Helen Chen, MD
Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

Dr. Helen Chen is a Clinician-administrator-educator. She is committed to improving systems of care for older adults and supporting the provision of high quality geriatric medicine care across services and specialties. She is currently the Associate Chief of Staff for Geriatrics, Palliative, and Extended Care at the San Francisco VA Healthcare System. Her principal areas of clinical interest are primary care geriatrics and post-acute care.

Education & Training

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• Leadership Fellowship California Health Care Foundation 2009
• Fellowship, Geriatric Medicine UCSF 2005
• Teaching Scholars Fellowship UCSF 2005
• Internal Medicine Residency UCSF 1992
• MD Medicine Brown University 1989
• AB with honors Literature and Society Brown University 1985

Publications (5)

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Pneumonia, ViralLong-Term CarePandemicsCoronavirus InfectionsMouthClinical Laboratory TechniquesInfection ControlGastroenteritisQuality of LifeBetacoronavirusInfectious Disease Transmission, Professional-to-PatientHealth Plan ImplementationOral HealthNursing HomesSubacute Care

• Physiology of Aging of Older Adults: Systemic and Oral Health Considerations-2021 Update.
  Dental clinics of North America 2021 Thompson LA, Chen H
• Risk Factors, Presentation, and Course of Coronavirus Disease 2019 in a Large, Academic Long-Term Care Facility.
  Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 2020 Shi SM, Bakaev I, Chen H, Travison TG, Berry SD
• Universal Testing-Based Response to COVID-19 Outbreak by a Long-Term Care and Post-Acute Care Facility.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2020 Bakaev I, Retalic T, Chen H
• Presenteeism: a public health hazard.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2010 Widera E, Chang A, Chen HL
• Functional limitations, socioeconomic status, and all-cause mortality in moderate alcohol drinkers.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2009 Lee SJ, Sudore RL, Williams BA, Lindquist K, Chen HL, Covinsky KE