Jonathan Michael Chen MD

Dr. Jonathan Michael Chen, MD, is the Co-Director of the Cardiac Center and holds the Mortimer J. Buckley Jr., MD, Endowed Chair in Cardiac Surgery at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

Dr. Chen graduated from Yale University in 1990 and Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons in 1994.   He completed General Surgery Residency and Cardiothoracic Surgery Fellowships at New York-Presbyterian Hospital and he then joined the faculty there.   From 2008-2013, he served as Chief of Pediatric Cardiovascular Services and the David Wallace-Starr Foundation Professor at Weill Medical College of Cornell University, as well as Surgical Director of the Pediatric Heart Transplant Program at the Columbia University campus.  Dr. Chen served as the Chief of Congenital Cardiac Surgery, Co-Director of the Heart Center, Professor of Surgery at the University of Washington School of Medicine, and holder of the Sam and Althea Stroum Endowed Chair in Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery.

His clinical research has primarily been directed toward surgical issues in complex congenital heart care and cardiac transplantation (focusing on advances with operative techniques, outcomes research, and transplantation for congenital heart disease), with a particular emphasis on the development of mechanical ventricular assist devices for children, as well as stem-cell based valved conduits for pediatric application. 

Dr. Chen holds important leadership positions in cardiac surgery organizations and currently serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.  Dr. Chen has an interest in extending excellent cardiovascular care to the developing world and he has led humanitarian trips to Cambodia, Senegal, China, India, and Brazil over the past decade under the aegis of several volunteer organizations.