Professional background

  • Masters in University Learning and Teaching (MEd), Imperial College London (2025)
  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), Higher Education Academy (2023)
  • Fellowship of the Royal College of Anaesthetists (FRCA), Royal College of Anaesthetists (2016)
  • Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry (2010)
  • BSc in Experimental Pathology, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry (2007)

Research interests

  • Regional anaesthesia
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Medical education
  • Airway

Languages spoken

Chinese

Publications

  • Zhang X, Ferry J, Hewson DW, Collins GS, Wiles MD, Zhao Y, Martindale AP, Tomaschek M, Bowness JS, GRAITE‐USRA Working Group. Guidance for reporting artificial intelligence technology evaluations for ultrasound scanning in regional anaesthesia (GRAITE‐USRA): an international multidisciplinary consensus reporting framework. Anaesthesia. 2025 Sep
  • Zhang X, Vaughan DJ, Chaggar RS, Visavadia BG, Morris HM. Betel nut chewing and its implications for airway management: a single-centre survey of knowledge and experience. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 2025 Aug
  • Zhang X, Vanstone RJ, Turbitt L, West S, Harty E. Regional anaesthesia education for consultants and specialists in the UK: a mixed-methods analysis. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 2024 May 1;132(5):1073-81.
  • Chiu S, Staley H, Zhang X, Mitra A, Sorbi F, Smith JR, Yazbek J, Ghaem-Maghami S, Soni S, Fotopoulou C, Saso S. Postoperative Pain Following Gynecology Oncological Surgery: A Systematic Review by Tumor Site. Cancers. 2025 Aug, 21;17(16):2718.
  • Zhang X, Vanstone R, West S, Turbitt L, Harty E. Availability of regional anaesthesia education for trainers. Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine, 2023, 48 (Supp. 1)
  • Zhang X, Johannsson H, Tucker J, Riyat A, Chiu YLT, Greenberg N, Sharpe R. “Thrown in at the deep end”: a qualitative analysis of the transition from trainee to consultant during the COVID-19 and post COVID-19 era. British Journal of Anaesthesia Open. 2023; 7:100217
  • Zhang X, Antcliffe D, Singh S, Leedham-Green K, Chiu T. Learning within a liminal space: Threshold concepts in critical care medicine for medical undergraduates. The Clinical Teacher, 2023, 20:13756
  • Zhang X, Johannsson H, Riyat A, Sharpe R. Baptism by fire: transition to consultant during COVID-19. Royal College of Anaesthetists Bulletin, 2023
  • Zhang X, O’Floinn S, Nanthakumaran M et al. Promoting inclusive and collaborative learning: Evaluation of an inter-specialty teaching programme. The Clinical Teacher, 2023, 20:13756
  • Corner EJ, Zhang X, Van Willigen Z el al. Mixed methods evaluation of the impact of the COVID-19 ICU remote-learning rehabilitation course for frontline health professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK. Journal of the Intensive Care Society. 2021; Vol 0(0) 1-7.
  • Zhang X, Christie L, Ward P. High-‘lighting’ a potential airway safety issue. Anaesthesia News, 2021.
  • Camilleri M, Zhang X, Norris M et al. COVID-19 ICU remote-learning course (CIRLC): Rapid ICU remote training for frontline health professionals during the COVID0-19 pandemic in the UK. Journal of the Intensive Care Society. 2020; 0(0), 1-8. 
  • Zhang X, Wong I, Harris J. Intra-operative temperature management: an audit and quality improvement project. Anaesthesia, 2014, 69(Suppl. 4), 80
  • Brinkler R, Zhang X, Ratnasingam S, Dawson J, Palamaras I. Severe inflammatory response and vasculitis leading to quadruple limb amputations. JRSM Open, 2013 Dec; 4 (12). PMID 24475343. PMC3899732.
  • Tucker JD, Chang H, Brandt A, Gao X, Lin M, Luo J, Song P, Sun K, Zhang X. An empirical analysis of overlap publication in Chinese language and English research manuscripts. PLoS One. 2011;6(7):e22149. PMID 21765946. PMC3134484. 
  • Stankiewics E, Prowse DM, Ktori E, Cuzick J, Ambroisine L, Zhang X et al. The retinoblastoma protein/p16 (INK4A) pathway but not p53 is disrupted by human papillomavirus in penile squamous cell carcinoma. Histopathology. 2011 Feb;58(3):433-9. PMID 21323963.
  • Stankiewics E, Kudahetti SC, Prowse DM, Ktori E, Cuzick J, Ambroisine L, Zhang X et al. HPV infection and immunochemical detection of cell cycle markers in verrucous carcinoma of the penis. Modern Pathology, 2009 Sep;22(9):1160-8. PMID 19465901.
  • Stankiewices E, Prowse D, Zhang X, Corbishley C, Berney D. p16, p21 and p53 expression in penile SCC. Histopathology, 2008, 53 (Suppl. 1), 1-432