Herbert Chen MD
Endocrine, Surgical Oncology (Other than Breast)
chair, department of surgery; surgeon-in-chief, uab health system
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1717 6th Ave SBirmingham, AL 35233
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Summary
- Chairman, Department of Surgery
Fay Fletcher Endowed Chair
Professor of Surgery and biomedical engineering
university of alabama at birmingham (UAB)
Surgeon in Chief, UAB health system
Education & Training
Johns Hopkins UniversityResidency, Surgery, 1992 - 1999
Duke University School of MedicineClass of 1992
Certifications & Licensure
AL State Medical License 2015 - 2025
WI State Medical License 2000 - 2025
MD State Medical License 1994 - 2006
NC State Medical License 1993 - 1995
American Board of Surgery Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Elected Member The American Society for Clinical Investigation, 2011
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2011
- Fellow (FACS) American College of Surgeons
Clinical Trials
- Swallowing Function Before and After Surgery for Thyroid Goiter Start of enrollment: 2002 Apr 01
- Quality of Life (QOL) Following Parathyroid Surgery Start of enrollment: 2003 Jun 01
- Lithium for Low-Grade Neuroendocrine Tumors Start of enrollment: 2007 Jul 01
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Unraveling the clinical impact of differential DNA methylation in PDAC: A systematic review.Julia Adriana Kasmirski, Raj Roy, Christopher Wu, Lauren Wheeler, K Kerrick Akinola
European Journal of Cancer. 2025-05-02 - Use of natural language processing to retrospectively identify and improve follow-up of adrenal incidentalomas based on patient and nodule characteristics.Lillie Grace Veazey, Christopher Wu, Zhixing Song, Haleigh Negrete, Srini Tridandapani
American Journal of Surgery. 2025-04-01 - Are general surgery programs offering the wellness opportunities that residents need?Nicole Rademacher, Wendelyn M Oslock, Abigail Luman, Herbert Chen
American Journal of Surgery. 2025-04-01
Press Mentions
Vickers Returns to UAB as the 10th Annual Bland LecturerFebruary 18th, 2025- UAB Honors Memory of Arnold Diethelm, Pioneering Transplant SurgeonJanuary 29th, 2021
- A Discrete Event Simulation Model for CoordinatingFebruary 24th, 2020
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