Catherine Chen, M.D.
Assistant Professor

Dr. Chen is originally from California, but received her medical degree at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University in Chicago, IL. She completed internal medicine residency at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, and drawn by the diverse and underserved patient population, stayed for pulmonary and critical care fellowship. She has a research interest in database analytics and predictive algorithms to improve patient outcomes in medical intensive care units. Her clinical practice is in critical care. Dr. Chen’s interests outside of medicine include her family, cooking, knitting, and exploring state and national parks.

Medical School

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine (2009)

Residency

Washington University School of Medicine (2012), Internal Medicine

Fellowship

Washington University School of Medicine (2015), Pulmonary Diseases & Critical Care Medicine

• Lung (Pulmonology)

• Database Building and Analysis
• Predictive Algorithms
• Quality Improvement

Featured Publications

An international multicenter retrospective study of Pseudomonas aeruginosa nosocomial pneumonia: impact of multidrug resistance.

Micek ST, Wunderink RG, Kollef MH, Chen C, Rello J, Chastre J, Antonelli M, Welte T, Clair B, Ostermann H, Calbo E, Torres A, Menichetti F, Schramm GE, Menon V Crit Care 2015 19 219

Conservative fluid therapy in septic shock: an example of targeted therapeutic minimization.

Chen C, Kollef MH Crit Care 2014 18 4 481

• Annual Pulmonary Research Day Travel Grant
  Washington University, St. Louis, MO (2015)
• Travel Grant
  International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (2015)
• Knowlton Award for Clinical Excellence
  Washington University, St. Louis, MO (2012)
• Tau Beta Pi Engineering Society
  Honor Society (2005)

• American Thoracic Society (2015)
• International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation (2013-2015)