Joseph Cheng-thai Chen MD, PhD

Joseph Cheng-Thai Chen is Chief of Neurosurgery at Kern Medical and Adjunct Associate Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine. He is a Diplomate of the American Board of Neurological Surgery.

Dr. Chen graduated from Johns Hopkins University and received his M.D.-Ph.D. at NYU. He trained in neurosurgery at the USC-affiliated hospitals. He then worked in the Southern California Kaiser Permanente system establishing one of the highest-volume stereotactic radiosurgery programs. He is a Clinical Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery at USC. At Kern Medical, he is Chief of Neurosurgery and leads the efforts in acute care neurosurgery, neurotrauma, neuro-oncology and brain tumors, and neurosurgical pain management.

He is also an expert in endoscopic neurosurgery. He has authored over 40 peer-reviewed scientific publications and has been an invited speaker at both domestic and international neurosurgical forums. Dr. Chen is a Fellow of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and a member of the Western Neurosurgical Society. Dr. Chen is a Director of the California Association of Neurological Surgeons.