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Peng R. Chen, MD

Professor in Neurosurgery
University of Texas McGovern Medical School
Houston, Texas, United States

P. Roc Chen, MD, FACS, FAANS
Professor in Neurosurgery
Memorial Hermann Chair
Director, Cerebrovascular/Neuroendovascular Neurosurgery
Director, Cerebrovascular/Neuroendovascular Fellowship
Vice Chair of Cerebrovascular Research
UTHealth, McGovern Medical School


EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Medical Education, Sun Yat-Sen University of Medical Sciences, China
Neurosurgery Residency, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, and Children’s Hospital of
Harvard Medical School, Boston
Neuroendovascular Fellowship, Brigham & Women’s Hospital of Harvard Medical
School, Boston
Cerebrovascular and Skull Base Fellowship, Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix
Neuroendovascular Fellowship, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia


Dr. P. Roc Chen is a Professor of Neurosurgery at the UTHealth McGovern Medical School, Memorial Hermann Chair. He serves as Director of Cerebrovascular and Endovascular Neurosurgery, Director of Cerebrovascular and Endovascular Fellowship, and Vice Chair of Cerebrovascular Research. He participates in the clinical teaching of medical students and neurosurgery residents. In addition, he serves as Director of the Cerebrovascular and Neuroendovascular fellowship training programs at UTHealth. His expertise spans brain aneurysms, arteriovenous malformation (AVM), cerebrovascular occlusive diseases, and skull base tumors. His research interests include investigating brain AVM molecular signaling mechanism and its Novo therapy, advancing aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage-induced cerebral vasospasm therapies, and improving the outcome of thrombectomy for acute stroke.

Dr. Chen earned his medical degree from the Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences in Guangzhou, China. He completed his Neurosurgery residency at Brigham & Women’s Hospital and Children’s Hospital of Harvard Medical School in Boston. He subsequently underwent cerebrovascular and skull base fellowship training at Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, neuroendovascular fellowships at Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston and at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. Before joining UTHealth, he served briefly as faculty at Baylor College of Medicine.

He is currently the Principal Investigator of two multi-center clinical trials, General Anesthesia vs. Conscious Sedation in Acute Stroke Thrombectomy (SEGA) study and Intraarterial Vasospasm Therapy (iVAST) study. He also runs a basic science laboratory that focuses on brain AVM molecular signaling pathway and Novo therapy research with financial support from the NIH, the Weatherhead Foundation, and the Brain AVM Foundation. He is also the Principal Investigator of the Non-Invasive Detecting Brain Aneurysm Recurrence after Coil Embolization by Using Machine Learning Algorithm supported by the NIH and industrial fund. His research has resulted in numerous peer-reviewed publications and editorials.

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