
Chwen-Yuen Angie Chen MD FACP, FASAM (She/Her)
Addiction Medicine
Clinical Professor of Medicine, Medical Director of Primary Care Chemical Dependency Services
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300 Pasteur DrStanford, CA 94305
Phone+1 650-723-4000
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Education & Training
University of California Davis HealthFellowship, Neurological Surgery, 2008 - 2009
Santa Clara Valley Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 2005 - 2008
Sutter Health/California Pacific Medical CenterInternship, Psychiatry, 2004 - 2005
University of California, Davis, School of MedicineClass of 2004
Foothill CollegeAS, Pre-Health/ Biological Sciences, 1995 - 1997
New York UniversityBFA, Film/Television and Cinematography, 1986 - 1990
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 2006 - 2026
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Preventive Medicine Addiction Medicine- American Board of Addiction MedicineAddiction Medicine
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Exceptional Mentor Award American Medical Women’s Association, 2020
- Customer Service Award Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, 2008
- Research Fellow Participant Research Fellow Participant, 2005
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Clinical Trials
- Study of Naltrexone for Methamphetamine Addiction Start of enrollment: 2009 Sep 01
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Predicting treatment retention in medication for opioid use disorder: a machine learning approach using NLP and LLM-derived clinical features.Fateme Nateghi Haredasht, Ivan Lopez, Steven Tate, Pooya Ashtari, Min Min Chan
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 2025-12-01 - 4 citationsJoint Clinical Practice Guideline on Benzodiazepine Tapering: Considerations When Risks Outweigh Benefits.Emily Brunner, Chwen-Yuen A Chen, Tracy Klein, Donovan Maust, Maryann Mazer-Amirshahi
Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2025-09-01 - 3 citationsPredictability of buprenorphine-naloxone treatment retention: A multi-site analysis combining electronic health records and machine learning.Fateme Nateghi Haredasht, Sajjad Fouladvand, Steven Tate, Min Min Chan, Joannas Jie Lin Yeow
Addiction. 2024-10-01
Journal Articles
- Physician Suicide: A Scoping Literature Review to Highlight Opportunities For PreventionTiffany I. Leung, Sima S. Pendharkar, Chwen-Yuen Angie Chen, Rebecca Snyder, Global Psychiatry, 7/7/2020
- Seeking and Implementing Evidence-Based Physician Suicide PreventionTiffany I Leung, Chwen-Yuen Angie Chen, JAMA Internal Medicine
- A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Sustained-Release Dextroamphetamine for Treatment of Methamphetamine Addiction.G P Galloway, R Buscemi, J R Coyle, K Flower, J D Siegrist, LA Fiske, MJ Baggott, L Li, D Polcin, CYA Chen and J Mendelson, Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics
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Abstracts/Posters
- Cola-kalemia: A Case of Cola Induced Hypokalemic Myopathy.CY Lin, MD; CYAChen, MD, C Wang, MD, MPH; S Kurani, PM&R conference
- Pathways to Substance Abuse, Treatment for Adolescents in an HMO: Implication for Policy.CYA Chen, Annual AACAP Meeting
Lectures
- CSAM Addiction Medicine Review Course 2014-2020 American Board of Addiction Medicine Exam Preparation Track: Alcohol Use Disorders and 12 –Step Concepts
- 2015 Women’s Association for Addiction Treatment (WAAT) San Mateo Chapter Monthly Conference CEU offered: Relapse Prevention Medications and Smoking Cessation in Recov...San Mateo
- Alcohol Use Disorder: An Overview.California Pacific Medical Center, Psychiatry Residency Program
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Other
- Book Review: Inside Rehab by Anne M. Fletcher, MS RD, CSAM News Vol. 39/No.2 Fall 2013, a review of Fletcher's attempt to dissect America’s drug and alcohol treatment ...C Y A Chen
- Welcome to Happy Hour; How Alcohol Affects Women.C-Y A. Chen, Dominican Medical Foundation, Care Comes First
http://www.dominicanmedical.org/stellent/groups/public/@xinternet_conmg_dsc/documents/webcontent/197
Authored Content
- Seeking and Implementing Evidence-Based Physician Suicide PreventionJune 2020
- Chapter 92: Alcohol Use Disorders: Diagnosis and TreatmentMay 2019
- Physician Substance Use DisordersMay 2019
Press Mentions
As Treatable as Diabetes? Lawmakers Push New Ways to Stem Opioid AddictionSeptember 7th, 2018
Internists Recommend How to Prevent and Treat Substance Use DisordersMay 30th, 2019
Prevent, Recognize ImpairmentAugust 5th, 2020- Join now to see all
Committees
- Physician, California Medical Association’s (CMA) Physicians' and Dentists' Confidential Assistance Line 2015 - Present
- Physician, RAP-C 2015 - Present
- Alternate Delegate; Reference Committee Chair 2015, CMA HOD - ACP 2012 - Present
- Board Member; Treasurer 2013; President 2016-18; Governor CANO 2020-2024, Cal-ACP C6 2009 - Present
- Physician, CSAM Clinical Advisory Task Force to CPPPH 2011 - 2012
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
- Member
- Member
- California Society of Addiction MedicineMember; Newsletter Editor
Other Languages
- Chinese (Mandarin)
Industry Relationships
- Clinical Advisor, Anonymous Health2023 - Present
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