Jane Chen
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Credentials
MD, FACC, FHRS

Professor of Medicine
Biography

Bio

Administrator Info

Name: Wendy Markuson
Email: marku002@umn.edu
Mail: 420 Delaware St SE, MMC 508, Room 278 VCRC, Minneapolis, MN

Summary
Dr. Chen grew up in Chicago, IL and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from the University of Illinois in Urbana. She received her medical degree from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, and completed her residency in Internal Medicine at Washington University/Barnes Hospital. Her training in cardiology and cardiac electrophysiology were completed at the Harvard Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. She then joined the faculty at Washington University School of Medicine, serving as the Director of the Electrophysiology Fellowship Program. Prior to joining the faculty at the University of Minnesota, she was the Director of the Electrophysiology Laboratory at the Orlando VA Medical Center. She is currently the Director of the Cardiovascular Fellowship and Electrophysiology Fellowship Programs, and the Director of the Arrhythmia Device Clinic.

Research Interests
Sudden cardiac death
Metabolic influences of cardiac arrhythmias

Teaching Summary

Arrhythmias; EKG interpretation; Intracardiac interpretation; device management

Clinical Summary

Ablations, Advanced device therapy, Arrhythmia, Atrial fibrillation, Biventricular ICD implantation, Cardiac arrhythmia, Cardiac electrophysiology, Defibrillator therapy, Heart rhythm disturbances, ICD implantation, Inherited/genetic cardiomyopathies, Implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD), Implantable cardiac device management, Palpitations, Pacemaker implementation, Subcutaneous cardiac monitoring, Supraventricular tachycardia ablation, Syncope and autonomic dysfunction

Honors and Recognition

Best Doctors in America & Best Doctors in Orlando, FL, Orlando Magazine
2015
Best Doctors in America & Best Doctors in St. Louis, MO, St. Louis Magazine
2007
Selected Publications

Selected Publications

Chen, J., 2012. Atrial Fibrillation and Atrial Flutter. Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, 28 (4): 635-647.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cger.2012.08.002 PubMed ID: 23101574.
Chen, J., 2010. Basic ICD Systems (Chapter 11).. In Ellenbogen, K. A., Natale, A., Al-Ahmad, A., Wang, J. (Eds.), Pacemakers and Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators: An Expert's Manual Cardiotext Publishing,
Chen, J., Wilkoff, B. L., Choucair, W., Cohen, T. J., Crossley, G. H., Johnson, W. B., Mongeon, L. R., Serwer, G. A., Sherfesee, L., 2008. Design of the Pacemaker REmote Follow-up Evaluation and Review (PREFER) trial to assess the clinical value of the remote pacemaker interrogation in the management of pacemaker patients.. Trials, 9 18.
doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-9-18 PubMed ID: 18387185.
Chen, J., Anselme, F., Smith, T. W., Zimetbaum, P., Epstein, L. M., Papageorgiou, P., Josephson, M. E., 2004. Standard right atrial ablation is effective for atrioventricular nodal reentry with earliest activation in the coronary sinus.. Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, 15 (1): 2-7.