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Dr. Chen awarded
"Best Doctors in America"
1996-1997

    

   23521 Paseo De Valencia
   Suite # 204
   Laguna Hills, CA 92653
   949-458-2026

About Dr. Chen

Dr. Lido Chen, M.D. is a board certified specialist in Anesthesiology and Pain Management. As an expert in the field of pain management, Dr. Chen has been a guest speaker at professional conferences, and has also served as an associate professor at UCI. Dr. Chen has been in private practice since 1991.

• Diplomat of the American Board of Anesthesiologists.
• Diplomat of the American Board of Pain Medicine.
• Certificate of Added Qualifications in Pain Management, American Board of Anesthesiology, September 1996 to 2017.
• Dr. Chen has held associate and assistant professor positions at UCI.
• Private practice in anesthesia and pain management since 1991.
• Hospital privileges:
• Saddleback Memorial Medical Center
• South Coast Medical Center

EXPERIENCE

• 1991-Present
  Private Practice in Anesthesia and Pain Management
  Hospital Privileges:
  • Saddleback Memorial Medical Center
  • South Coast Medical Center
• 1990-1991
  Associate Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology
  University of California, Irvine Medical Center
• 1984-1990
  Assistant Clinical Professor of Anesthesiology
  Director, Pain Management Center
  University of California, Irvine Medical Center

EDUCATION

• 1978    B.M. degree (equivalent to M.D.)
  College of Medicine, National Taiwan University
  Taipei, Taiwan
• 1980    M.P.H. degree
  University of California, Los Angeles
  Major: Population, Family, and International Health

POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION

• 1979    Resident in Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  National Taiwan University Hospital
  Taipei, Taiwan
• 1981    Intern in Department of Anesthesiology
  
  Flexible Internship
  SUNY Upstate Medical Center
• 1983    Resident in Department of Anesthesiology
  SUNY Upstate Medical Center
• 1984    Fellow in Regional Anesthesia and Chronic Pain Management
  SUNY Upstate Medical Center

CERTIFICATION AND LICENSURE

• National Board Examination in Taiwan, July 1978
• ECFMG, July 1977, 290-275-7
• FLEX, December 1979
• VQE, September 1979
• Diplomat, American Board of Anesthesiology, September 1984
• Physician's and Surgeon's Certificate, July 1984
• Fluoroscopy X-ray Supervisor and Operator, December 1988
• Fellow of The American College of Anesthesiologists
• Diplomat, American Board of Pain Medicine, February 1995
• Certificate of Added Qualifications in Pain Management, American Board of Anesthesiology September 1996 to 2017

MEMBERSHIP

• American Pain Society
• American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians
• International Association for the Study of Pain
• International Spine Injection Society

HONORS

• Roberts D. Dripps, M.D., Memorial Award to the outstanding resident, 1983
• Best Doctors in America, Pacific Region, 1996-1997

SPEAKER AT UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE MEDICAL CENTER AND
       LONG BEACH VA MEDICAL CENTER

1. General Anesthesia versus Regional Anesthesia. January 1985.
2. Mechanism of Pain: Anatomy and Physiology. June 1985.
3. Local Anesthetics. July 1985 and March 1986.
4. Nutrition and Endocrine Disease. July 1986.
5. Physiology and Psychology of Pain. August 1986.
6. Sympathetic Blockade. August 1986.
7. Orthopedic Anesthesia. May 1987 and June 1989.
8. Regional Anesthesia. July and August 1987, July and August 1988, July and August 1989, July and August 1990.
9. Carcinogenic, Mutagenic and Teratogenic effect of Anesthetics. September 1987.
10. Is there any clinical advantage in Regional Anesthesia. September 1988
11. Pain Management, an Overview. September 1988.

INVITED GUEST SPEAKER

1. Low Back Pain. Department of pain Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of California, Irvine Medical Center. November 29, 1985.
2. Cancer Pain Management. Tumor Registry of Orange County. May 1986.
3. Intraspinal Narcotics for Cancer Pain. Tumor Registry of Orange County. July 1986.
4. Anesthesiologist Role in Management of Cancer Pain. Fountain Valley Regional Hospital. June 1988.
5. New Update in Pain Management. Nursing Grand Rounds. April 1990.
6. Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, speaker and moderator. American Pain Society. October 1986.
7. Low Back Pain, speaker. Doctor's Hospital of Santa Ana. August 20, 1992.
8. Postoperative Pain Management. Nursing In-service. South Coast Medical Center. September 1993.
9. General Principles of Post Anesthesia Recovery, speaker. South Coast Medical Center. January 12 and 14, 1993.
10. Pelvic Pain, speaker. Doctor's Hospital of Santa Ana. February 19 and 24, 1994.
11. Back Pain, Evaluation. Doctor's Hospital of Santa Ana. June 4, 1994.
12. Low back Pain, speaker. San Clemente Medical Center. March 19, 1998.
13. Opioids for Nonmalignant Pain, CME speaker. South Coast Medical Center. March 31, 1998
14. Opioids for Nonmalignant Pain, CME speaker. Saddleback Memorial Medical Center March, 1998
15. Interventional Pain Management, CME speaker. Saddleback Memorial Medical Center. March 10, 2004

PANELIST

• American Dreams in Asian American Chinese. July 2, 1985. Department of Social Worker and Psychology, University of California, Long Beach.
• Asian American's Experience in USA. July 1988. Department of Social Worker and Psychology, University of California, Long Beach.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Abstracts presentation at American Society of Anesthesiologist New Orleans, 1989. Title: Thermographic Evaluation in Epidural Analgesia
2. Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, p.113-119, Chronic Problems in Pain Management, Theresa Ferrer-Brechner, 1990.
3. Post-thoracotomy Pain Syndrome, p. 139-142, Chronic Problems in Pain Management, Theresa Ferrer-Brechner, 1990.

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