SKILLS

• Otology: Otologic Surgery

• Pediatric Otolaryngology

WORK EXPERIENCE

• Professor and Chair, St. Marianna University School of Medicine (April 2022 - Present)

• Senior Lecturer, St. Marianna University School of Medicine (April 2020 - March 2022)

• Director, The Jikei University Daisan Hospital (April 2017 - March 2020)

• Staff, National Center for Child Health and Development (April 2015 - March 2017)

• Assistant professor, The Jikei University, Tokyo (April 2009 - March 2015)

• Senior Residency, The Jikei University, Tokyo (April 2006 - March 2009)

• Junior Residency, The Jikei University, Tokyo (April 2004 - March 2006)

EDUCATION

1990-1996 Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine, Yamagata, Japan

Awarded the degree of M.D.

1998-2002 Graduate School of Medicine, Yamagata University

Awarded the degree of Ph.D. (Medical Science)

Brief Chronology of Employment

1996- Associate, Department of Otolaryngology, Yamagata University Hospital

1996- Associate, Department of Otolaryngology, Nanyo City Hospital, Yamagata, Japan

2002- Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology, Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine

2013- Chief doctor, Department of Otolaryngology, Yamagata City Hospital

2015- Lecturer, Department of Otolaryngology, Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine

2017- Associate Professor, Department of Otolaryngology, Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine

2024- Professor and Chair, Department of Otolaryngology, Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine

Employment

Apr. 2016 – Mar. 2021:

Senior Resident, Department of Otolaryngology, Toho University Omori Medical Center

Apr. 2021 – Jul. 2021:

Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology, Toho University Omori Medical Center

Aug. 2021 – Mar. 2024:

Chief Physician, Department of Otolaryngology, Shonan Kamakura General Hospital

Apr. 2024 – Mar. 2026:

Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology, St. Marianna University School of Medicine

Apr. 2025 – Oct. 2025:

Visiting Research Scholar, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

Apr. 2026 – Present:

Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology, Toho University Omori Medical Center

Major Interest

Otologic and auditory surgery

Dr. Zhou is an assistant professor at the University of Washington and a pediatric otolaryngologist at Seattle Children’s Hospital. His clinical care focuses on the craniofacial population with special expertise on microtia and atresia patients, cleft palate repair, velopharyngeal insufficiency, and the 22q population. He additionally has a special interest in refractory obstructive sleep apnea. His research has focused on quality improvement and simulation in otolaryngology.

Employment

1993- Associate, Department of Otolaryngology, The Jikei University School of Medicine

1998- Assistant Professor, Department of Otolaryngology, The Jikei University School of Medicine

2004- Lecturer, Department of Otolaryngology, The Jikei University School of Medicine

2011- Professor and Chair, Department of Otorhinolaryngology,

Dokkyo Medical University Koshigaya Hospital

2017- Professor and Chair, Department of Otorhinolaryngology,

Dokkyo Medical University Saitama Medical Center

Major Interest: 

Middle ear/Inner ear surgery

Education

2010 – 2016 Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine, MD

Employment

• Apr 2023 – Present, Staff Physician

Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Yamagata University Hospital

• Nov 2022 – Mar 2023, Staff Physician

Department of Otolaryngology, Yonezawa City Hospital

• Apr 2022 – Oct 2022, Staff Physician

Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Yamagata University Hospital

• Apr 2018 – Mar 2022, Senior Resident

Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Yamagata University Hospital

Clinical interests

Middle ear surgery, Transcanal Endoscopic Ear Surgery (TEES)