Jennifer Q. Zhang, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Department: Surgery
Contact information
Division of Breast Surgery
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce Street, 4 Silverstein
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce Street, 4 Silverstein
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Education
BS (Chemical Engineering)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 2008.
MD
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 2012.
Permanent linkBS (Chemical Engineering)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 2008.
MD
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 2012.
Selected Publications
MR Flanagan, AM Botty van den Bruele, SM Downs-Canner, SM Thomas, KK Gallagher, JW Jakub, SEA Tevis, FC Verdial, JQ Zhang, LC Elmore, RA Mukhtar, M Brennan, M Lillie, TC Gibson, A Verosky, JK Plichta, LH Rosenberger: A Multi-Institutional Analysis of Contralateral Axillary Metastases: Advanced Local-Regional Disease Divergent from Stage IV Breast Cancer. Annals of Surgical Oncology 32(8): 551-5562, Aug 2025.IC Yoon, S Perez-Rojas, B Ancha, LC Elmore, AM Mateo, MS Pichardo, JC Tchou, JQ Zhang, RA Hubbard, OM Fayanju: Association of Neighborhood Deprivation with Stage at Diagnosis and Treatment Delay for Breast Cancer in Philadelphia. Annals of Surgical Oncology 32: 5500–5509, May 2025.
KP Reddy, CL Berkowitz, K Jarrell, R Berger, S Hulse, LC Elmore, R Fishman, AM Mateo, DM Sataloff, JC Tchou, JQ Zhang, AM McCarthy, OM Fayanju: The Effect of Rurality on Time to Surgery and Overall Survival among Women with Breast Cancer. Annals of Surgery Mar 2025.
Iwai Y, Perez-Rojas S, Thomas SM, Tadros AB, Woodward SG, Zhang JQ, Elmore LC, Freedman GM, Tchou JC, Bleznak AD, Fayanju OM: ASO Visual Abstract: Guideline-concordant surgical care for lobular versus ductal inflammatory breast cancer. Annals of Surgical Oncology 31: 6855–6856, Jul. 2024 (Epub) Notes: doi: 10.1245/s10434-024-15691-1.
Iwai Y, Perez-Rojas S, Thomas SM, Tadros AB, Woodward SG, Zhang JQ, Elmore LC, Freedman GM, Tchou JC, Bleznak AD, Fayanju OM: Guideline-concordant surgical care for lobular versus ductal inflammatory breast cancer. Annals of Surgical Oncology 31: 5929-5936, Jun. 2024 (Epub) Notes: doi: 10.1245/s10434-024-15540-1.
Zhang JQ, Dos Anjos CH, Sevilimedu V, Crown A, Amoroso KA, Pilewskie ML, Robson ME, Gemignani ML: Association of moderate-risk breast cancer genes with contralateral prophylactic mastectomy and bilateral disease. Annals of Surgical Oncology 30(12): 6990-6999, Nov. 2023 Notes: Epub Sept. 3, 2023.
Manik R, Grady CB, Elmore LC, Fieber JH, Freedman GM, Jankowitz RC, Tchou JC, Zhang JQ, Hubbard RA, Fayanju OM: Temporal trends and factors associated with receipt of post-mastectomy radiation after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in women with cT3 breast cancer. Annals of Surgical Oncology 30(11): 6506-6515, Oct. 2023 Notes: Epub July 17, 2023.
Pichardo MS, Zhang JQ, Fayanju OM: Will targeted axillary surgery suffice for adjuvant treatment decision-making? JAMA Surgery 158(10): 1021-1022, Oct. 1 2023 Notes: Commentary.
Rossi F, Liu M, Tieniber A, Etherington M, Hanna A, Vitiello G, Param N, Do K, Wang L, Antonescu C, Zeng S, Zhang JQ, DeMatteo RP: Myosin light-chain kinase inhibition potentiates the antitumor effects of Avapritinib in PDGFRA D842V-mutant gastrointestinal stromal tumor. Clinical Cancer Research 29(11): 2144-2157, June 1 2023.
Zhang JQ, Barrio AV: ASO Author Reflections: Acute or chronic? The effect of axillary lymph node dissection on arm symptoms and quality of life over time. Annals of Surgical Oncology Apr. 18 2022 (Epub) Notes: doi: 10.1245/s10434-022-11771-2.