Paul J. L. Zhang, MD
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Pathology and Laboratory Medicine HUP
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Diagnostic pathology in soft tissue tumor, sarcoma and cancers of breast, GYN tract, pulmonary tract, ENT. Diagnostic immmunohistochemical and in-situ hybridization. Evaluation of tumor markers for personalized treatment in surgical specimen.
My education and training
- Medical School: Guangzhou Medical College
- Residency: Aultman Hospital
- Residency: New York University School of Medicine
- Fellowship: University of California San Francisco
- Fellowship: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Spoken languages
English
English
Insurance accepted
Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.
- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
- Clover Health Choice
- Clover Health Choice Value PPO
- Clover Health Classic HMO
- Clover Health Value
- Devoted Health Choice Giveback Pennsylvania (PPO)
- Devoted Health Choice Pennsylvania (PPO)
- Devoted Health Choice Plus Pennsylvania (PPO)
- Devoted Health Core Pennsylvania (HMO)
- Devoted Health Dual Plus Pennsylvania (HMO D-SNP)
- Devoted Health Giveback Pennsylvania (HMO)
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.
Qualifications and experience
- Pathology - Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, 1995
- American Society of Clinical Pathologists (ASCP), National
- Arthur Purdy Stout Society of Surgical Pathologists, National
- Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), International
- International Skeletal Society, International
- International Society of Bone and Soft Tissue Pathology, National
- Sigma Xi The Scientific Research Hornor Society,, International
- United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology (USCAP), National
- Penn Sarcoma Program
- Recognized annually in Philadelphia magazine's Top Docs issue from 2024 through 2025
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Ase G, Parash TL, Zhang PJ. WT1 is expressed in serous, but not in endometrioid, clear cell or mucinous carcinomas of the peritoneum, fallopian tube, ovaries and endometrium. , Int J Gyn Pathol , 23: 2004,110-118
Nasuti, JF, Zhang PJ, Feldman M, MD, PhD, Pasha TL, Khurana JS, Gorman J, Gorman R, Narula J, and Narula N Fibrillin and Other Matrix Proteins in Mitral Valve Prolapse Syndrome. , Annals of Thoracic Surgery , 77: 2004,532-535
Fogt F, Pascha TL, Zhang PJ, Gausas RE, Rahemtulla A, Zimmerman RL Proliferation of D2-40-expressing intestinal lymphatic vessels in the lamina propria in inflammatory bowel disease , Int J Mol Med , 13: 2004,221-214
Scobie JV, Acs G, Bandera CA, Blank SV, Wheeler JE, Pasha TL and Zhang PJ. C-kit Immunoreactivity in Endometrial Adenocarcinomas and Its Clinicopathologic Significance. , Int J Gyn Pathol , 22(2): 2003,149-155
PJ Zhang, EM Genega, JE Tomaszewski, TL Pasha, VA LiVolsi. The Role of Calretinin, Inhibin, Melan-A, BCL-2 and c-kit in differentiating Adrenal Cortical and Medullary Tumors, An Immunohistochemical Study. , Mod Pathol, 16(6): 2003,591-597
Zhang PJ, Goldblum JR, Pawel BR, Fisher C, Pasha TL, Barr FG. Immunophenotype of Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumors as Detected in Cases with EWS-WT1 Gene Fusion Product. , Mod Pathol , 16(3): 2003,229-235
Geza. Acs, Lynn Wang, Puthiyaveettil N. Raghunath, Marilyn A. Salscheider and Paul J. Zhang. The Role of Different Immunostaining Patterns In Herceptest Interpretation and Their Correlation with Gene Amplification as Determined by Fluorescence in Situ Hybridization , Applied Immunohistolochemistry & Molecular Morphology , 13(3): 2003,222-229
Xu X, Tahan, SR and Zhang PJ. Expression of Neurotrophin receptor Trk-C in nevi and melanomas, an immunohistochemical study. , Journal of Cutaneous Pathology, 30(5): 2003,318-322
Acs G, Zhang PJ, McGrath CM, Acs P, McBroom J, Mohyeldin A Liu S, Lu Huasheng and Verma A. Hypoxia-inducible erythropoietin signaling in squamous dysplasia and squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix and tis potential role in cervical carcinogenesis and tumor progression. , Am J Pathol , 162(6): 2003,1790-1806
Zhang PJ, Liang HH, Pasha TL, Weber R, LiVolsi VA. Various Growth Factors, Growth Factor Recptors in Juvenile Nasopharyngeal Angiofibroma; A Comparative Immunhistochemical Study with Nasal Polyps. , Arch Pathol Lab Med., 127(11): 2003,1480-1484