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| Specialty: | General and Laparoscopic Surgery |
| Current Positions: | El Centro Regional Medical Center - Active Staff and Surgical Privileges, Former Vice Chief of Surgery |
| Pioneers Memorial Hospital - Active Staff and Surgical Privileges | |
| Professional Organizations: | Fellow of the American College of Surgeons |
| American Cancer Society's Border Sierra Region - Council Member | |
| California Medical Association - Member | |
| Board Certification*: | Diplomate American Board of Surgery |
| Residency: | Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital, Santa Barbara, CA |
| Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL | |
| Education: | M.D. Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science/The Chicago Medical School |
| (Formerly known as Finch University of Health Sciences/The Chicago Medical School) | |
| M.S. Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science/The Chicago Medical School | |
| School of Graduate and Post-doctoral Studies | |
| Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy | |
| Thesis: The Role of Aggrecan Domains in Cellular Processing and Trafficking | |
| B.S. University of California, Los Angeles | |
| Major: Biology | |
| Awards: | Selected as one of "America's Top Surgeons" - Consumers' Research Council of America (Guide to America's Top Surgeons, 2007-2009) |
| Resident Teaching Award 2005 - Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital | |
| Dean's Award - Finch University of Health Sciences/The Chicago Medical School | |
| Alumni Scholar - University of California, Los Angeles | |
| Publications: | Chen TL, Wang P, Gwon SS, Flay NW, Vertel BM, "Intracellular localization of engineered proteoglycans", Methods Mol Biol., V.171, pp.301-308 (2001) |
| Chen TL, Wang PY, Luo W, Gwon SS, Flay NW, Zheng J, Guo C, Tanzer ML, Vertel BM, "Aggrecan domains expected to traffic through the exocytic pathway are misdirected to the nucleus", Exp Cell Res., V.263(2), pp.224-235 (2001) |