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Victor Chen, M.D.

Po-Hung Chen, M.D.

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  • Assistant Professor of Medicine
Male

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

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 academic research applies epidemiologic, causal inference, and qualitative methodologies to address high-impact topics in clinical hepatology. In particular, he studies alcohol use disorder, alcohol-associated liver disease, and 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

Centers & Institutes

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) (2013)
  • American Board of Internal Medicine (Internal Medicine) (2010)
  • American Board of Internal Medicine (Transplant Hepatology) (2016)

Research & Publications

Lab

Lab Website: Epidemiology Research Group in Organ Transplantation

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 - 2021
  • Steering Committee, Alcohol-associated Liver Disease Special Interest Group, American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, 2021 - 2023
  • Medical Safety Officer, Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis Clinical Research Network, 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

Recent News Articles and Media Coverage

Destigmatizing Liver Transplant for Patients with Alcohol Use Disorder, Inside Tract, (Winter 2021)

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