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Victor Chen, M.D.

Po-Hung Chen, M.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Male

Languages: English, Mandarin, Taiwanese

Expertise

Acute or Chronic Viral Hepatitis, Cirrhosis , Clinical Gastroenterology, Fatty Liver, Gastroenterology, Hemochromatosis, Hepatocellular Cancer, Hepatology, Jaundice, Liver Cancer, Liver Disease, Liver Mass, Liver Test Abnormalities, Liver Transplant, Liver Transplant Evaluation, Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease ...read more

Research Interests

Alcohol-associated Liver Disease; Alcohol Use Disorder; Liver Transplantation; Epidemiology; Causal Inference; Qualitative Research; Health Economics/Outcomes ...read more

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Locations

Johns Hopkins Medicine - Green Spring Station

2360 W. Joppa Road
Joppa Concourse Suite 205
Lutherville, MD 21093 map

Phone: 410-933-7495 | Fax: 410-367-2482

The Johns Hopkins Hospital (Main Entrance)

1800 Orleans St.
Baltimore, MD 21287 map

Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center

4940 Eastern Avenue
GI Clinic, A Building, 5th floor
Baltimore, MD 21224 map

Phone: 410-550-0790

Background

Dr. Chen specializes in general and transplant hepatology, taking care of patients across a broad range of liver conditions. He is board-certified in internal medicine, gastroenterology, and transplant hepatology.

Dr. Chen's research applies epidemiologic, causal inference, and qualitative methods to address high impact topics in clinical hepatology. In particular, he focuses on alcohol-associated liver disease, alcohol use disorder, and organ transplantation. Dr. Chen has presented his work in many medical journals and digestive/liver disease scientific conferences.

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Titles

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Departments / Divisions

Medicine - Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Centers & Institutes

Comprehensive Transplant Center

Education

Degrees

MD; Emory University School of Medicine (2007)

Residencies

Internal Medicine; Duke University School of Medicine (2010)

Fellowships

Gastroenterology and Hepatology; Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (2013)
Transplant Hepatology; Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (2015)

Board Certifications

American Board of Internal Medicine (Gastroenterology) (2015)
American Board of Internal Medicine (Internal Medicine) (2010)
American Board of Internal Medicine (Transplant Hepatology) (2016)

Academic Affiliations & Courses

Graduate Program Affiliation

Graduate Training Programs in Clinical Investigation (Johns Hopkins School of Public Health)

Public Health Economics (Johns Hopkins School of Public Health)

Courses and Syllabi

Mind and Brain
Duke University Talent Identification Program
2002 - 2002
Genes to Society - Gastroenterology/Hepatology
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
2013
Inpatient Gastroenterology Service
Johns Hopkins Hospital
2013 - 2014
Inpatient Hepatology Service
2015

Activities & Honors

Honors

Clinical Vignette Award, American College of Gastroenterology/AstraZeneca, 2011
Presidential Poster Award, American College of Gastroenterology, 2011
Grand Prize, Board Review Question of the Week, American College of Gastroenterology, 2012
Faculty Teaching Award, Johns Hopkins Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 2014
Poster of Distinction, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, 2018
KL2 Clinical Research Scholar, Johns Hopkins Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, 2017
Research Scholar Award, Gilead Sciences, 2020
Clinician Scientist Award, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 2020
K23 Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 2020

Memberships

American College of Gastroenterology, 2011
American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, 2012
American Gastroenterological Association, 2016
Research Society on Alcoholism, 2020

Professional Activities

Continuing Medical Education Committee, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, 2019
Steering Committee, Alcohol-associated Liver Disease Special Interest Group, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, 2021

Videos & Media

Lectures and Presentations

Fully covered self-expandable metallic stents for liver transplant-related biliary complications
Speaker, Digestive Diseases Week, Orlando, Florida (05/01/2013)
American Gastroenterological Association;
Effects of chronic hepatitis C on pregnancy and perinatal outcomes
Speaker, The Liver Meeting, Washington, DC (11/01/2013)
American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases;
Role of liver transplantation for alcoholic hepatitis: Should patients with acute alcoholic hepatitis be denied liver transplantation outright?
Speaker, Digestive Diseases Week, Washington, DC (05/19/2015)
American Gastroenterological Association;
Psychosocial characteristics of patients with severe alcoholic hepatitis presenting for early liver transplantation evaluation
Speaker, International Liver Transplantation Society 2019 Annual Congress, Toronto, Canada (05/01/2019)
International Liver Transplantation Society;
Alcoholic liver disease and liver transplantation
Speaker, Medicine Grand Rounds (03/30/2018)
MedStar Harbor Hospital;

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