Herb Chen, M.D.
Dr. Herbert Chen is Chair of the Department of Surgery at University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), the Surgeon-in-Chief of UAB Hospital and Health System, and the Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the UAB Heersink School of Medicine.
He is a Professor of Surgery, Pediatrics, and Biomedical Engineering, and holds the Fay Fletcher Kerner Endowed Chair. He is the American Cancer Society MEN2 Thyroid Cancer Professor.
Dr. Chen is the Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Surgery. He has held several leadership positions in major academic societies including President of the Society of Asian Academic Surgeons Foundation, President of Association for Academic Surgery, President of the Society of Clinical Surgery, President of the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons (AAES), President of Surgical Biology Club II, and President of the AAES Foundation. He is also an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons.
Dr. Chen has mentored over 150 faculty, post-doctoral fellows, residents, medical students, and undergraduates in his lab.
He has published over 750 original research and review articles and has edited 29 textbooks (H-index 97). He is well-known for his passion for teaching and mentoring the next generation of surgical leaders.