder urothelial and smooth muscle cells on small intestinal submucosa: potential applications for tissue engineering technology .J. Urol., 164(3 Pt 2), 928-34, discussion 934-5, 2000.
• Cheng, E.Y. and Kropp, B.P. Urologic tissue engineering with small-intestinal submucosa: potential clinical applications. World J. Urol., 18(1), 26-30, 2000.
• Bankhead, R.W., Kropp, B. P. and Cheng, E.Y. Evaluation and treatment of children with neurogenic bladders. J. Child Neurol., 15(3), 141-9, 2000.
• Kropp, B.P. and Cheng. E.Y. Bioengineering organs using small intestinal submucosa scaffolds: in vivo tissue-engineering technology. J. Endourol., 14(1), 59-62, 2000.
• Han, S.W., Maizels, M., Chou, P.M., Fernbach, S.K., Cheng, E.Y., and Furness, P.D.:  Lamina muscularis propria thickness of renal pelvis predicts radiological outcome of surgical correction of ureteropelvic junction obstruction. J. Urol., 165: 1648, 2001.
• Colvert, J.R., Kropp, B.P., Austin, P., Cheng, E.Y., Pope, J.C., Brock, J.W., Adams, M.C., Furness, P.D., and Koyle M.A.: The use of small intestinal submucosa (SIS) as an “off the shelf” urethral sling material for pediatric urinary incontinence. J. Urol., 168(4 Pt 2): 1872, 2002.
• Cheng, E.Y., Vemulapalli, S.N., Kropp, B.P., Pope, J.C., Furness, P.D., Kaplan, W.E., and Smith, D.P.:  Snodgrass hypospadias repair with vascularized flap: the perfect repair for virgin hypospadias?  J. Urol., 168 (4 Pt 2): 1723, 2002.
• Cheng, E.Y., Kropp, B.P., Pope, J.C., and Brock, J.W.: Proximal division of the urethral plate in staged hypospadias  repair.  J. Urol., 170 (4 Pt2): 1580, 2003.
• Lin, H.K., Cowan, R., Moore, P., Zhang, Y.Y., Tomasek, J.J., Kropp, B.P, and Cheng, E.Y.:  Characterization of neuropathic bladder smooth muscle cells in culture.  J. of Urol., 171(3): 1348, 2003.      
• Husmann, D.A., Snodgrass, W.T., Koyle, M.A., Furness III, P.A., Kropp, B.P., Cheng, E.Y., Kaplan, W.E., and Kramer, S.A.: Ureterocystoplasty, Indications for Successful Augmentation.  J. of Urol., 171(1): 376, 2003.
• Zhang, Y.Y., Kropp, B.P., Lin, H.K., Cowan, R., and Cheng E.Y.: Bladder regeneration with cell-seeded small intestinal submucosa. Tissue Engineering, 10(1): 181, 2004.
• Beqaj SH, Donovan JL, Liu DB, Harrington DA, Alpert SA, Cheng EY.  Role of basic fibroblast growth factor in the neuropathic bladder phenotype. J Urol. (in press) 2005.

Research Support

• 1R01DK56968-01A1    Kropp (PI)                                           2000-2005
  NIH
  A Comparison of in vivo and in vitro Tissue Engineering.
  This study investigates the utility of small intestinal submucosa (SIS) and synthetic scaffolds, both in the seeded and unseeded form, for use in bladder tissue engineering.
  Role:  Co-Investigator
• Edwin Beer Program/Fellowship          Cheng (PI)                                 2001-2003
  The New York Academy of Medicine
  Use of Neuropathic Bladder Cells for Tissue Engineering
  This study investigates the functional differences between cultured neuropathic and normal bladder smooth muscle cells in vitro.
  Role:  Principal Investigator
• Children's Memorial Hospital Internal Funding    Cheng (PI)            2003-2006
  Children’s Memorial Hospital
  Use of Neuropathic Bladder Cells for Tissue Engineering
  This study seeks to show that neuropathic bladder smooth muscle cells utilized tissue engineering will retain neuropathic functional properties.
  Role:  Principal Investigator
• National Institutes of Health R21        Cheng (PI)                             2005-2007
  Northwestern University / Children's Memorial Hospital
  Bladder Tissue Engineering through Nanotechnology
  This study investigates peptide-amphiphile molecules for the delivery
  of bFGF and VEGF to regenerating bladder tissue.
  Role:  Principal Investigator