Collin County Living Well Magazine September/October 2018 | Page 56

Robert Chen, M.D. Anesthesiologist Interventional Pain Relief Physician Dr. Robert Chen is a board-certified anesthesiologist and pain management physician who joins The Pain Relief Center from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He has been in practice for over 19 years and focuses on the treatment of acute and chronic pain through interventional methods. Dr. Chen attended the Penn State University College of Medicine and completed his residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital in anesthesiology and critical care in Baltimore. He then completed a pain medicine fellowship at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. He has worked with some of the most prominent leaders in the field of pain medicine. Dr. Chen realizes that there are many competing entities such as government regulations, medical regulations, pharmacy limitations, insurance limitations as well as economic factors which may affect which treatment options are available to each patient. He hopes to be able to evaluate the options available to each individual patient and optimize their treatments. Dr. Chen believes in achieving a balance between the physical, mental, and spiritual aspects of a patient’s health. By combining his experience with advanced pain management techniques and realistic treatment options, Dr. Chen hopes to achieve the best possible outcomes and significantly improve his patients’ quality of life. Dr. Chen loves to spend time with his family, travel and photography. 54 COLLIN COUNTY Living Well Magazine | SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2018