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Yi-Ren Chen, MD, Neurosurgery, Carmichael, CA

Yi-RenChenMD(He/Him)

Neurosurgery Carmichael, CA

Neurosurgical Spine Surgery

Chief of Neurosurgery, Mercy Medical Group/ Dignity Health Sacramento; Adjunct Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery, Stanford University

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  • Office

    6555 Coyle Ave Ste 260
    Carmichael, CA 95608
    Phone+1 916-536-2015
    Fax+1 916-536-2029

Summary

  • Dr. Yi-Ren Chen is a board-certified neurosurgeon serving the greater Sacramento area, and is affiliated with multiple hospitals, including Mercy San Juan Medical Center and Stanford Health Care. He received his MD from Stanford and MPH from Johns Hopkins, and subsequently completed both neurosurgery residency and complex spine fellowship at Stanford. He specializes in complex and redo spine surgery, deformity and scoliosis correction, minimally invasive spinal surgeries, and brain and spinal tumors. He is the Chief of Neurosurgery at Mercy Medical Group.

Education & Training

  • Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford University
    Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityResidency, Neurological Surgery, 2012 - 2019
  • Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford University
    Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityFellowship, Neurosurgical Spine Surgery, 2016 - 2017
  • Stanford University School of Medicine
    Stanford University School of MedicineClass of 2011
  • Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
    Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthMPH, Clinical Research, 2009 - 2010

Certifications & Licensure

  • CA State Medical License
    CA State Medical License 2013 - 2025
  • American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Journal Articles

  • Trans-Oral Endoscopic Resection of High Cervical Osteophytes with Long-Term Symptom Resolution: Case Series, Imaging, and Literature Review  
    Yi-Ren Chen, Carol H Yan, Zara M Patel, Atman M Desai, World Neurosurgery
  • Differences in Antipsychotic-Related Adverse Events in Adult, Pediatric, and Geriatric Populations  
    Sagreiya H, Chen YR, Kumarasamy NA, Ponnusamy KE, Chen D, Das A, Cureus, 2017
  • Perspectives of Mobile Versus Fixed Mammography in Santa Clara County, California: A Focus Group Study  
    Chen YR Chang-halpenny C, Kumarasamy NA, et al., Cureus, 2016
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Authored Content

  • National Trends for Reoperation in Elderly Patients with GlioblastomaFebruary 2018

Press Mentions

  • Dr. Yi-Ren Chen received the Charles Kuntz Scholar Award
    Dr. Yi-Ren Chen received the Charles Kuntz Scholar AwardJune 6th, 2022
  • Safety First Media Release; Dr. Yi-Ren Chen
    Safety First Media Release; Dr. Yi-Ren Chen July 18th, 2022

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