Yufei Chen, M.D.

Insurance Accepted

• Aetna
• Blue Shield of California
• Cigna
• HealthNet
• Humana
• MultiPlan
• United Healthcare
• Anthem Blue Cross
• Coventry Health Care
• Corvel
• Beech Street
• Vivity

Languages Spoken

• Chinese (Mandarin)
• English

Education & Training

Medical Degree

University of New South Wales

Internship(s)

Massachusetts General Hospital

Residency(ies)

Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard

Fellowship(s)

University of California, San Francisco

Memberships & Affiliations

American College of Surgeons

Publications & Media

• Post-tonsillectomy pain in 24 children - utilising short message service (SMS) to assess postoperative outcomes.

  Chen, Y., Chin, M., Greenberg, S., Johnstone, C., McGuinness, J.

• Laparoscopic repair of Morgagni hernia: an interesting case and complication.

  Chen, Y., Wykes, J., Haveman, J.W., Apostolou, C., Merrett, N.D.

• Recalcitrant hypocalcemia after thyroidectomy in patients with previous Roux-en-Y gastric bypass.

  McKenzie, T.J., Chen, Y., Hodin, R.A., Shikora, S.A., Hutter, M.M., Gaz, R.D., Moore, F.D. Jr., Lubitz, C.C.

• Annual financial impact of well-differentiated thyroid cancer care in the United States.

  Lubitz, C.C., Kong, C.Y., McMahon, P.M., Daniels, G.H., Chen, Y., Economopoulos, K.P., Gazelle, G.S., Weinstein, M.C.

• Asian gastric cancer patients show superior survival: the experiences of a single Australian center.

  Chen, Y., Haveman, J.W., Apostolou, C., Chang, D.K., Merrett, N.D.

• Gastric cancer: Australian outcomes of multi-modality treatment with curative intent.

  Chen, Y., Awan, N., Haveman, J.W., Apostolou, C., Chang, D.K., Merrett, N.D.

• Primary lymph node gastrinoma: A single institution experience.

  Chen, Y., Deshpande, V., Ferrone, C., Blaszkowsky, L.S., Parangi, S., Warshaw, A.L., Lillemoe, K.D., Fernandez-Del Castillo, C.

• Evaluating the projected surgical impact of reclassifying noninvasive encapsulated follicular variant of papillary thyroid cancer as noninvasive follicular thyroid neoplasm with papillary-like nuclear features.

  Mainthia, R., Wachtel, H., Chen, Y., Mort, E., Parangi, S., Sadow, P.M., Lubitz, C.C.

• Risk Factors Associated With Perioperative Complications and Prolonged Length of Stay After Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy.

  Chen, Y., Scholten, A., Chomsky-Higgins, K., Nwaogu, I., Gosnell, J.E., Seib, C., Shen, W.T., Suh, I., Duh, Q.Y.

• BRAF(V600E) is correlated with recurrence of papillary thyroid microcarcinoma: A systematic review, multi-institutional primary data analysis, and meta-analysis.

  Chen, Y., Sadow, P.M., Suh, H., Lee, K.E., Choi, J.Y., Suh, Y.J., Wang, T.S., Lubitz, C.C.

• Hidden in Plain Sight: Transoral and Submental Thyroidectomy as a Compelling Alternative to "Scarless" Thyroidectomy.

  Chen, Y., Chomsky-Higgins, K., Nwaogu, I., Seib, C.D., Gosnell, J.E., Shen, W.T., Duh, Q.Y., Suh, I.

• Primary Hyperparathyroidism After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass.

  Chen, Y., Lubitz, C.C., Shikora, S.A., Hodin, R.A., Gaz, R.D., Moore, F.D. Jr., McKenzie, T.J.

• Pediatric thyroidectomy in a high volume thyroid surgery center: Risk factors for postoperative hypocalcemia.

  Chen, Y., Masiakos, P.T., Gaz, R.D., Hodin, R.A., Parangi, S., Randolph, G.W., Sadow, P.M., Stephen, A.E.

• Hypoglycemia after resection of pheochromocytoma.

  Chen, Y., Hodin, R.A., Pandolfi, C., Ruan, D.T., McKenzie, T.J.