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Zheng Zhang

Clinical Assistant Professor

MM Radiation Oncology - Physics

Orcid identifier0000-0002-1490-6394
  • Clinical Assistant Professor
    MM Radiation Oncology - Physics
  • Center Member
    Precision Health Initiative
  • 734-998-3609 (Work)
  • University of Michigan, Radiation Oncology, 1500 E Medical Center Dr., Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, United States

BIO

Dr. Zhang is a board-certified clinical medical physicist, practicing in the Department of Radiation Oncology at University of Michigan. He joined the department in 2022. He received his PhD from the University of Colorado Boulder, followed by a medical physics research fellowship at Mayo Clinic Rochester and residency training at University of Pennsylvania.

Dr. Zhang's research focuses augmenting learning health system infrastructure via natural language processing. Additionally, he is interested in workflow optimization, particularly through the implementation of advanced ClinOps analytics. He holds Epic certifications in Cogito, Caboodle Data Model, Clarity Data Model, and Access Data Model.

Dr. Zhang has published extensively and served on national committees within the American Association for Physicists in Medicine (AAPM). He has a keen interest in enhancing the medical physics talent pipeline to foster growth and innovation.

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN APPOINTMENTS

  • Clinical Assistant Professor
    MM Radiation Oncology - Physics
  • Center Member
    Precision Health Initiative

DEGREES

  • B.E. in Materials Science and Engineering
    Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China1 Sep 2006 - 1 Jun 2010
  • Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering
    University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States1 Sep 2010 - 1 May 2015

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING

  • Research Fellow
    Mayo Clinic, Radiation Oncology, Rochester, MN, United States1 Oct 2018 - 1 Jun 2020
    Postdoctoral Fellowship
  • Medical Physics Resident
    University of Pennsylvania, United States1 Jul 2020 - 30 Jun 2022
    Residency
  • LHS Training and Research Scholar
    University of Michigan, MEL-STaR AHRQ P30 Funded Center, United States1 Sep 2024 - 31 Aug 2025
    Other