Helen Chen, MD

Clinical Professor

Dr. Helen Chen is a Clinician-administrator-educator. She is committed to improving systems of care for older adults and supporting the provision of high quality geriatric medicine care across services and specialties. She is currently the Associate Chief of Staff for Geriatrics, Palliative, and Extended Care at the San Francisco VA Healthcare System. Her principal areas of clinical interest are primary care geriatrics and post-acute care.

Education
2009 - Leadership Fellowship, California Health Care Foundation
2005 - Fellowship, Geriatric Medicine, UCSF
2005 - Teaching Scholars Fellowship, UCSF
1992 - Internal Medicine Residency, UCSF
MD, 1989 - Medicine, Brown University
AB with honors, 1985 - Literature and Society, Brown University
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