研究方向： 1. 脂肪性肝病 2. 病毒性肝炎（乙型病毒性肝炎、丙型病毒性肝炎） 3. 胰腺疾病 主要教育和工作经历： 1984年医学本科毕业后相继获硕士及博士学位，曾在著名学府美国斯坦福大学（Stanford University）医学院胃肠肝病科完成博士后研究。 社会兼职： 1．广东省肝病学会肝硬化专业委员会 副主任委员 2．广东省医师协会消化医师分会 常委 3．广东省医师协会感染病学分会 常委 4．广东省医学会消化病学分会 委员 5．广东省医学会消化病学分会脂肪肝组 组员 6．广东省医学会消化病学分会胰腺学组 组员 7．中华医学会消化病学分会介入学组 组员 论著：发表论著多篇，代表作如下： 1. Zhang S, Zhong B (并列第一作者), Chao K, XiaoY, Cui Y, Gao X, Chen B, He Y, Hu P, Chen M, Mitchell HM. The role of Helicobacter species in Chinese patients with inflammatory bowel disease. J Clin Microbiol 2011 [Epub ahead of print]. (IF 4.16) 2. Zhong B (第一作者兼通讯作者), Strnad P, Selmi C, Invernizzi P, Tao GZ, Caleffi A, Chen M, Bianchi I, Podda M, Pietrangelo A, Gershwin ME, Omary MB. Keratin variants are over-represented in primary biliary cirrhosis and associate with disease severity. Hepatology 2009;50:546-554. (IF 11.355) 3. Zhang S, Cui Y, Weng Z, Gong X, Chen M, Zhong B (通讯作者) . Endoscopic Management of Foreign Bodies in the Upper Gastrointestinal Tract in South China: A Retrospective Study of 561 Cases. Dig Dis Sci. 2009 [Epub ahead of print]. (IF 1.583) 4. Zhang S, Cui Y, Weng Z, Gong X, Chen M, Zhong B (通讯作者). Changes on the disease pattern of primary colorectal cancers in Southern China: a retrospective study of 20 years. Int J Colorectal Dis. 2009;24:943-949. (IF 1.767) 5. Zhong B, Strnad P, Toivola DM, Tao GZ, Ji X, Greenberg HB, Omary MB. Reg-II is an exocrine pancreas injury-response product that is up-regulated by keratin absence or mutation. Mol Biol Cell. 2007;18:4969-4978.(IF 5.56) 6. Zhong B, Zhou Q, Toivola DM, Tao GZ, Resurreccion EZ, Omary MB. Organ-specific stress induces mouse pancreatic keratin overexpression in association with NF-kappaB activation. J Cell Sci. 2004;117 :1709-1719.(IF 6.25) 7. Zhong B, Omary MB. Actin overexpression parallels severity of pancreatic injury. Exp Cell Res. 2004;1;299:404-414.(IF 3.95)