Pauline W. Chen

Pauline W. Chen was educated at Harvard University and Northwestern University Medical School and completed her general surgery training at Yale University. Dr. Chen is the recipient of numerous awards including the UCLA Physician of the Year Award in 1999 and the George Longstreth Humanness Award at Yale for “most exemplifying empathy, kindness, and care in an age of advancing technology.” Her book, Final Exams: A Young Surgeon’s Reflections on Mortality, was published by Knopf in January 2007. Her website is at www.paulinechen.com.

Pauline W. Chen’s website is at paulinechen.com.

Published in VQR

• The Gross-Out Factor, Spring 2007
• Morbidity and Mortality: A Surgeon Under Exam, Winter 2007
• Dead Enough?: The Paradox of Brain Death, Fall 2005
• An Interview with Pauline W. Chen