Simon Chen, MD
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
My education and training
- Medical School: Washington University School of Medicine
- Residency: Stanford University Medical Center
- Fellowship: Stanford University Medical Center
Spoken languages
English
English
Insurance accepted
Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.
- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
- Clover Health Choice
- Clover Health Choice Value PPO
- Clover Health Classic HMO
- Clover Health Value
- Devoted Health Choice Giveback Pennsylvania (PPO)
- Devoted Health Choice Pennsylvania (PPO)
- Devoted Health Choice Plus Pennsylvania (PPO)
- Devoted Health Core Pennsylvania (HMO)
- Devoted Health Dual Plus Pennsylvania (HMO D-SNP)
- Devoted Health Giveback Pennsylvania (HMO)
Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Pathology - Molecular Genetic
- Pathology - Anatomic and Clinical Pathology, 2020
- Association for Molecular Pathology, National
- Genomics Organization for Academic Laboratories, National
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Bian F, August A, Chen S, Lally S, Shields C, Milman T Correlation of PRAME expression by immunohistochemistry with genomic profiling: a comprehensive clinicopathologic study of 51 conjunctival melanomas , United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology Annual Meeting (San Antonio, Texas; poster): 2026
Shi WY, Liu KJ, Esfahani MS, Mach KE, Phillips NA, Almanza D, Bajpai RK, Schroers-Martin JG, Trabanino L, Lee TJ, La V, Rodriguez G, Holton G, Chen SB, Mullane P, Wu DJ, Nesselbush MC, Sugio T, Cheng JC, Jabara I, Hamilton EG, Alig SK, Liu CL, Peterson DJ, Prado K, Shkolyar E, Thong A, Shah JB, Gill H, Kunder CA, Chan E, Khaki AR, Skinner EC, Alizadeh AA, Liao JC, Diehn M Field-effect-informed urine liquid biopsy for bladder cancer , Cell, 189(4): 2026,1024-38
Jajosky AN, Chen SB, Wagner AH, den Dunnen JT, Morrissette JJD, Tjota MY Navigating complex genomic nomenclature: practical insights from a GOAL consortium workshop , Association for Molecular Pathology Annual Meeting (Boston, Massachusetts; poster): 2025
Landi AS, Cappas-Navarro B, Kalghatgi T, Rimal A, Chitturi A, Gentile C, Herlihy SE, Chen S Race against the clock: validating a rapid NGS myeloid panel , Association for Molecular Pathology Annual Meeting (Boston, Massachusetts; poster): 2025
Bushara O, Devaro D, Ahn SS, Dourlain J, Farooq MS, Brunetti A, Chen S, Feldser D, Kucharczuk JC, Singhal S Characterizing the clinical and molecular profile of SETD2-mutated lung adenocarcinoma , Cancers, 17(21): 2025,3540
Wadsworth PA, Chen SB, Lawrence L, Ho CC, Le JE, Libiran P, Grayson PC, Ferrada MA, Beck DB, Suarez CJ Rapid clinical deployment of UBA1 testing in patients with VEXAS syndrome , American Journal of Clinical Pathology, 164(3): 2025,360-6
Kim JS, Priore SF, Chen SB, Morrissette JJ, Fortuna D, Haye KK, Harris JC, Poniatowski N, Yang G Rare cases of gastrointestinal stromal tumors with concomitant KIT and SDH gene mutations: a single-institution experience , Association for Molecular Pathology Annual Meeting (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; poster): 2024
Elghawy O, Barsouk A, Xu J, Chen S, Cohen RB, Sun L Real world outcomes of cabozantinib therapy in poorly differentiated thyroid carcinoma , European Thyroid Journal, 13(6): 2024,e240225
Madabhushi SC, Chaum M, Chen SB, Fogt F, Lal P Exploring molecular signatures in primary seminal vesicle adenocarcinoma: insights from next generation sequencing , College of American Pathologists Annual Meeting (Las Vegas, Nevada; poster): 2024
Elghawy O, Barsouk A, Heidlauf A, Chen S, Cohen RB, Sun L Single-institution experience of larotrectinib therapy for patients with NTRK fusion-positive thyroid carcinoma , Journal of the Endocrine Society, 8(10): 2024,bvae158