
Catherine Chen, M.D.
Associate Professor
Department Internal Medicine
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Biography
Catherine Chen, M.D., is an Associate Professor of Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center, and a member of its Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine.
Dr. Chen earned her medical degree at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. She completed a residency in internal medicine at Washington University in St. Louis, where she also received advanced training through a fellowship in pulmonary diseases and critical care medicine.
Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine, Dr. Chen joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2015.
Dr. Chen’s research interests include database analytics and predictive algorithms to improve patient outcomes in intensive care units.
She is a member of the American Thoracic Society.
Education
- 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
Research Interest
- Database Building and Analysis
- Predictive Algorithms
- Quality Improvement
Publications
Featured Publications
- Impact of SLCO1B3 polymorphisms on clinical outcomes in lung allograft recipients receiving mycophenolic acid.
- Tague LK, Byers DE, Hachem R, Kreisel D, Krupnick AS, Kulkarni HS, Chen C, Huang HJ, Gelman A, Pharmacogenomics J. 2019 Apr
- 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
Honors & Awards
- 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)
Professional Associations/Affiliations
- American Thoracic Society (2015)
- International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation (2013-2015)