Herbert Chen, MD

Biography

Title

Professor of Biomedical Engineering; Professor of Pediatrics; Fay Fletcher Kerner Endowed Chair; Surgeon-in-Chief, UAB Hospital and Health System; Senior Advisor, O’Neal Comprehensive Cancer Center at UAB; Senior Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Heersink School of Medicine

Faculty Appointment

Professor

Research Interests

Hyperparathyroidism, parathryoid, thyroid, hyperthyroidism, adrenal, pheochromocytoma, hyperaldosteronism, cushing's syndrome, thyroid cancer, thyroid tumors, goiter, neuroendocrine cancers, thyroid nodules, thyroid surgery, radioguided parathryoidectomy, medullary thyroid cancer

Publications

https://scholars.uab.edu/3298-herbert-chen

Awards & Recognition

James Ewing Oncology Fellowship Award for Basic Research (2000)
American Cancer Society Institutional Research Award (2000)
Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract Young Clinician Travel Award (2001)
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Faculty Development Award (2001)
American Surgical Association Foundation Fellowship Award (2001)
University of Wisconsin Medical Alumni Association Clinical Science Teaching Award (2002)
George H.A. Clowes, Jr. MD, FACS, Memorial Research Career Development Award of the American College of Surgeons (2003)
Leon E. Sample Memorial Lecture, Yale University (2003)
James IV Association of Surgeons Traveling Fellow for the United States (2004)
Recorder, Association for Academic Surgery (2004-2007)
Central Surgical Association Best Paper by a New Member Award (2005)
Herman Shapiro Lectureship, University of Wisconsin (2005)
Vilas Associate Award (2006)
Carcinoid Cancer Foundation Research Achievement Award (2006)
Australia and New Zealand Chapter of the American College of Surgeons Traveling Fellowship (2007)
Society of Surgical Oncology Clinical Investigator Award (2007)
Midwest Surgical Association Best Paper by a New Member Award (2007)
Gardner Smith Lecture, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions (2008)
President, Association for Academic Surgery (2008-2009)
John Daane Lecture, University of South Florida (2009)
Thurston Adams Lecture, University of Maryland (2010)
Secretary-Treasurer, Surgical Biology Club II (2010-2017)
Treasurer, Society of Clinical Surgery (2010-2014)
American Cancer Society MEN2 Thyroid Cancer Professorship (2011-2015)
American Society of Clinical Investigation (2011)
Murray Brennan Distinguished Lecture, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (2011)
Recorder, American Association of Endocrine Surgeons (2011-2014)
Dean’s Award for Excellence in Medical Student Research Mentorship (2011)
Robert Ravdin Lecture, University of Pennsylvania (2011)
Rosen-Rasch Lecture, University of Toronto (2011)
Moses Gunn Lecture, University of Michigan (2012)
Gregory B. Bulkley Lecture, Johns Hopkins University (2012)
Charles Getz Lecture, University of Maryland (2013)
Joseph B. Priestly Lecture, Throckmorton Surgical Society (2013)
Scott Woods Endowed Lecture, Wayne State University (2013)
Caring for Carcinoid Foundation-AACR Award for Carcinoid Tumor and Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor Research (2014)
Byers “Bud” Shaw Lecture, University of Nebraska (2014)
Vice-President, Society of Clinical Surgery (2014-2016)
Danely P. Slaughter Memorial Lecture, Presence Saint Francis (2015)
McEwen Lecture, University of Kansas (2016)
J.C. Thoroughman Lecture, Emory University (2016)
Thomas H. Covey, Jr. Lecture, West Virginia University (2016)
George F. Sheldon Lecture. University of North Carolina (2016)
Robert S. Sparkman Lecture, University of Texas-Southwestern (2016)
President, Society of Clinical Surgery (2016-2018)
James Goodnight Lecture, University of California-Davis (2017)
Association for Academic Surgery Founders Lecture (2017)
Marvin Gliedman Lecture, Montefiore Medical Center (2017)
A.R. Moossa Lecture, University of California-San Diego (2017)
Alfred A. Strauss Lecture, University of Chicago (2017)
Max & Molly Ochs Fischer Lecture, University of Cincinnati (2017)
Brown M. Dobyns Lecture, Case Western Reserve University (2017)
Joel W. Baker Lecture, Virginia Mason Medical Center (2017)
Theodore Drapanas Lecture, Tulane University (2017)
Anthony PC Lim Lecture, Chinese University of Hong Kong (2017)
President, American Association of Endocrine Surgeons (2018-2019)
Howard C. Naffziger Lecture, University of California-San Francisco (2018)
Henry Swan Lecture, University of Colorado (2019)
Robert C. Hickey Lecture, MD Anderson Cancer Center (2019)
Dean’s Excellence Award in Diversity Enhancement (2019)
President, Surgical Biology Club II (2019-2020)
Best Doctors in America (2008-present)
A. Hamblin Letton Lecture. Southeastern Surgical Congress (2020)
William H. Erb Lecture, Philadelphia Academy of Surgery (2020)
Society of Nuclear Medicine GCNMC Lectureship Award (2020)
O.W. Gibbons Lecture, University of Texas-Southwestern (2020)
Charles Mayo Lecture, Northwestern University (2020)
Ferguson-Ottinger Lecture, Massachusetts General Hospital (2020)
Samuel B. Liu Lecture, Oregon Health Sciences (2020)
John Jesseph Lecture, Indiana University (2021)
American College of Surgeons Academy of Master Surgeon Educators (2021)
Larry Pennington Lecture, University of Oklahoma (2021)
Robert F. Gagel ITOG Discovery Award (2022)
Association for Academic Surgery Founders Lecture (2022)
Michael DeBakey Lecture, Baylor College of Medicine (2022)
George Yang MD, PhD Society of Asian Academic Surgeons Trailblazer Award (2022)
` AOA David de Harter and Diane de Harter Lecture (2023)
Gordon C. Vineyard Lecture (2023)
William H. Harridge Memorial Lecture (2023)
Association of Women Surgeons Past-President Honorary Member Award (2023)
Association of American Physicians (2024)

Memberships

American Association for Cancer Research
American Association of Endocrine Surgeons
American Association of Physicians
Councilor (2005-2008)
Local Arrangements Chair (2008-2009)
Recorder (2011-2014)
President-Elect (2017-2018)
President (2018-2019)
Foundation Vice-President (2022-present)
American Board of Surgery
Examination Consultant to Surgical Oncology Board (2011-2014)
Examiner and writing team for the Complex General Surgical Oncology Certifying Examination (2013-2015)
Councilor (2018- 2024)
Complex General Surgical Oncology Board (2018-2024)
American College of Surgeons – Fellow
Board of Governors (2011-2015)
Academy of Master Surgeon Educators (2021-present)
American Head and Neck Society
American Society of Clinical Investigation
American Surgical Association
American Thyroid Association
Association for Academic Surgery
Executive Council (2004-2012)
Recorder (2004-2007)
President-Elect (2007-2008)
President (2008-2009)
Association of Women Surgeons
Central Surgical Association
Councilor (2012-2015)
Representative to the American Board of Surgery (2018-2024)
Endocrine Society
Halsted Society
International Association of Endocrine Surgeons
Councilor (2009-2015)
International Society of Surgery
International Surgical Group
International Thyroid Oncology Group
James IV Association of Surgeons
Board of Directors (2024-2027)
Latino Surgical Society
Midwest Surgical Association
Councilor (2012-2015)
North American Neuroendocrine Tumor Society
Board of Directors (2009-2011)
Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract
Society of Asian Academic Surgeons
Foundation President (2017-present)
Society of Clinical Surgery
Treasurer (2010-2014)
President-Elect (2014-2016)
President (2016-2018)
Society of Surgical Chairs
Society of Surgical Oncology
Society of University Surgeons
Southern Surgical Association
Surgical Biology Club II
Secretary-Treasurer (2010-2017)
President (2019-2020)

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