H. Isaac Chen, MD

Neurosurgery
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4.9 with 87 ratings

Sees patients age 18 and up

Speaks English and Chinese - Mandarin

H. Isaac Chen, MD

Neurosurgery
4.9 with 87 ratings

Sees patients age 18 and up

Speaks English and Chinese - Mandarin

  • Residency Program Director, Neurosurgery
  • Associate Professor of Neurosurgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and the Veteran's Administration Medical Center
  • Dr. Chen is a Penn Medicine physician.

Meet Dr. Chen

My primary interest as a neurosurgeon-scientist is the restoration of function after the brain has been damaged. From the clinical side, I work in the areas of neurotrauma, functional neurosurgery (i.e., deep brain stimulation and epilepsy surgery), and the resection of tumors in and around eloquent brain tissue. I am interested in clinical trials examining new methods for restoring brain function, mapping brain activity after injury, and bringing new technologies such as augemented reality into the operating room. I also run a translational laboratory focused on rebuilding the circuitry of the brain using a combination of techniques drawn from stem cell biology, neural tissue engineering, and neural interface technologies.

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