Dr. Chen began his education at Cornell University, where he graduated near the top of his class. He attended medical school at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where he received numerous academic distinctions and awards for community service. He began his surgery training in the Harvard Surgical Service at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, where he was trained by the world-renowned Dr. Josef E. Fischer. After completing the residency in general surgery at Harvard, he continued his plastic, reconstructive, and hand surgery fellowship training at the University of Pittsburgh. There, he was trained by the world-renowned Drs. Andrew W.P. Lee, William Futrell, and Joseph Imbriglia. It is no accident that the University of Pittsburgh is one of the most prestigious places to train plastic surgeons. It has trained more Chiefs of Plastic Surgery than any training program in the world.