Xiang Zhou is a Chief Physician and doctoral supervisor in the Department of Anesthesiology, Zhongbu Theater General Hospital of the People's Liberation Army, Wuhan, China. He received his M.D. in Anesthesiology from the Second Military Medical University in 2006, completed clinical training at Wuhan University in 2011, and his Ph.D. in Surgery from Southern Medical University in 2018. His research interests center on mitochondrial homeostasis in perioperative and critical care medicine, focusing on mitochondrial transplantation, the mitochondrial unfolded protein response, and mitophagy as mechanisms of neuroprotection against cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury and post-cardiac arrest neurological dysfunction, together with the management and prevention of perioperative severe anaphylactic shock. He is a recipient of the State Council Special Government Allowance and an Outstanding Young Medical Backbone Talent of Wuhan; he serves on the Anesthesiology Committee of the Hubei Medical Association and as Vice-Chair of the Wuhan Medical Association Youth Committee on Anesthesiology. He has published over 30 SCI-indexed articles, including eight in first-tier journals with over 2,000 citations, and leads two National Natural Science Foundation of China projects and provincial key research programs. His awards include the Hubei Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award (Second Prize), a PLA Military Medical Achievement Award (Third Prize), and two Third-Class Merits.