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Herbert Chen, MD

Contact Dr. Chen

E-mail:
chen@surgery.wisc.edu

Phone:
(608) 263-1387

Mail:
600 HIGHLAND AVE
BX7375 CLINICAL SCIENCE CNTR
MADISON, WI 53792-3284

Herbert Chen, MD

Professor of Surgery
Chairman, Division of General Surgery
Vice-Chairman of Research, Department of Surgery
Layton F. Rikkers, MD, Chair in Surgical Leadership

Education

  • MD, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, 1992
  • Residency, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, 1992-1999
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, The Johns Hopkins Oncology Center, Baltimore, MD, 1994-1997
  • Fellowship in Surgical Oncology and Endocrinology, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, 1998-2000

Clinical Specialties

Dr. Chen is certified by the American Board of Surgery. He specializes in endocrine surgery (thyroid surgery, minimally invasive parathyroidectomy, and laparoscopic adrenalectomy); minimally invasive endocrine surgery, surgical oncology and adult general surgery.

Dr. Chen provides a wide range of services including Adrenal Surgery, Adrenalectomy, Laparoscopic, Adrenalectomy, Open, Central Neck Dissection, Endocrine Surgery, Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA), Minimally Invasive Parathyroidectomy, Minimally Invasive Radioguided Parathyroidectomy (MIRP), Modified Radical Neck Dissection, Parathyroid Surgery, Resection Of Substernal Goiter, Subtotal Parathyroidectomy, Thyroid Lobectomy, Thyroid Surgery, Thyroidectomy, and Total Thyroidectomy.

Research Interests

Dr. Chen is the leader of the endocrine cancer group at the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center. His research program investigates the development, progression, and treatment of endocrine tumors including gastrointestinal carcinoids, thyroid cancer, adrenal cancer, and pancreatic islet cell tumors.

Dr. Chen's Lab

Funding/Grants

Recent Publications
  • Unilateral thyroidectomy for the treatment of benign multinodular goiter.
    Bauer PS, Murray S, Clark N, Pontes DS, Sippel RS, Chen H
    J. Surg. Res. 2013 May 11.
    [PubMed ID: 23688788]
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  • A short-stay unit for thyroidectomy patients increases discharge efficiency.
    Vrabec S, Oltmann SC, Clark N, Chen H, Sippel RS
    J. Surg. Res. 2013 May 9.
    [PubMed ID: 23688791]
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  • Significance of rebounding parathyroid hormone levels during parathyroidectomy.
    Schneider DF, Ojomo KA, Mazeh H, Oltmann SC, Sippel RS, Chen H
    J. Surg. Res. 2013 May 3.
    [PubMed ID: 23669749]
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  • Doing away with the rule of 10 %.
    Oltmann SC, Chen H
    Ann. Surg. Oncol. 2013 May; 20(5):1403-4.
    [PubMed ID: 23504124]
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  • Consensus Guidelines for the Management and Treatment of Neuroendocrine Tumors.
    Kunz PL, Reidy-Lagunes D, Anthony LB, Bertino EM, Brendtro K, Chan JA, Chen H, Jensen RT, Kim MK, Klimstra DS, Kulke MH, Liu EH, Metz DC, Phan AT, Sippel RS, Strosberg JR, Yao JC
    Pancreas 2013 May; 42(4):557-577.
    [PubMed ID: 23591432]
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