Lee-may Chen, MD

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, B.S., 1985-1989, Biomedical Sciences
University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, M.D., 1988-1992, Chinese Studies, Medicine
University of Michigan Hospitals, Ann Arbor, MI, Residency, 1992-1996, Obstetrics & Gynecology
University of California, Los Angeles & Cedars-Sinai Medical Centers, Fellowship, 1996-1999, Gynecologic Oncology
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 2006-2007, Teaching Scholars Program
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 2010, Mentor Development Program

• 1999-2007
  Assistant Clinical Professor, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, & Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco
• 2007-present
  Associate Clinical Professor, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, & Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco

• 1999
  ASCO/AACR Methods in Clinical Cancer Research Workshop
• 2001
  Berlex Foundation, Junior Faculty Development Course
• 2002
  ACOG/CREOG National Faculty Award
• 2003-2005
  UCSF Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences
• 2007-2008
  Outstanding Resident Teaching Award
• 2006
  Cancer Liason Physician Outstanding Performance Award
• 2010
  Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center Quality Award
• 2010
  The Ernie H. Rosenbaum, MD Commitment to Patient Care Award
• 2010-present
  Edward C. Hill, MD, Endowed Chair

• C Osborne, L Chen, and RG Matthews. Isolation, Cloning, Mapping, and Nucleotide Sequencing of the Gene Encoding Flavodoxin in Escherichia coli. J. Bacteriol 1991. 173 (5): 1729-1737.
• L Chen and RK Reynolds. Managment of the Abnormal Pap Smear in Pregnancy. The Female Patient 1996. 21 (10): 83-93.
• L Chen and JS Berek. Progress in Ovarian Cancer. Curr Op Obstet Gynecol 1998. 10: 51-55.
• L Chen and BY Karlan. Early Detection and Risk Reduction for Familial Gynecologic Cancers. Clin Obstet Gynecol 1998. 41 (1): 200-214.
• L Chen, JC Schink, D Barbuto, B Panares, and LD Lagasse. Case Report: Resection of a Giant Aggressive Angiomyxoma in the Philippines. Gynecol Oncol 1998. 70 (3): 435-439.
• L Chen, KF McGonigle and JS Berek. Endometrial Cancer: Recent Developments in Evaluation and Treatment. Oncol 1999. 13 (12): 1665-1670.
• L Chen, RS Leuchter, LD Lagasse, and BY Karlan. Splenectomy and Surgical Cytoreduction for Ovarian Cancer. Gynecol Oncol 2000. 77: 362-368.
• L Chen and BY Karlan. Recurrent Ovarian Carcinoma: Is There a Place for Surgery? Semin Surg Oncol 2000. 19 (1): 62-68.
• L Chen, SD Yamada, YS Fu, RL Baldwin, BY Karlan. Molecular similarities between primary peritoneal and primary ovarian carcinomas. Int J Gynecol Cancer. 2003 Nov-Dec;13(6):749-55.
• M Manuel, L Chen, AB Caughey, LL Subak. Cost-effectiveness analyses in gynecologic oncology: methodologic quality and trends. Gynecol Oncol 2004; 93:1-8.
• L Chen, ER Lengyel, CB Powell. Single Agent Pulse Dactinomycin Has Only Modest Activity for Methotrexate Resistant Gestational Trophoblastic Neoplasia. Gynecol Oncol 2004; 94: 204-207.
• TT Wu, FV Coakley, A Qayyum, BM Yeh, BN Joe, and L Chen. Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Ovarian Cancer Arising in Endometriomas. J Comput Assist Tomogr 2004; 28: 836-838.
• L Chen, LA Learman, V Weinberg, CB Powell. Discordance between beliefs and recommendations of gynecologic oncologists in ovarian cancer management. Int J Gynecol Cancer 2004; 14: 1055-1062.
• CB Powell, E Kenley, L Chen, B Crawford, J McLennan, C Zaloudek, M Komaromy, M Beattie, J Ziegler. Risk-Reducing Salpingo-oophorectomy in BRCA Mutation Carriers: Role of Serial Sectioning in the Detection of Occult Malignancy. J Clin Oncol 2005; 23: 127-132.
• KH Lu, M Dinh, W Kohlmann, P Watson, J Green, S Syngal, P Bandipalliam, L Chen, B Allen, P Conrad, J Terdiman, C Sun, M Daniels, T Burke, DM Gershenson, H Lynch, P Lynch, RR Broaddus. Gynecologic Cancer as a "Sentinel Cancer" for Women with Hereditary Nonpolyposis Colorectal Cancer Syndrome. Obstet Gyncol 2005; 105: 569-574.
• L Chen, M Rubin, K Smith-McCune. Screening and Treatment of HPV-Related Diseases in Gynecologic Practice. Semin Colon Rectal Surg 2004; 15:201-209.
• RR Broaddus, HT Lynch, L Chen, MS Daniels, P Conrad, MF Munsell, KG White, R Luthra, KH Lu. Pathologic Features of Endometrial Cancer Associated with HNPCC: A Comparison to Sporadic Endometrial Cancer. Cancer 2006; 106: 87-94.
• KM Schmeler, HT Lynch, L Chen, MF Munsell, PT Soliman, MB Clark, MS Daniels, KG White, SG Boyd-Rogers, PG Conrad, KY Yang, MM Rubin, CC Sun, BM Slomovitz, DM Gershenson, KH Lu. Prophylactic Surgery to Reduce the Risk of Gynecologic Cancers in the Lynch Syndrome. N Engl J Med 2006; 354: 261-269.
• CA Hamilton, MK Cheung, K Osann, L Chen, NN Teng, TS Longacre, MA Powell, MR Hendrickson, DS Kapp, JK Chan. Uterine papillary serous and clear cell carcinomas predict for poorer survival compared to grade 3 endometrioid corpus cancers. Br Med J 2006; 94: 642-646.
• Chang WC, MD Meux, BM Yeh, A Qayyum, BN Joe, L Chen, FV Coakley. CT and MRI of adnexal masses in patients with primary non-ovarian malignancy. AJR Am Journal of Roentgenol 2006; 186: 1039-1045.
• L Chen, M Rubin, K Smith-McCune. Screening and Treatment of HPV-Related Diseases in Gynecologic Practice. Semin Colon Rectal Surg 2004; 15:201-209.
• WC Chang, MD Meux, BM Yeh, A Qayyum, BN Joe, L Chen, FV Coakley. CT and MRI of adnexal masses in patients with primary non-ovarian malignancy. AJR Am Journal of Roentgenol 2006; 186: 1039-1045.
• L Chen and CB Powell. Practical Guidelines for Risk-reducing Salpingo-oophorectomy. Contemporary OB/GYN 2006; 51: 86-92.
• L Chen. Early Ovarian Cancer: Prevention, Diagnosis, Treatment. Adv Stud Med 2006; 6: 224-230.
• K Yang, B Allen, P Conrad, CB Powell, J Terdiman, L Chen. Awareness of gynecologic surveillance in women from hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer families. Familial Cancer 2006; 5: 405-409.
• L Chen, K Yang, SE Little, MK Cheung, AB Caughey. Gynecologic Cancer Prevention in Lynch Syndrome/Hereditary Non-Polyposis Colorectal Cancer Families. Obstet Gynecol. 2007; 110: 18-25.
• CB Powell, A Kneier, L Chen, M Rubin, C Kronenwetter, and E Levine. A Randomized Study of the Effectiveness of a Brief Psychosocial Intervention for Women Attending a Gynecologic Cancer Clinic. Gynecol Oncol 2008; 111: 137-143.
• JT Rabban JT, B Crawford, L Chen, CB Powell, and CJ Zaloudek. Transitional Cell Metaplasia of Fallopian Tube Fimbriae. Am J Surg Pathol 2009; 33: 111-119.
• JT Rabban, M Barnes, L Chen, CB Powell, B Crawford, CJ Zaloudek: Ovarian pathology in risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomies from women with BRCA mutations, emphasizing the differential diagnosis of occult primary and metastatic carcinoma. Am J Surg Pathol 2009 33:1125-36.
• L Chen, VK Weinberg, C Chen, CB Powell, L Chen, JK Chan, DH Burkhardt: Perioperative outcomes comparing patient controlled epidural versus intravenous analgesia in gynecologic oncology surgery. Gynecol Oncol 2009; 115: 357-361.
• DH Kim, A Wang-Chesebro, V Weinberg, J Pouliot, L Chen, J Speight, R Little, I Hsu. High Dose Rate Brachytherapy Using Inverse Planning Simulated Annealing for Locoregionally Advanced Cervical Cancer: A Clinical Report with 2-Year Follow-Up. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2009; 75: 1329-1334.
• JT Rabban, E Krasik, L Chen, CB Powell, B Crawford, CJ Zaloudek. Multistep level sections to detect occult fallopian tube carcinoma in risk-reducing salpingo-oophorectomies from women with BRCA mutations: Implications for defining an optimal specimen dissection protocol. Am J Surg Pathol 2009; 33: 1878-1885.