Zhou Qianjun

Professional Biography

Dr. Zhou Qianjun is Chief Physician in Thoracic Surgery at Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai. Clinical expertise includes Lung cancer — VATS lobectomy, segmentectomy, and uniportal thoracoscopic resection, Ground-glass opacity (GGO) pulmonary nodules — surgical risk stratification and resection, Esophageal cancer — minimally invasive esophagectomy, Mediastinal tumors — thoracoscopic resection. Co-investigator on study demonstrating that the ground-glass opacity (GGO) component in invasive lung adenocarcinoma serves as an independent protective prognostic factor — contributing risk stratification evidence for GGO-predominant nodule management and surgical decision-making (Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2025, PMID 40880299). Visiting Fellowship, Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, MD Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas, Houston (2011) — advanced training in high-volume thoracic oncology surgery and translational research at one of the world's leading cancer centers. Chief Physician at Shanghai Chest Hospital — China's most specialized and highest-volume thoracic surgery center; ranked among the top thoracic hospitals nationally for lung cancer surgical outcomes.