PDF of Dr. Chen's CV

Academic Appointment

• Assistant Professor, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine

Clinical Appointment

• Medical Director of Perfusion Services, Emory University Hospital

Telephone
404.778.3484

Affiliations

• Emory University Hospital
• Emory University Hospital Midtown
• Atlanta VA Medical Center

Board Certification

• American Board of Surgery
• American Board of Thoracic Surgery

Medical School
Duke University, Durham, NC, MD received 1992

Postgraduate Training

• Internship, General Surgery Residency, University of California, San Francisco, 1992-1994, 1997-2000
• Research Fellowship in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, 1994-1997
• Clinical Fellowship in Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2000-2001, Residency in Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2001-2003, Emory University School of Medicine
• Fellowship in Aortic Surgery, Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, University of Texas, Houston, 2003

Honors and Awards

• Outstanding Teacher in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Emory University, 2007
• Thoracic Surgery Directors Association Residents Research Award, Society Of Thoracic Surgeons, Chicago, IL, 1997
• Young Investigator Award, American College Of Chest Physicians, Northbrook, IL, 1996
• National Research Service Award, National Institutes Of Health, Bethesda, MD, 1996

Current Organizational Memberships

• American College of Surgeons, Fellow
• Howard C. Naffziger Surgical Society
• American College of Cardiology
• Society of Thoracic Surgeons
• Southern Thoracic Surgical Association

Clinical Interests

• Valve-sparing aortic root replacement
• Aortic root surgery
• Transverse arch, descending, and thoracoabdominal aneuryms
• Acute and chronic aortic dissection
• Endovascular repair of thoracic aortic disease
• High risk cardiac surgery
• Mitral valve repair
• Minimally invasive valve surgery

Research Interests

• Clinical outcomes with selective antegrade cerebral perfusion via right axillary artery cannulation in proximal aortic surgery
• Clinical outcomes in high risk valve-sparing aortic root replacement
• Clinical outcomes of stentless aortic valve replacement in low EF patients
• Gender differences in aortic surgery
• Effect of statins on clinical outcome in aortic surgery and high risk cardiac surgery
• Clinical outcomes in reoperative aortic valve surgery
• Effect of COPD on clinical outcomes in aortic valve surgery
• Effect of aortic root replacement on clinical outcomes in proximal aortic surgery requiring circulatory arrest
• Clinical outcomes of aortic root replacement in low EF patients
• Outcomes research and quality of life comparison in the cardiac surgical population
  

Year Joined Emory as a Faculty Member
2004

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