Penn Medicine Provider

About me

  • Associate Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Education and training

  • Medical School: Second Military Medical University
  • Residency: Resurrection Medical Center
  • Residency: Rush University Medical Center
  • Residency: University of Rochester Medical Center
  • Fellowship: Northwestern Memorial Hospital

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.
  • Penn Medicine Rittenhouse Long-Term Acute Care Hospital
Dr. Zhang is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Wang H, Tian Z, Shofer FS, Qin L, Zhang Y Modest Effects of Age on Inflammatory Markers and Histological Features in the Murine Intervertebral Disc Injury Model , AJPMR, 10(1): 2025


Tian Z, Chen K, Shofer FS, Ciesielski B, Wang H, O'Brien WT, Qin L, Zhang Y. Gene Expression Changes Precede Elevated Mechanical Sensitivity in the Mouse Intervertebral Disc Injury Model. , JOR Spine, 8(1): 2025


Jiawei Lu, Zuozhen Tian, Frances S Shofer, Ling Qin, Honghong Sun, Yejia Zhang Tnfaip8 and Tipe2 Gene Deletion Ameliorates Immediate Proteoglycan Loss and Inflammatory Responses in the Injured Mouse Intervertebral Disc , Am J Phys Med Rehabil, 103(10): 2024,918-924


Chen K, Tian Z, Wang H, Qin L, Enomoto-Iwamoto M, Zhang Y. Gene Expression Profiles Perturbed by Injury to the Mouse Intervertebral Disc , Am J Phys Med Rehabil, 104(1): 2024,45-50


Li J, Gui T, Yao L, Guo H, Lin YL, Lu J, Duffy M, Zgonis M, Mauck R, Dyment N, Zhang Y, Scanzello C, Seale P, Qin L. Synovium and infrapatellar fat pad share common mesenchymal progenitors and undergo coordinated changes in osteoarthritis , J Bone Miner Res, 39(1): 2024,161-176


Chen K, Tian Z, Wang H, Enomoto-Iwamoto M, Zhang Y ADAM8 Inactivation Modulates Cellular Component Assembly Gene Expression in the Mouse Intervertebral Disc , Genes & Diseases, 12(3): 2024


Lu J, Tian Z, Shofer FS, Yao L, Sandroni AZ, Sun H, Qin L, Zhang Y. Tnfa , Il6 , Cxcl1 , and Adam8 Genes Are the Early Markers After Mouse Tail Intervertebral Disc Injury , Am J Phys Med Rehabil, 102(1): 2023,1063-1069


Tian Z, Shofer FS, Fan M, Sandroni AZ, Yao L, Han L, Qin L, Enomoto-Iwamoto M, Zhang Y. ADAM8 inactivation retards intervertebral disc degeneration in mice , Genes Diseases, 11(1): 2023,101059


Lu K, Wang Q, Jiang H, Li J, Yao Z, Huang Y, Chen J, Zhang Y, Xiao G, Hu X, Luo Z, Yang L, Tong L, Chen D. Upregulation of β-catenin signaling represents a single common pathway leading to the various phenotypes of spinal degeneration and pain , Bone Res, 11(1): 2023,18


Tian Z, Shofer FS, Sandroni AZ, Zhao L, Scanzello CR, Zhang Y. Expression of Human Interleukin 8 in Mice Alters Their Natural Behaviors , J Inflamm Res, 15(1): 2022,2413-2424


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