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Tianyan Chen

Academic title(s): 

Assistant Professor, McGill University

Tianyan Chen
Contact Information
Address: 

RVH Site

1001 Decarie Boulevard

Montreal, QC

Degree(s): 

M.D. C.M

Fellowship Training: 

Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Liver Transplantaion

Areas of expertise: 

chronic liver disease, liver cancer, and liver transplantation

Biography: 

Dr. Tianyan Chen joined the Gastroenterology and Hepatology Division at MUHC in 2017. She earned her medical degree at McGill University, where she completed her post-graduate training in Gastroenterology. She subsequently pursued a fellowship in Transplant Hepatology at University of California, San Francisco. Her clinical and research focus are in transplant medicine. She currently serves as a medical advisor for the liver transplant program at INESSS and at Quebec Transplant. She is a member of area of focused competence committee in Solid Organ Transplantation at Royal College.

Selected publications: 
  1. Mendoza Y, Cocciolillo S, Murgia G, Chen T, Margini C, Sebastiani G, Berzigotti A. Noninvasive Markers of Portal Hypertension Detect Decompensation in Overweight or Obese Patients With Compensated Advanced Chronic Liver Disease. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2020 Apr 11;S1542-3565(20)30501-2. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2020.04.018.
  2. Sandal S, Chen T, Cantarovich M. The Challenges With the Cardiac Evaluation of Liver and Kidney Transplant Candidates. Transplantation. 2020 Feb;104(2):251-258. doi: 10.1097/TP.0000000000002951.
  3. Barkati S, Gottstein B, Mu Ller N, Sheitoyan-Pesant C, Metrakos P, Chen T, Garceau R, Libman MD, Ndao M, Yansouni CP. First Human Case of Metacestode Infection Caused by Versteria Sp. In a Kidney Transplant Recipient. Clin Infect Dis. 2019 Feb 1;68(4):680-683. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciy602.
  4. Chen T, Terrault, N. Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C in Patients with Cirrhosis. Curr Opin Gastroenterol. Curr Opin Gastroenterol. 2016 May;32(3):143-51. doi:10.1097/MOG.0000000000000263.
  5. Chen T, Terrault N. Perspectives on treating hepatitis C infection in the liver transplantation setting. Curr Opin Organ Transplant. 2016 Apr;21(2):111-9. doi:10.1097/MOT.0000000000000288.
  6. Chen T, Wong R, Wong P, Rollet-Kurhajec KC, Alshaalan R, Deschenes M, Ghali P, Sebastiani G. Occult cirrhosis diagnosed by transient elastography is a frequent and under-monitored clinical entity. Liver International. 2015 Oct;35(10):2285-93.

 

Location: 
MUHC, Royal Victoria Hospital
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