Herbert Chen, MD, FACS, surgical oncologist, is Chair of the Department of Surgery at University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), and the Surgeon-in-Chief of UAB Hospital and Health System.
Dr. Chen’s clinical interests include endocrine and neuroendocrine disease with a focus on minimally invasive endocrine surgery. Dr. Chen is an expert in radioguided parathyroidectomy (MIRP), and performs high volume thyroid and adrenal surgery. His laboratory focuses on the role of cellular signaling pathways in the differentiation and growth of neuroendocrine tumors including carcinoid, pancreatic islet cell, pheochromocytoma, and medullary thyroid cancer. Dr. Chen's lab has been continuously funded for over 20 years.
He is the American Cancer Society MEN2 Thyroid Cancer Professor. Dr. Chen is the Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Surgery and serves on many other editorial boards.
