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Lea Ann Chen, MD

Director, IBD Translational Research
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
New Brunswick, New Jersey

Dr. Lea Ann Chen, MD is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology and the Director of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Translational Research at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick, NJ. She completed her medical degree at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, her internal medicine training at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City, and her gastroenterology fellowship in the physician-scientist track at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
Clinically, Dr. Chen specializes in the care of patients with IBD and complicated C. difficile infections, and she has a special interest in working with underserved populations.
Her research is focused on understanding longitudinal microbiome dynamics in the pathogenesis and behavior of IBD and its implications for clinical care. Her research has been funded by the National Institute of Health, the American Gastroenterological Association, the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation, the American College of Gastroenterology, and multiple private and industry sponsors.

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