Speaker Profile
M.D., MS, Chief Scientific Officer, Personalis
Biography
As Chief Scientific Officer, Dr. Chen leads research, development, and clinical efforts at Personalis. He leads a team of bioinformaticians, engineers, scientists, and clinicians developing genomics-based precision medicine solutions in cancer and immuno-oncology. A physician scientist, Dr. Chen has extensive industry experience in immuno-oncology, bioinformatics, systems biology, translational genomics, and product development. Dr. Chen has co-founded and served on the board of several companies, including Ingenuity Systems which pioneered systems biology approaches to genomic data analysis for scientific discovery and data interpretation. Dr. Chen has also served on the clinical faculty at Stanford University School of Medicine where he led process and technology innovation for improved health care delivery. Dr. Chen received a BS in Computer Science, MS in Biomedical Informatics, and a MD from Stanford University and Medical School. He completed his Chief Residency and Dermatology Specialty Training at Stanford and is board certified.
