Dr. Stephen Y. Chan
Overview
Stephen Y. Chan MD, PhD, is a cardiologist and is certified in cardiovascular disease and internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine. He is director for the Vascular Medicine Institute as well as director for the Center for Pulmonary Vascular Biology and Medicine. Dr. Chan is also a professor of medicine at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He received his medical degree from the University of California San Francisco and completed his residency at Brigham & Women’s Hospital, followed by his fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Chan joined the UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute in 2015. His clinical interests include basic and translational science. Dr. Chan has 98 peer-reviewed publications, 24 of which are original work, and is a member of the American Heart Association and the Pulmonary Hypertension Association. View Dr. Chan's full list of publications from PubMed.
Dr. Chan is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Heart Failure. His top areas of expertise are Pulmonary Hypertension, Hypertension, Cor Pulmonale, Cardiac Ablation, and Pacemaker Implantation.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 159 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, he has co-authored 19 articles in the study of Heart Failure.
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- HMO
- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- HMO
- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- OTHER MEDICARE PART D
- EPO
- HMO
- POS
- PPO
- EPO
- PPO
- EPO
- HMO
- INSURANCE PLAN
- MANAGED MEDICAID PLAN
- MEDICARE MAPD
- MEDICARE PDP
- MEDICARE SNP
- MEDICARE-MEDICAID PLAN
- OTHER MEDICARE
- OTHER MEDICARE PART D
Locations
200 Lothrop Street, 5B, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
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Areas of Expertise
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- Elite
- HypertensionDr. Chan isElite. Learn about Hypertension.
- Pulmonary HypertensionDr. Chan isElite. Learn about Pulmonary Hypertension.
- Advanced
- Cor PulmonaleDr. Chan isAdvanced. Learn about Cor Pulmonale.
- Heart FailureDr. Chan isAdvanced. Learn about Heart Failure.
- Experienced
- Abdominal Obesity Metabolic Syndrome
- AnginaDr. Chan isExperienced. Learn about Angina.
- ApoplexyDr. Chan isExperienced. Learn about Apoplexy.
- Blood ClotsDr. Chan isExperienced. Learn about Blood Clots.
- Cardiac AblationDr. Chan isExperienced. Learn about Cardiac Ablation.
- CardiomyopathyDr. Chan isExperienced. Learn about Cardiomyopathy.