Kenneth Chen, MD
Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist
Assistant Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Languages Spoken:
- English
Education and Training
- Medical School
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (2006)
- Internship
- UT Southwestern - Children's Medical Center (2007), Pediatrics
- Residency
- UT Southwestern - Children's Medical Center (2009), Pediatrics
- Fellowship
- UT Southwestern - Children's Medical Center (2013), Hematology & Oncology
- Board Certification
- American Board of Pediatrics/Hematology-Oncology
Conditions
- Anaplastic astrocytoma
- Cancer
- Ependymoma
- Ewing sarcoma
- Glioblastoma
- Hepatoblastoma (liver cancer)
- Leukemia
- Lymphoma
- Medulloblastoma
- Neuroblastoma
- Non-rhabdomyosarcoma soft tissue sarcoma
- Osteosarcoma
- Pilocytic astrocytoma
- Retinoblastoma
- Rhabdomyosarcoma
- Wilms tumor (nephroblastoma)
- Germ cell tumors
Departments and Programs
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Research Interests
- DICER1 syndrome
- Wilms tumor
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Publications
- Ectopic PLAG1 induces muscular dystrophy in the mouse. Aguayo JS, Shelton JM, Tan W, Rakheja D, Cai C, Shalaby A, Lee J, Iannaccone ST, Xu L, Chen K, Burns DK, Zheng Y, Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2023 Jul 665 159-168
- Integrated genomic analysis reveals aberrations in WNT signaling in germ cell tumors of childhood and adolescence. Xu L, Pierce JL, Sanchez A, Chen KS, Shukla AA, Fustino NJ, Stuart SH, Bagrodia A, Xiao X, Guo L, Krailo MD, Shaikh F, Billmire DF, Pashankar F, Bestrashniy J, Oosterhuis JW, Gillis AJM, Xie Y, Teot L, Mora J, Poynter JN, Rakheja D, Looijenga LHJ, Draper BW, Frazier AL, Amatruda JF, Nat Commun 2023 May 14 1 2636
- Pitfalls in the diagnosis of yolk sac tumor: Lessons from a clinical trial. Yang A, Patterson A, Pavlock T, Chen KS, Gagan J, Hatley ME, Frazier AL, Amatruda JF, Laetsch TW, Rakheja D, Pediatr Blood Cancer 2022 Feb 69 2 e29451
- Extrarenal Anaplastic Wilms Tumor: A Case Report With Genomic Analysis And Tumor Models. Willis KR, Sathe AA, Xing C, Koduru P, Artunduaga M, Butler EB, Park JY, Kurmasheva RT, Houghton PJ, Chen KS, Rakheja D, J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 2022 Feb
- Integrated Molecular Analysis Reveals 2 Distinct Subtypes of Pure Seminoma of the Testis. Medvedev KE, Savelyeva AV, Chen KS, Bagrodia A, Jia L, Grishin NV, Cancer Inform 2022 21 11769351221132634
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Professional Activities
- American Association for Cancer Research (2012)
- American Society of Clinical Oncology (2010)
- American Society of Hematology (2010)
- American Society of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology (2010)
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Awards and Honors
- CPRIT Recruitment of First-Time, Tenure-Track Faculty (2018-2023)
- Texas Super Doctors (Texas Rising Star) - Texas Monthly (2018)
- UTSW Disease-Oriented Clinical Scholar (2018-2021)
- Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation Young Investigator (2016-2019)
- Hyundai Hope on Wheels Young Investigator (2016-2018)
- Damon Runyon-Sohn Pediatric Cancer Fellow (2013-2017)
- W.W. Caruth Scholar - Children's Medical Center Foundation (2013-2015)
- First Place, Critical Appraisal of Literature - Resident Section Poster Contest, Texas Pediatric Society (2008)
