Bravewell Fellow, Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, UCSF

Steven Chen, MD, is a Family Medicine Physician practicing at Asian Health Services, a community health center in Oakland Chinatown, serving a diverse pan-Asian immigrant/refugee community with limited English proficiency.

While at Stanford Medical School, he helped found an innovative program to train future physician leaders in community health and public service. After finishing his Famly Medicine residency at UCSF-San Francisco General Hospital, he was a Visiting Scholar at Tzu Chi Buddhist Hospital and Medical Center in Taiwan. He has also worked as a clinical volunteer in Paraguay, Guatemala, and Ecuador.

His focus and areas of interest have been on the integration of social justice, spirituality, and the compassionate delivery of care. His area of expertise is in working in cross-cultural, underserved settings.

As an Associate Fellow in the Program in Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona, Dr. Chen has a particular interest in emotional literacy, self care, osteopathic manipulative medicine, and acupuncture.