About Me

“I have been given the opportunity to make a difference in my patients’ lives. I am passionate about putting patients at the heart of everything we do.”

Dr. Zhou is board certified in internal medicine and hematology-oncology (cancer and blood disorders). He has a special interest in thoracic (lung cancer) and genitourinary medical oncology (prostate, bladder and kidney cancer). He also has interests in breast, head/neck cancer and gastrointestinal oncology, including colon, liver, esophageal and gastric cancers. Dr. Zhou is also highly experienced in hematology with a special focus on treating anemia, thrombocytopenia, bleed/clotting diseases, lymphoma and multiple myeloma.

He is motivated by a deep desire to change the disease course for patients with cancer. He strives to cure where possible and extend and improve the quality of life with effective reduction of symptoms.

Dr. Zhou is an assistant professor at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. He has been awarded fellowships by the World Federation of Hemophilia and the Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds Foundation (BIF) for research. He studied on several research projects under grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) utilizing molecular and cellular biology approaches at the University of Iowa. Dr. Zhou is a member of the American Hematology Society and the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

Dr. Zhou received his medical degree at Tianjin Medical University in Tianjin, China. He completed residency in internal medicine at Greater Baltimore Medical Center, affiliated with Johns Hopkins Medicine. His fellowship in hematology-oncology was completed at Thomas Jefferson University. Additionally, he has a master’s degree in pathophysiology from the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS) and Peking Union Medical College. Dr. Zhou practiced internal medicine at CAMS for 7 years.

In his free time, he is an avid runner. He enjoys hiking with his wife whenever possible.