Kelly M. Chin MD, MSCA

Kelly Chin, M.D., is a Professor of Internal Medicine and Director of Pulmonary Hypertension Clinical Research at UT Southwestern Medical Center, and also serves as the Director of the Heart Lung Clinic. She specializes in the treatment and research of pulmonary hypertension. Dr. Chin attended UT Southwestern for her medical degree and her residency in internal medicine. She went to the University of California, San Diego, for a fellowship in pulmonary, critical care, and pulmonary hypertension. She joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2005.

She conducts clinical research into pulmonary hypertension treatments, markers of prognosis, and risk factors for the development of pulmonary hypertension. Dr. Chin is board-certified in pulmonary disease and in critical care medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine.

She has been recognized as a leader in her field, serving on multiple clinical trial steering committees and serving as an Associate Editor for Circulation. She has also received several teaching awards and has been listed consistently on Texas Monthly's "Super Doctors" and D Magazine's "Best Doctors" lists.