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Dr. Edward Chen
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Edward P. Chen, MD

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

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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