Jennifer Q. Zhang, MD
Breast Surgery
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Breast Surgery Perelman
Make an appointmentCall 215-615-2992
Penn Medicine Provider

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.

Education and training

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

What my patients think about me

Average Rating

178 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.

October 2025
she answered my questions.
October 2025
i love dr. zhang today was just the wait time for her was longer than usual. i understand you get behind i work by appointment also. after a half hour someone should come in and tell you that they are running late.
October 2025
she came prepared
October 2025
always makes me feel comfortable.

Insurance accepted

My 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

My research

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: 2024 (Epub)

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: 2024 (Epub)

Berkowitz CL, Perez-Rojas S, Reddy KP, Hulse S, Jarrell K, Collins J, Elmore LC, Fishman RH, Mateo AM, Newman A, Rothman JD, Sataloff DM, Tchou JC, Zhang JQ, McCarthy AM, Fayanju OM Sociodemographic disparities within pediatric breast cancer , Presented at the American Society of Breast Surgeons (ASBrS) Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL: 2024

Reddy KP, Jarrell K, Berkowitz C, Hulse S, Brooks AD, Elmore LC, Fishman R, Greenup RA, Mateo AM, Murray AB, Newman AM, Rothman JD, Sataloff DM, Tchou JC, Zhang JQ, Fayanju OM Association between rurality and time to surgery among breast cancer patients is mediated by geographic proximity to care , Presented at the Society of Surgical Oncology Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA: 2024

Tidwell J, Maddipatla VM, Lam C, Vonderheide RV, Zhang JQ Agonistic CD40 increases infiltration and spatial organization of cytotoxic CD8 T cells in hormone receptor positive murine breast cancer , Poster presentation at the Society of Surgical Oncology Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA: 2024

Jarrell KM, Perez-Rojas S, Reddy K, Berkowitz CL, Berger R, Hulse S, Brooks AD, Elmore LC, Fishman R, Mateo AM, Murray A, Newman A, Pierotti M, Rothman JD, Sataloff DM, Tchou JC, Zhang JQ, Shah PD, McCarthy AM, Fayanju OM Disparities, time to surgery, and survival in contralateral prophylactic mastectomy: A review of the National Cancer Database , Presented at the Society of Surgical Oncology Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA: 2024

Reddy KP, Jarrell K, Berkowitz C, Hulse S, Brooks AD, Elmore LC, Fishman R, Greenup RA, Mateo AM, Murray AB, Newman AM, Rothman JD, Sataloff DM, Tchou JC, Zhang JQ, Fayanju OM Differences in time to surgery predict rural-urban differences in survival among women with invasive, non-metastatic breast cancer , Presented at the Society of Surgical Oncology Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA: 2024

Reddy KP, Jarrell K, Berkowitz C, Hulse S, Brooks AD, Elmore LC, Fishman R, Greenup RA, Mateo AM, Murray AB, Newman AM, Rothman JD, Sataloff DM, Tchou JC, Zhang JQ, Fayanju OM Women with breast cancer who delay/forego care face increased inpatient expenditures , Presented at the Academic Surgical Congress, Washington, DC: 2024

Maddipatla V, Zhang J CD40 Agonism activates dendritic cells and inhibits tumor growth in murine HR+ breast cancer , Oral presentation at the Academic Surgical Congress 2024, Washington, DC: 2024

Reddy KP, Jarrell K, Berkowitz C, Hulse S, Brooks AD, Elmore LC, Fishman R, Greenup RA, Mateo AM, Murray AB, Newman AM, Rothman JD, Sataloff DM, Tchou JC, Zhang JQ, Fayanju OM Delayed/forgone care is associated with increased resource utilization among women with breast cancer , Presented at the Academic Surgical Congress, Washington, DC: 2024