Education and Training

  • NewYork-Presbyterian Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Training Program of Columbia and Cornell Universities (2018-2020)

  • University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Adult Psychiatry Residency Training Program (2014-2018)

    • Chief Resident for Education (2017-2018)

    • Area of Distinction in LGBTQ+ Mental Health (2018)

    • Area of Distinction in Cultural Psychiatry (2018)

  • University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine: MD (2014)

  • University of Southern California: BA, Neuroscience, summa cum laude (2009)

Additional Affiliations

  • San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH)

  • University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)

Clinical Experience Highlights

  • Senior Psychiatric Physician Specialist, San Francisco Department of Public Health (2020-now)

    • Staff Psychiatrist, Dimensions Clinic for Youth (2020-now)

      • Integrated medical/behavioral health clinic serving youth ages 12-25. Dimensions offers comprehensive medical care, psychiatry, and psychotherapy. Dr. Zhou provides psychiatric care to patients who are connected to medical care and therapy at Dimensions.

    • Consulting Psychiatrist, Castro-Mission Health Center (2020-now)

      • Integrated and collaborative care in primary care clinic. Dr. Zhou provides consultation to primary care providers and behavioral health clinicians, serving a large LGBTQ+ population.

    • Staff Psychiatrist, Chinatown Child Development Center (2021-now)

      • Specialty mental health clinic in Chinatown that serves children and adolescents.

    • Staff Psychiatrist, Chinatown/North Beach Mental Health Services (2020-2023)

      • Specialty mental health clinic in the Chinatown area that serves many Asian immigrants and refugees.

    • Co-Facilitator, Autism & Co-Occurring Conditions Consultation group (2025-now)

    • Co-Facilitator, Youth & Families Gender Consultation Group (2021-now)

    • Member, Gender Health SF Consultation Group (2020-now)

  • Co-facilitator, Social Anxiety Group for Transgender and Gender Expansive Teens, UCSF (2021)

  • Psychiatrist, Columbia Gender Identity Program (2019-2020)

    • Co-facilitator, Gender Identity Therapy Group for Young Adults (2019)

  • Co-facilitator, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Group, Cornell Adolescent Partial Hospitalization Program & Youth Anxiety Center (2019)

  • Psychiatrist, UCSF Alliance Health Project, serving LGBTQ & HIV-affected communities (2014-2018)

  • Co-facilitator, Multifamily Skills Group, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Program for Adolescents & Young Adults, UCSF (2017-2018)

  • Co-facilitator, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy Group, UCSF (2017)

UCSF Volunteer Clinical Faculty

  • Director, LGBTQ+ Mental Health Area of Distinction, UCSF Psychiatry Residency Training Program (2020-now)

  • Supervisor of child and adolescent psychiatry fellows, psychiatry residents, and medical students

  • Didactic lecturer on various topics, including working with transgender and gender diverse youth

 

Additional Education and Training

Gender-Related Education and Training

  • World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) Global Education Initiative (GEI)

    • WPATH GEI SOC8 Certified Mentor (2024-now)

    • WPATH GEI SOC8 Certified Member (2023-now)

    • Foundations Course (2020)

    • Advanced Mental Health Course (2020)

    • Advanced Child & Adolescent Workshop (2020)

    • Advanced Ethics Workshop (2020)

    • Advanced Medical Course (2021)

    • Advanced Identity Evolution Workshop (2021)

    • Sexuality Workshop (2022)

  • Gender Health Training Institute. Instructor: Shawn Giammattei, PhD

    • Advanced Coaching and Mentorship (2021-2022)

    • The Ins & Outs of Gender Health Evaluations: An Immersive Workshop (2021)

    • Unpacking & Contextualizing Gender: An Immersive Workshop (2022)

    • Changes in the WPATH Standards of Care, Version 8: How SOC8 Impacts Your Gender Affirmative Practice (2022-2023)

  • Gender Health SF and UCSF Alliance Health Project. Instructors: Michelanne Baker, PsyD, Adrienne Lovelund, PsyD & Kelly Hansen, LCSW

    • Foundations for Mental Health Presurgical Assessments for Gender-Affirming Surgeries (2021)

  • San Francisco Department of Public Health Behavioral Health Services

    • Gender Well: Transgender and Nonbinary Children, Youth, and Their Families in Systems of Care during COVID-19 and Beyond. Instructor: J. Cohen, LCSW (2020)

    • Gender Well Part II: Getting Children and Youth in Focus. Instructor: J. Cohen, LCSW (2021)

    • Fertility Issues for Trans and Gender Expansive Youth: Decision-making through the lens of family building options. Instructors: Diane Ehrensaft, Phd & Jen Hastings, MD (2021)

    • The Gender Affirmative Model and Its Clinical Applications. Instructors: Diane Ehrensaft, PhD, and Shawn Giammattei, PhD (2023)

    • Introduction to Gender Expression Care: What is it and how can it assist my transgender and nonbinary clients in their journey? Instructor: Monica Prata (2023)

    • Working with Families of Transgender and Gender Expansive Children and Youth. Instructor: Shawn Giammattei, PhD (2023)

Autism and Neurodiversity-Related Education and Training

  • WPATH Global Education Initiative

    • Neurodiversity Workshop (2022)

  • UCSF Center for ASD and NDDs

    • Assessment of Autism Spectrum Disorders: Best Practice Guidelines for Measure Selection and Interpretation (2022)

    • Evidence-Based Interventions for Individuals Diagnosed with ASD Across the Lifespan (2023)

    • Autism Diagnostic Assessment in 2024: Special Considerations for Working with Increasingly Complex Referral Populations (2024)

  • San Francisco Department of Public Health

    • Dimensions 2SLGBTQIA+ Neurodivergent Training. Instructors: Alyssa Fenix & Kat Zwick, LPCC (2022)

    • Supporting Autistic Trans & Nonbinary Youth and Adults. Instructor: Finn Gratton, LMFT (2023)

  • Monteiro Interview Guidelines for Diagnosing the Autism Spectrum - 2nd edition (MIGDAS-2). Instructor: Marilyn Monteiro, PhD

    • Reveal Their Story: Sensory-Based Interview (2023)

    • Using the Adult MIGDAS-2: In-Person and Remote Applications (2023)

Eating Disorder-Related Education and Training

  • Eating Disorder Recovery Support Conference

    • Addressing the Needs of Our Trans Communities with Eating Disorders (2021)

    • Exploring the Intersection of Neurodivergence and Eating Disorders (2024)

  • San Francisco Department of Public Health

    • Primary Care Behavioral Health Eating Disorders Update. Instructor: Karen Mu, MD, PhD (2021)

  • Queer and Trans Internal Family Systems

    • Food For Thought: Internal Family Systems, Body Trust, and Eating Disorders. Instructor: Sand Chang, PhD (2023)

Psychotherapy Education and Training

  • Queer and Trans Internal Family Systems. Instructors: Sand Chang, PhD & Nic Wildes, LMHC

    • Internal Family Systems Foundations for Trans, Nonbinary, and Queer Therapists (2023)

  • Alchemy Community Therapy Center

    • 7-Week Ketamine Assisted Therapy Training for Providers (2023)

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). Instructor: Russ Harris, MD

    • ACT for Beginners (2019)

    • ACT for Adolescents (2019)

    • ACT for Depression and Anxiety (2019)

    • ACT for Trauma (2020)

  • San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis

    • Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training Program (2017-2020)

  • Psychotherapy training experiences during psychiatry residency and fellowship (2014-2020)

    • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

    • Interpersonal Psychotherapy

    • Emotionally-Focused Therapy (couples and family therapy)

    • Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

    • Dialectical Behavioral Therapy

    • Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy

  • Center for Mindfulness

    • Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) in Mind-Body Medicine. Instructors: Jon Kabat-Zinn, PhD & Saki Santorelli, EdD, MA (2014)

Other Education and Training

  • UCSF Pathways to Discovery

    • Certificate in Health Professions Education (2018)

 

Medical Licenses

  • California: Physician and Surgeon, Medical Board of California (2015–now)

  • New York: Physician, The University of the State of New York Education Department (2018–now)

 

Board Certifications, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

  • Psychiatry (2018–now)

  • Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (2020–now)

Honors and Awards

  • Association of LGBTQ+ Psychiatrists Stuart Nichols Award (2023)

    • For outstanding achievements in LGBTQ+ Community Mental Health

  • American Psychiatric Association/Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Minority Fellow (2017-2019)

    • Awarded $26,000 to develop expertise and improve minority mental health

  • UCSF Department of Psychiatry Outstanding Teacher Award (2018)

    • For exceptional commitment to resident education and excellence in teaching residents and medical students

  • University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine Daniel X. Freedman Award (2014)

    • For a senior medical student with outstanding performance in the general field of psychiatry

  • University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine Gold Humanism Honor Society (2013)

    • In recognition of exemplary service, integrity, clinical excellence and compassion

Professional Association Membership

  • World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH)

  • American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP)

    • Committee Member, Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity Committee

    • Member, Asian Caucus

  • Northern California Regional Organization of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (NCROCAP)

  • American Psychiatric Association (APA)

  • Northern California Psychiatric Society (NCPS)

    • Member, Committee on Asian American Issues

  • Society for the Study of Psychiatry and Culture (SSPC)

  • Association of LGBTQ+ Psychiatrists (AGLP)

  • Mind the Gap - Gender Affirmative Care for Children, Youth, & Their Families in the Greater San Francisco Bay Area

  • Bay Area Open Minds - Psychotherapists Affirming Sexual, Relational, and Gender Diversity

 

Research Interests

  • Healthcare experiences of Chinese transgender and nonbinary individuals

  • Sexual orientation and gender identity language in Mandarin Chinese

  • Coming out and intersectionality of gay Chinese/Chinese-American male emerging adults

Selected Publications

  • Zhou AN, Huang KJ, Howard TL. Beyond Race, Sex, and Gender: Mental Health Considerations of Transgender Youth of Color, Intersex Youth, and Nonbinary Youth. Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America. 2023;32(4):683-705. doi:10.1016/j.chc.2023.04.002

  • Zhou AN, Jackman KB, Li AS. “A Constant Negotiation”: A Qualitative Exploration and Preliminary Model of Sexual Orientation Disclosure Among Gay Chinese/Chinese American Male Emerging Adults. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Mental Health. 2023. doi:10.1080/19359705.2023.2274611

  • Brown TR, Jansen MO, Zhou AN, Moog D, Xie H, Liebesny KV, Xu KY, Lin BY, Deng WY. Co-occurring Autism, ADHD, and Gender Dysphoria in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults with Eating Disorders: an Examination of Pre- vs. Post- COVID Pandemic Outbreak Trends with Real-time Electronic Health Record Data. Frontiers in Psychiatry. 2024. doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1402312

Languages Spoken

  • English

  • Mandarin Chinese (conversational)