Michael Chen

Michael Chen, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine) at Yale School of Medicine. He specializes in heart failure management and mechanical circulatory support, with a focus on improving patient outcomes through left ventricular assist device (LVAD) optimization and cardiac contractility modulation.

• Education:
  • MD, University of Michigan (2007)
  • BA in Biochemistry, Harvard University

Dr. Chen’s research explores less invasive LVAD placement techniques, predictors of post-LVAD survival (e.g., preoperative lymphopenia), and multi-organ interactions in heart failure (e.g., cardio-renal syndrome, chloride homeostasis). His work also addresses decision regret in LVAD patients and gender-based variations in myocardial recovery.

Key co-authors in his research include Pramod Bonde, Tariq Ahmad, and Lavanya Bellumkonda. His clinical practice at Yale Medicine includes ventricular assist device (VAD) and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) therapies.