Post Graduate Training:
- Resident, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
- Fellow, Division of Cardiology. University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX.
- The Methodist Hospital, Houston, TX.
- Earned COCATS Level II certification in diagnostic cardiac catheterization and nuclear cardiology.
- Earned COCATS Level III certification in Echocardiography.
- Fellow, Section of Electrophysiology and Pacing Scott & White Heart and Vascular Institute, Temple, TX.
- Proficient in all aspects of arrhythmia management, including pacemaker and defibrillator implantation, cardiac resynchronization therapy, device troubleshooting, lead extraction, electrophysiology study, and ablation.
Publications:
- Strimel WJ. Koplik S, Chen HR, Song J, and Huang SKS. Safety and effectiveness of primary prophylaxis cardioverter-defibrillators in octogenarians. Presented at 15th World Congress on Heart Disease, Vancouver, BC, Canada, July 24-27, 2010. Manuscript in submission.
- Valderrabano M, Chen HR, Sidhu JS, Rao L, Ling Y, and Khoury DS. Retrograde ethanol infusion in the vein of Marshall: regional left atrial ablation, vagal denervation, the feasibility in humans. Circ Arrhythmia Electrophysiol, published online December 8, 2008.
- Chen, HR. Cellulitis, necrotizing fasciitis, subcutaneous abscess, and osteomyelitis. Parkland manual of inpatient medicine: an evidence-based approach, 2006.
Areas of Interests:
- Hobbies include spending time with family, outdoor sports, recreational piano, digital photography, travel, and home.