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Qixu Zhang, MD, PHD

Present Title & Affiliation

Primary Appointment

Assistant Professor, Department of Plastic Surgery - Research, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX

Education & Training

Degree-Granting Education

1994 Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China, MD, Medicine

Postgraduate Training

9/1999-8/2001 Clinical Residency, Plastic Surgery, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) & Peking Union Medical College, Bejing, China
9/1996-8/1998 Clinical Residency, Orthopedic, Hand, and Microsurgery, Shengli Central Hospital & Binzhou Medical College, Shandong, China
9/1994-8/1996 Clinical Residency, General Surgery, Shengli Central Hospital & Binzhou Medical College, Shandong, China

Experience/Service

Academic Appointments

Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Department of Plastic Surgery - Research, Division of Surgery, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 1/2009-8/2010
Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Plastic Surgery-Resarcg, The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB), Galveston, TX, 10/2004-1/2009
Assistant Professor, Department of Plastic Surgery, EverCare Medical Institute, Bejing, China, 8/2003-9/2004
Director, Department of Plastic Surgery, EverCare Medical Institute, Bejing, China, 8/2003-9/2004
Research Associate, Medical Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 7/2001-11/2001
Assistant Professor, Orthopedic, Shengli Central Hospital & Binzhou Medical College, Shandong, China, 9/1998-8/1999

Selected Publications

Peer-Reviewed Original Research Articles
1. Huang WG, Liu D, Robb GL, Zhang QX*. Distally based dorsal pedal neurocutaneous flap for distal foot coverage. Annals of Plastic Surgery. In Press.
2. Zhang QX, Qiao Q, Zhou G, Robb GL. Anterolateral adipofascial flap for correction of facial contour deformities and micromastia. Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery, 2010.
3. Zhang QX, Qiao Q, Yang X, Wang H, Robb GL, Zhou G. Clinical application of the anterolateral thigh flap for soft tissue reconstruction. Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery(26):87-94, 2010.
4. Zhang QX, Qiao Q, Myers W, Gould LJ, Phillips LG. Study of neural and vascular anatomy of anterolateral thigh flap. Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery(63):365-71, 2010.
5. Zhang QX, Chang Q, Cox RA, Gong XM, Gould LJ. Hyperbaric oxygen Attenuates apoptosis and decreases inflammation in an ischemic wound model. Journal of Investigative Dermatology(128):2002-2012, 2008.
6. Zhang QX, Chang Q, Gould LJ. Hyperbaric Oxygen Reduces Inflammation in Ischemic Wounds Through Down-Regulation of VEGF/KDR Pathway. Journal of Surgical Research 144(2):254-255, 2008.
7. Irwin C, Synn A, Krasis L, Zhang QX, Griffen MM, Hunter GC. Metalloproteinase expression in venous aneurysms. Journal of Vascular Surgery(48):1278-1285, 2008.
8. Zhang QX, Chang Q, Gould LJ. Attenuation of apoptosis by hyperbaric oxygen in a rat ischemic wound model. Wound Repair and Regeneration 14(2):A89, 2006.
9. Zhang QX, Qiao Q, Chen GY, Zhou G, Sun GS, Cui ZL. Clinics application of the anterolateral thigh flap in 112 patients. Chinese J Reparative and Reconstructive Surgery 20(5):540-544, 2006.
10. Zhang QX, Zhou G, Wang CM, Lv FD, Liang YP, Zhang ZC. Experimental research of discordant tracheal xenotransplantation. Chinese J Plastic Surgery 22(4):309-313, 2006.
11. Zhang QX, Zhou G. Research on hyperacute rejection of xenotransplantation. Chinese J Plastic Surgery 22(6):468-471, 2006.
12. Wang CM, Hiko H, Zhang QX. Pathological genomics of keloid fibroblastic cells. Chinese J Plastic Surgery 21(4):299-301, 2005.
13. Zhou G, Zhang QX*, Chen GY. The Earlier Clinic Experience of the Reverse-Flow Anterolateral Thigh Island Flap. British Journal of Plastic Surgery 58:160-164, 2005.
14. Zhang QX, Zhou G, Wang CM, Zhou AR. Experimental research of promoting revascularization of tracheal transplantation by gene therapy. Chinese J Surgery 42(10):622-626, 2004.

Last updated: 2/8/2011