A widely respected surgical oncologist, Dr. Chen holds a Medical Degree and a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. He offers the full gamut of surgery including lumpectomy, mastectomy, sentinel node biopsies, and methods to reduce the impact of surgery through oncoplastic surgery. Dr. Chen has particular interests in all aspects of breast, thyroid, parathyroid, and melanoma surgery and utilizes minimal incision methods for thyroid and parathyroid surgery.
Practices at
OasisMDLanguages Spoken
- › English
- › Taiwanese
Board Certifications
- › American Board of Surgery
Hospital Affiliations
- › Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego
- › Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla
- › Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas
Education
- › University of Michigan Business School – awarded M.B.A.
- › University of Michigan, B.A. – Economics and Bio-medical Sciences, Honors Program
- › University of Michigan Medical School, M.D.– General Surgery Intern
- › University of Michigan Hospitals – Chief Resident
- › University of Michigan Hospitals – Senior Resident
- › University of Michigan Hospitals – General Surgery Resident
- › John Wayne Cancer Institute Santa Monica, CA – Surgical Oncology Fellow
- › University of Michigan Hospital – Critical Care Fellow
- › Center for Health Economics – Research Fellow
Memberships & Associations
- › American Medical Association
- › California Medical Association
- › American Society of Clinical Oncology
- › Los Angeles County Medical Association
- › John Wayne Cancer Institute Surgical Oncology Society
- › Society of Surgical Oncology
- › Fellow, American College of Surgeons
- › American Society of Breast Surgeons
- › Association of Academic Surgeons
Associated Doctors
Plastic Surgery
Family Medicine
Insurances Accepted
PPO- Aetna
- Aetna Medicare Advantage
- Arizona Foundation
- Beech Street
- Beech Street (Workers' Comp)
- CIGNA
- CorVel (Workers' Comp)
- Coventry / First Health
- Coventry / First Health (Workers' Comp)
- Focus Healthcare
- Fortified Provider Network
- Galaxy Health Network
- Great-West Healthcare
- Health Management Network, Inc.
- Humana ChoiceCare
- Interplan / HealthSmart
- Interplan / HealthSmart (Workers' Comp)
- MultiPlan
- MultiPlan (Workers' Comp)
- Pacific Foundation SISC (Workers' Comp)
- Pacific Foundation for Medical Care
- Pacific Health Alliance
- Prime Health Services
- Prime Health Services (Workers' Comp)
- Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
- Scripps Employee Medical Plan
- St. Paul's Eldercare
- Three Rivers
- Three Rivers (Workers' Comp)
- USA MCO
- USA MCO (Workers' Comp)
Need help?
Contact Steven L.W. Chen, MD for more assistance at (858) 914-2879.