AllenSinclairChenMDMBA, MPH

Pain Medicine

Director, Strategy and Partnerships Co-Director, UCLA/West LA VA Pain Fellowship Associate Professor Depts of Orthopaedic Surgery and Neurosurgery

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Office
100 UCLA Medical Plz
Ste 755
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Phone+1 310-206-2386

Fax+1 310-825-3285

Allen S. Chen, MD, MPH, FAAPMR is a double-boarded Physiatrist specializing in non-operative and minimally invasive treatments of the spine. He specializes in treating acute and chronic spine and musculoskeletal conditions, without using opiates. In addition, he specializes in rehabilitation of adults with Cerebral Palsy. Dr. Chen completed his undergraduate education at Harvard and his MD at NYU. He completed residency at University of Washington and his Pain fellowship at UCLA/West LA VA. He comes to UCLA from Columbia University, where was the Chief of Ambulatory Spine at the Och Spine Hospital at NYP, and played a central role in building a large multidisciplinary spine hospital. He lectures nationally and internationally, and has published numerous peer-reviewed articles and chapters, including in the New England Journal of Medicine. Dr. Chen has been interviewed by several media outlets, including the Huffington Post, Reuters, The New Yorker, Boston Globe, Refinery29, Readers Digest, and WNYC Public Radio.

New York University School of MedicineClass of 2005
University of California, Los AngelesMPH, International Health, 1999 - 2000
Harvard UniversityAB, Environmental Science and Public Policy, Honors, 1993 - 1997

CA State Medical License 2009 - 2026
NY State Medical License 2015 - 2020
American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Pain Medicine

Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 2011
Drabkin Fellowship University of California, Los Angeles, School of Public Health, 1999
Dean’s List Harvard University, 1993
Harvard College Scholarship Harvard University, 1993
Lowe Fellowship Harvard University, 1993
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PubMed

Physician turnover rates and job stability in interventional spine and pain practices: Results of an IPSIS survey study.
Allen S Chen, Jennifer G Leet, Byron Schneider, Masaru Teramoto, Newaj M Abdullah
Interventional Pain Medicine. 2024-03-01
2 citations
Isolated Neck Extensor Myopathy: A Case Presentation of Rapid Onset and Spontaneous Recovery
Anish Mirchandani, Allen S. Chen
PM & R. 2018-05-01
7 citations
Ultrasound for Lumbar Spinal Procedures.
Michelle Chi, Allen S. Chen
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America. 2018-02-01

Journal Articles

A randomized Trial of Epidural Corticosteroid Injection for Spinal Stenosis
Chen A, Friedly J, et al., New England Journal of Medicine, 1/1/2014
Is Immediate Pain Relief After a Spinal Injection Procedure Enhanced by Intravenous Sedation?
Dreyfuss P, Cohen S, Bohart Z, Bogduk N, PM&R, 1/1/2009
Proximal median neuropathy masquerading as carpal tunnel syndrome
Chen A, Robinson L, American Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 1/1/2008

Books/Book Chapters

Let's Go: Alaska and the Pacific Northwest
Bowman Y, Klien L, Mnookin A, Silverberg D, Thomas SEditors: Turrentine L, MacDougall R.St. Martin's Press1998

Abstracts/Posters

Pseudohyponatremia
Chen A, Marti J, American College of Physicians student poster competition, New York Downstate, New York, NY, 1/1/2004

Lectures

2012 Fungal Meningitis Outbreak: Lessons Learned
Walnut Creek, CA - 1/1/2014
Lumbar Spine Disorders: Evaluation and Management
Multiple Locations - 1/1/2013
Failed Back Surgery Syndrome: An Overview
San Francisco, CA - 1/1/2013
Spine Disorders and Musculoskeletal Medicine
Martinez, CA, 2012 - 1/1/2013
Non-operative management of degenerative scoliosis/kyphosis
Oakland, CA - 1/1/2012
The Lumbosacral Plexus and the TransPsoas Approach to the Intervertebral Disc Space: A Cadavaric Study
San Francisco, CA - 1/1/2009
Elevations in BNP in Endurance Athletes: A report from the Gobi Desert
University of Washington, Seattle, WA - 1/1/2009
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Other

Hyponatremia: A review for the athlete
Chen A, Krabak B
www.RacingthePlanet.com
1/1/2008