Kenneth Chen, MD
- Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologist, Assistant Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Languages spoken: English
Biography
Kenneth Chen, M.D., is a pediatric hematologist and oncologist at Children’s Health℠ and an Assistant Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center.
Dr. Chen earned his medical degree from UT Southwestern Medical Center, where he also completed his residency training. He subsequently pursued advanced fellowship training in pediatric hematology and oncology at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He is board certified by the American Board of Pediatrics-Pediatric Hematology-Oncology.
Dr. Chen's research interests includes understanding the genetic drivers of childhood cancers, especially Wilms tumor and germ cell tumors.
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-Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
- American Board of Pediatrics
Conditions Treated
- Leukemia in children
- Non-rhabdomyosarcoma soft tissue sarcoma in children
- Pediatric anaplastic astrocytoma
- Pediatric cancer
- Pediatric ependymoma
- Pediatric Ewing sarcoma
- Pediatric glioblastoma
- Pediatric hepatoblastoma (liver cancer)
- Pediatric lymphoma
- Pediatric medulloblastoma
- Pediatric neuroblastoma
- Pediatric osteosarcoma
- Pediatric pilocytic astrocytoma
- Pediatric Wilms tumor (nephroblastoma)
- Retinoblastoma in Children
- Rhabdomyosarcoma in children
Germ cell tumors
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