Jennifer Q. Zhang, MD

Breast Surgery
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Breast Surgery Perelman
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About me

  • Assistant Professor of Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Dr. Zhang’s clinical practice focuses on both benign and malignant breast surgery, with a specific clinical interest in locally advanced/inflammatory and estrogen receptor positive breast cancers. 

A graduate of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Dr. Zhang completed a residency in general surgery at Beth Israel Medical Center in Boston, and a fellowship in Breast Surgical Oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) in New York.

In addition to her practice, Dr. Zhang conducts research centered around understanding the role of tumor-associated macrophages and dendritic cells in breast cancer and how to target these cells to improve breast cancer therapies. Dr. Zhang’s research is a collaboration with the laboratory of Robert Vonderheide, MD, DPhil, Director of the Abramson Cancer Center.

My education and training

  • Medical School: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
  • Residency: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
  • Fellowship: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

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Spoken languages

English
English

Reviews

Average Rating

226 reviews

Comments are submitted by patients and reflect their views and opinions. The comments are not endorsed by and do not necessarily reflect the views of Penn Medicine.

Anonymous
April 2026
explained diagnosis carefully! explained options! listened to my questions! very nice doctor
Anonymous
April 2026
she was empathetic and competent
Anonymous
April 2026
caring,supportive, and interested in patient and support system concerns.
Anonymous
March 2026
good bedside manner

Insurance accepted

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Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Zhang is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

Research

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): 2025,551-5562

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: 2025,5500–5509

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: 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: 2024 (Epub),6855–6856

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: 2024 (Epub),5929-5936

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): 2023,6990-6999

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): 2023,6506-6515

Pichardo MS, Zhang JQ, Fayanju OM Will targeted axillary surgery suffice for adjuvant treatment decision-making? , JAMA Surgery, 158(10): 2023,1021-1022

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): 2023,2144-2157

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: 2022 (Epub)