Overview
Dr. Chen was born and raised in Texas. She attended the University of Texas at Austin for undergrad and graduated with a B.S in Human Biology in 2007. She went to Texas A&M Health Science Center for medical school and moved to the windy city to complete her Internal Medicine residency at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Here, she was awarded the Humanistic award at the end of her training.
After realizing her great interest in Endocrinology, Dr. Chen chose to do her fellowship at the University of Colorado. Though Dr. Chen enjoys all parts of Endocrinology, she used her time in fellowship to research newer Diabetes medications and how to optimize Diabetes care. Other areas of interest include Reproductive Endocrinology, Thyroid disease and Pituitary disorders.
She is excited to come back to the great state of Texas and call Austin home.
Dr. Chen joined TD&E in 2016.
Ms. Chen is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Papillary Thyroid Cancer. Her top areas of expertise are Type 2 Diabetes (T2D), Thyroid Nodule, Hypothyroidism, and Osteoporosis.
Her clinical research consists of participating in 1 clinical trial. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
Insurance
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Accepted insurance plans
- UnitedHealthcare
Locations
5000 Davis Lane Ste 200, Austin, TX 78749
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Chen has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
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.
1 Clinical Trials
Scott And White Clinic
Shema Ahmad is an Endocrinologist in Austin, Texas. Dr. Ahmad and is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Papillary Thyroid Cancer. Her top areas of expertise are Hyperparathyroidism, Hyperthyroidism, Obesity in Children, and Thyroid Nodule.
Simona Scumpia MD PA
Simona Scumpia is an Endocrinologist in Austin, Texas. Dr. Scumpia and is rated as an Advanced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Papillary Thyroid Cancer. Her top areas of expertise are Obesity in Children, Hypothyroidism, Follicular Thyroid Cancer, and Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer.
Jaime Cruz is an Endocrinologist in San Antonio, Texas. Dr. Cruz and is rated as a Distinguished provider by MediFind in the treatment of Papillary Thyroid Cancer. His top areas of expertise are Hashimoto Thyroiditis, Thyroid Nodule, Graves Disease, and Prolactinoma.
Areas of Expertise
When evaluating expertise, MediFind pulls from factors such as the number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
To learn more about how MediFind determines the expertise levels, check out our expert tiers page.
- Experienced
- Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer
- Eunuchoidism Familial Hypogonadotropic
- Familial Hypocalciuric Hypercalcemia Type 1
- Follicular Thyroid Cancer
- Hypercalcemia
- Hyperparathyroidism