David Chen, MD

David Chen, MD is a board-certified pediatric hospitalist in the Division of Hospital Medicine at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, and a Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the USC Keck School of Medicine.

After completing his residency training at CHLA, he served as a critical care transport physician on the CHLA Emergency Transport Team, and then as a pediatric hospitalist within the Kaiser Northern California healthcare system. There, he practiced a combination of tertiary and community hospital medicine, including neonatal intensive care and critical care transport. He then returned to CHLA, where he currently serves as a hospitalist and clinician educator.

Dr. Chen's principal interest outside of his clinical practice is in medical education, and the development of curricula and educational interventions.  He serves as a core faculty member of, and community site & rotations director for the CHLA Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellowship Program.