Hueylan Chern, MD
Professor
Surgery
School of Medicine

After her residency, she then finished a colorectal surgery fellowship at UMDNJ - Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, followed by additional oncology training at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. She is interested in developing a curriuclum to teach laparoscopic surgery. She is also interested in assessment of technical skills in the operating room and transfer of skills from the lab to the operating room.

• Artificial intelligence based real-time video ergonomic assessment and training improves resident ergonomics.
  American journal of surgery 2023 Hamilton BC, Dairywala MI, Highet A, Nguyen TC, O'Sullivan P, Chern H, Soriano IS
• Experience matters for robotic assistance: an analysis of case data.
  Journal of robotic surgery 2023 Brian R, Oh D, Ifuku KA, Sarin A, O'Sullivan P, Chern H
• Difficult or high risk? Objective task assessment vs. faculty perceptions of surgical skills.
  Global Surgical Education - Journal of the Association for Surgical Education 2023 Anya L. Greenberg, Katherine E. Barnes, Mohammad M. Karimzada, Chiung-Yu Huang, Adnan Alseidi, Joseph H. Rapp, Patricia S. O’Sullivan, Hueylan Chern, Shareef M. Syed
• Faculty entrustment of residents in the operating room: the role for surgical simulation.
  Global Surgical Education - Journal of the Association for Surgical Education 2023 Anya L. Greenberg, Katherine E. Barnes, Shareef M. Syed, Joseph H. Rapp, Adnan Alseidi, Patricia S. O’Sullivan, Hueylan Chern
• Beyond watching: Harnessing laparoscopy to increase medical students' engagement with robotic procedures.
  American journal of surgery 2023 Barnes KE, Brian R, Greenberg AL, Watanaskul S, Kim EK, O'Sullivan PS, Chern H
• Robotic training for medical students: feasibility of a pilot simulation curriculum.
  Journal of robotic surgery 2022 Greenberg AL, Syed SM, Alseidi A, O'Sullivan PS, Chern H
• Communicating from a distance: medical student perspectives from a robotic bedside assist simulation.
  Global Surgical Education - Journal of the Association for Surgical Education 2022 Anya L. Greenberg, Shareef M. Syed, Adnan A. Alseidi, Patricia S. O’Sullivan, Hueylan Chern
• Robotic transanal excision of rectal lesions: expert perspective and literature review.
  Journal of robotic surgery 2022 Watanaskul S, Schwab ME, Chern H, Varma M, Sarin A
• Surgical Skills Coaches: Preparing for a peer-assisted learning model to train medical students in surgical skills.
  American journal of surgery 2022 Kim EK, Conroy PC, Johnson CL, Kelly Y, O'Sullivan PS, Chern H, Piper ML
• Assessment of Surgeon Performance of Advanced Open Surgical Skills Using a Microskills-Based Novel Curriculum.
  JAMA network open 2022 Greenberg AL, Karimzada MM, Brian R, Yap A, Luu HY, Ahmed S, Huang CY, Waits SA, Hirose R, Alseidi A, Rapp JH, O'Sullivan PS, Chern H, Syed SM
• Robotic repair of perineal hernias: a video vignette and review of the literature.
  Surgical endoscopy 2022 Watanaskul S, Schwab ME, Colley A, Chern H, Varma MG, Hoffman WY, Sarin A
• Comparison of advanced techniques for local excision of rectal lesions: a case series.
  BMC surgery 2022 Schwab ME, Hernandez S, Watanaskul S, Chern H, Varma M, Sarin A
• Advanced Open Surgical Skill Simulation: Practice, Performance Benchmarking, and Perceptions.
  Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2021 Riley Brian, Jon Freise, Saira Ahmed, Joseph Lin, Hueylan Chern, Shareef M. Syed
• Transforming Surgical Education through a Resident Robotic Curriculum.
  Annals of surgery open : perspectives of surgical history, education, and clinical approaches 2021 Green CA, Chern H, Rogers SJ, Reilly LM, O'Sullivan P
• Vitamin D Levels in Patients with Colorectal Cancer Before and After Treatment Initiation.
  Journal of gastrointestinal cancer 2019 Savoie MB, Paciorek A, Zhang L, Van Blarigan EL, Sommovilla N, Abrams D, Atreya CE, Bergsland EK, Chern H, Kelley RK, Ko A, Laffan A, Sarin A, Varma MG, Venook AP, Van Loon K
• Teaching in the robotic environment: Use of alternative approaches to guide operative instruction.
  American journal of surgery 2019 Green CA, Chu SN, Huang E, Chern H, O'Sullivan P
• A robotic teaching session: separating tool from technique to emphasize a cognitive focused teaching environment.
  Journal of robotic surgery 2019 Green CA, O'Sullivan PS, Chern H
• Is Robotic Surgery Highlighting Critical Gaps in Resident Training?
  Journal of graduate medical education 2018 Green CA, Abrahamson D, Chern H, O'Sullivan PS
• Microanalysis of video from a robotic surgical procedure: implications for observational learning in the robotic environment.
  Journal of robotic surgery 2018 Green CA, O'Sullivan PS, Sarin A, Chern H
• Using Technological Advances to Improve Surgery Curriculum: Experience With a Mobile Application.
  Journal of surgical education 2018 Green CA, Kim EH, O'Sullivan PS, Chern H
• Current robotic curricula for surgery residents: A need for additional cognitive and psychomotor focus.
  American journal of surgery 2017 Green CA, Chern H, O'Sullivan PS
• Technical skill improvement with surgical preparatory courses: What advantages are reflected in residency?
  American journal of surgery 2017 Green CA, Huang E, Zhao NW, O'Sullivan PS, Kim E, Chern H
• A Microanalysis of Intracorporeal Video from a Robotic Surgery: Investigation into a Surgeon's Professional Vision.
  Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2017 Courtney A. Green, Hueylan Chern, Ankit Sarin, Patricia O'Sullivan
• Evidence Supporting Use of a Novel Descriptive Tool for Intraoperative Feedback.
  Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2017 Emily S. Huang, Hueylan Chern, Patricia O'Sullivan
• Role of Video Documentation and Video Portfolios for Surgical Trainees.
  Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2017 Courtney A. Green, Patricia O’Sullivan, Edward Kim, Hueylan Chern
• Vitamin D levels among patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) from the San Francisco Bay area.
  Journal of Clinical Oncology 2017 Marissa Barbara Savoie, Alan T Paciorek, Li Zhang, Nili Sommovilla, Chloe Evelyn Atreya, Hueylan Chern, Robin Kate Kelley, Andrew H. Ko, Ankit Sarin, Madhulika G. Varma, Donald I. Abrams, Alan P. …
• Evaluation of a Surgery-Based Adjunct Course for Senior Medical Students Entering Surgical Residencies.
  Journal of surgical education 2016 Green CA, Vaughn CJ, Wyles SM, O'Sullivan PS, Kim EH, Chern H
• Peer video review and feedback improve performance in basic surgical skills.
  American journal of surgery 2015 Vaughn CJ, Kim E, O'Sullivan P, Huang E, Lin MY, Wyles S, Palmer BJ, Pierce JL, Chern H
• From novice to master surgeon: improving feedback with a descriptive approach to intraoperative assessment.
  American journal of surgery 2015 Huang E, Wyles SM, Chern H, Kim E, O'Sullivan P
• Outcomes Analysis of Biologic Mesh Use for Abdominal Wall Reconstruction in Clean-Contaminated and Contaminated Ventral Hernia Repair.
  Annals of plastic surgery 2015 Sbitany H, Kwon E, Chern H, Finlayson E, Varma MG, Hansen SL
• Martius flap.
  Operative Surgery of the Colon, Rectum and Anus, Sixth Edition 2015 Hueylan Chern, Madhulika Varma
• Martius flap.
  Operative Surgery of the Colon, Rectum and Anus, Sixth Edition 2015 P O'Connell, Robert Madoff, Michael Solomon, Hueylan Chern, Madhulika Varma
• An objective assessment tool for basic surgical knot-tying skills.
  Journal of surgical education 2015 Huang E, Vaughn CJ, Chern H, O'Sullivan P, Kim E
• Perineal flap reconstruction following oncologic anorectal extirpation: an outcomes assessment.
  Plastic and reconstructive surgery 2015 Wang ED, Conkling N, Xu X, Chern H, Finlayson E, Varma MG, Hansen SL, Foster RD, Hoffman WY, Sbitany H
• Perineal Reconstruction Following Anorectal Tumor Resection.
  Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery 2014 Eric D. Wang, Nicole Conkling, Xiaoti Xu, Hueylan Chern, Emily Finlayson, Madhulika G. Varma, Scott L. Hansen, Robert D. Foster, William Y. Hoffman, Hani Sbitany
• A better way to teach knot tying: a randomized controlled trial comparing the kinesthetic and traditional methods.
  American journal of surgery 2014 Huang E, Chern H, O'Sullivan P, Cook B, McDonald E, Palmer B, Liu T, Kim E
• Home Video Curriculum for Basic Surgical Skills.
  MedEdPORTAL 2014 Hueylan Chern, Leslie Sheu, Patricia O'Sullivan, Edward Kim
• PIGS (Porcine Integrated General Surgery Simulation) Curriculum.
  MedEdPORTAL 2014 Hueylan Chern, Edward Kim, Patricia O'Sullivan
• How To Teach Knot Tying: A Kinesthetic Approach.
  MedEdPORTAL 2013 Edward Kim, Hueylan Chern, Emily Huang, Barnard Palmer
• Leukocyte-depleted blood transfusion is associated with decreased survival in resected early-stage lung cancer.
  The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 2012 Ng T, Ryder BA, Chern H, Sellke FW, Machan JT, Harrington DT, Cioffi WG
• Rectovaginal and Rectourethral Fistulas.
  Seminars in Colon and Rectal Surgery 2011 Hueylan Chern, Madhulika G. Varma
• Reply.
  Journal of the American College of Surgeons 2011 Hueylan Chern, Joanne Chou, C. Donkor, Jinru Shia, José G. Guillem, Garrett M. Nash, Philip B. Paty, Larissa K. Temple, W. Douglas Wong, Martin R. Weiser
• Clinical Staging: Endoscopic Techniques.
  Rectal Cancer 2010 Hueylan Chern, W. Douglas Wong
• Cost-effectiveness of postremission intensive therapy in patients with acute leukemia.
  Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology 2006 Yu YB, Gau JP, You JY, Chern HH, Chau WK, Tzeng CH, Ho CH, Hsu HC
• Genetic polymorphisms of N-acetyltransferase 1 and 2 and risk of cigarette smoking-related bladder cancer.
  British journal of cancer 1999 Hsieh FI, Pu YS, Chern HD, Hsu LI, Chiou HY, Chen CJ
• Plasma carotenoids, glutathione S-transferase M1 and T1 genetic polymorphisms, and risk of hepatocellular carcinoma: independent and interactive effects.
  American journal of epidemiology 1999 Yu MW, Chiu YH, Chiang YC, Chen CH, Lee TH, Santella RM, Chern HD, Liaw YF, Chen CJ
• Microencapsulated pancreatic islets: a pathologic study.
  Journal of the Formosan Medical Association = Taiwan yi zhi 1992 Leu FJ, Chen CF, Chiang WE, Chern HT, Shian LR, Chung TM, Wang J, Sun AM