Yi-RenChenMD(He/Him)
Neurosurgery • Carmichael, CANeurosurgical 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 95608Phone+1 916-536-2015Fax+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 UniversityResidency, Neurological Surgery, 2012 - 2019- Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityFellowship, Neurosurgical Spine Surgery, 2016 - 2017
Stanford University School of MedicineClass of 2011
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public HealthMPH, Clinical Research, 2009 - 2010
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 2013 - 2027- American Board of Neurological Surgery Neurological Surgery
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 8 citationsEffect of Electronic Clinical Decision Support on Imaging for the Evaluation of Acute Low Back Pain in the Ambulatory Care Setting.Doris Chen, Hriday P. Bhambhvani, Jason Hom, Megan Mahoney, Max Wintermark
World Neurosurgery. 2020-02-01 - 3 citationsEffect of Electronic Clinical Decision Support on 25(OH) Vitamin D Testing.Kuo-Kai Chin, Jason Hom, Marilyn Tan, Christopher Sharp, Suwei Wang
Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2019-09-01 - 5 citationsPatient Satisfaction and Press Ganey Scores for Spine Versus Nonspine Neurosurgery Clinics.Yi-Ren Chen, Eli Johnson, Carlos Montalvo, Shelley Stratford, Anand Veeravagu
Clinical Spine Surgery. 2019-05-01
Journal Articles
- Trans-Oral Endoscopic Resection of High Cervical Osteophytes with Long-Term Symptom Resolution: Case Series, Imaging, and Literature ReviewYi-Ren Chen, Carol H Yan, Zara M Patel, Atman M Desai, World Neurosurgery
- Differences in Antipsychotic-Related Adverse Events in Adult, Pediatric, and Geriatric PopulationsSagreiya 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 StudyChen 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 AwardJune 6th, 2022
Safety First Media Release; Dr. Yi-Ren Chen July 18th, 2022
Professional Memberships
- Member
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- San Francisco Neurological SocietyMember
External Links
- Stanford Profilehttps://med.stanford.edu/profiles/yi-ren-chen
- Dignity Profilehttps://www.dignityhealth.org/ourdoctors/1114284478-yi-ren-chen
- Google Scholar Citationshttps://scholar.google.com/citations?user=c-VIR1kAAAAJ&hl=en
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