Dr. Peng Roc Chen, M.D., FACS, FAANS
Professor in Neurosurgery
Memorial Hermann Chair
Vice Chair of Cerebrovascular Research
Director, Cerebrovascular/Endovascular Program
Director, Cerebrovascular/Endovascular Fellowship Program
Department of Neurosurgery
University of Texas McGovern Medical School
Education & Training
Graduate School
Sun Yat-Sen University of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China
Residency
Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts (Neurosurgery)
Fellowship
Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts (Neuro-interventional radiology)
Fellowship
Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, Arizona (Cerebrovascular/skull base)
Fellowship
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Neuro-interventional radiology and cerebrovascular neurosurgery)
Dr. Roc Chen is a Professor of Neurosurgery at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) Medical School. He received his medical degree at Sun Yat-Sen University of Medical Sciences in Guangzhou, China, followed by residencies at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Children’s Hospital of Harvard Medical School. He has completed fellowships in neurointerventional radiology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital of Harvard Medical School, in cerebrovascular and skull base surgery at Barrow Neurological Institute and in neuroendovascular surgery and cerebrovascular neurosurgery at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.
Prior to joining McGovern Medical School and the Mischer Neuroscience Institute, he was an assistant professor of neurosurgery, director of the Cerebrovascular and Neuroendovascular Program and director of the Skull Base Program at Baylor College of Medicine.
Specialties
Cerebrovascular and Neuroendovascular Neurosurgery: Intracranial aneurysms, brain arteriovenous malformations, spinal arteriovenous malformations, carotid artery stenosis or occlusion, cavernous malformation (or hemagioma, or cavernoma), intracranial artery occlusion with or without stroke, Moyamoya diseases, carotid artery or vertebral artery dissection.
Skull base Neurosurgery: Acoustic neuroma ( or vestibular schwannoma), brainstem cavernous malformation, skull base meningioma and other tumors.
Dr. Chen specializes the following treatment modalities in cerebrovascular or spinal vascular diseases:
Cerebrovascular open micro-neurosurgery: clipping of intracranial aneurysms, surgical resection of brain or spine arteriovenous malformations, carotid artery endarterectomy, bypass anastomosis for intracranial giant aneurysms or stroke.
Neuroendovascular neurosurgery: coiling for intracranial aneurysms, embolization for brain or spinal arteriovenous malformations, carotid angioplasty and stenting, intracranial angioplasty and stenting for artery occlusion/stroke.
Board Certifications
American Board of Neurological Surgery
Clinical Studies
Principle investigator: The Carotid Occlusion Surgery Study (COSS), a NIH-funded, randomized multicenter clinical trial.
Principle investigator: Patient Specific Computer Modeling of Blood Flow in Intracranial Aneurysms.
Principle investigator: A Randomoized Multicenter Clinical Trial of Unruptured Brain AVM (ARUBA), a NIH-funded, randomized clinical study.
Principle investigator: Evaluation of Presidio and Cerecyte Coils in Large and Giant Aneurysms (PAC) Study.
Principle investigator: Evaluation of Onyx HD 500 Embolic System in the Treatment of Wide-Neck Intracranial Aneurysms.
Investigator: Interventional Management of Stroke Trial Phase III (IMS-III). A randomized, multi-center, open-label, 900 subject clinical trial that will examine whether a combined intravenous (IV) and intra-arterial (IA) approach to recanlization is superior to standard IV rt-PA (Activase) alon when initiated within three hours of acute ischemic stroke onset.
Investigator: MR and Recanalization of Stroke Clots Using Embolectomy (MR RESCUE) & UCLA SPOTRIAS Center Application.
Professor in Neurosurgery
Memorial Hermann Chair
Vice Chair of Cerebrovascular Research
Director, Cerebrovascular/Endovascular Program
Director, Cerebrovascular/Endovascular Fellowship Program
Department of Neurosurgery
University of Texas McGovern Medical School
Education & Training
Graduate School
Sun Yat-Sen University of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China
Residency
Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts (Neurosurgery)
Fellowship
Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts (Neuro-interventional radiology)
Fellowship
Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, Arizona (Cerebrovascular/skull base)
Fellowship
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Neuro-interventional radiology and cerebrovascular neurosurgery)
Dr. Roc Chen is a Professor of Neurosurgery at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) Medical School. He received his medical degree at Sun Yat-Sen University of Medical Sciences in Guangzhou, China, followed by residencies at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Children’s Hospital of Harvard Medical School. He has completed fellowships in neurointerventional radiology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital of Harvard Medical School, in cerebrovascular and skull base surgery at Barrow Neurological Institute and in neuroendovascular surgery and cerebrovascular neurosurgery at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.
Prior to joining McGovern Medical School and the Mischer Neuroscience Institute, he was an assistant professor of neurosurgery, director of the Cerebrovascular and Neuroendovascular Program and director of the Skull Base Program at Baylor College of Medicine.
Specialties
Cerebrovascular and Neuroendovascular Neurosurgery: Intracranial aneurysms, brain arteriovenous malformations, spinal arteriovenous malformations, carotid artery stenosis or occlusion, cavernous malformation (or hemagioma, or cavernoma), intracranial artery occlusion with or without stroke, Moyamoya diseases, carotid artery or vertebral artery dissection.
Skull base Neurosurgery: Acoustic neuroma ( or vestibular schwannoma), brainstem cavernous malformation, skull base meningioma and other tumors.
Dr. Chen specializes the following treatment modalities in cerebrovascular or spinal vascular diseases:
Cerebrovascular open micro-neurosurgery: clipping of intracranial aneurysms, surgical resection of brain or spine arteriovenous malformations, carotid artery endarterectomy, bypass anastomosis for intracranial giant aneurysms or stroke.
Neuroendovascular neurosurgery: coiling for intracranial aneurysms, embolization for brain or spinal arteriovenous malformations, carotid angioplasty and stenting, intracranial angioplasty and stenting for artery occlusion/stroke.
Board Certifications
American Board of Neurological Surgery
Clinical Studies
Principle investigator: The Carotid Occlusion Surgery Study (COSS), a NIH-funded, randomized multicenter clinical trial.
Principle investigator: Patient Specific Computer Modeling of Blood Flow in Intracranial Aneurysms.
Principle investigator: A Randomoized Multicenter Clinical Trial of Unruptured Brain AVM (ARUBA), a NIH-funded, randomized clinical study.
Principle investigator: Evaluation of Presidio and Cerecyte Coils in Large and Giant Aneurysms (PAC) Study.
Principle investigator: Evaluation of Onyx HD 500 Embolic System in the Treatment of Wide-Neck Intracranial Aneurysms.
Investigator: Interventional Management of Stroke Trial Phase III (IMS-III). A randomized, multi-center, open-label, 900 subject clinical trial that will examine whether a combined intravenous (IV) and intra-arterial (IA) approach to recanlization is superior to standard IV rt-PA (Activase) alon when initiated within three hours of acute ischemic stroke onset.
Investigator: MR and Recanalization of Stroke Clots Using Embolectomy (MR RESCUE) & UCLA SPOTRIAS Center Application.