UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

Photo of A. Jo Chien, MD  A. Jo Chien, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Medicine, UCSF

Contact

353-7070
353-7021 (fax)

Box 1710, UCSF; San Francisco, CA 94143-1710

Additional websites:
    Physician Referral Directory

Education

Stanford University, Stanford, CA, BS w/ Honors, 1998, Biological Sciences
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, MD, 2003

Professional Experience

  • 2003-2004
    Intern, Internal Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
  • 2004-2006
    Resident, Internal Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
  • 2006-2009
    Fellow, Hematology and Oncology, UCSF, San Francisco, CA
  • 2007-2009
    Chief Fellow, Hematology and Oncology, UCSF, San Francisco, CA

Honors & Awards

  • 1994
    Robert C. Byrd California State Scholarship
  • 1994
    Stanford University Presidential Scholar
  • 1996
    Howard Hughes Undergraduate Research Grant
  • 1998
    Phi Beta Kappa Society Electee
  • 1998
    Stanford University Department of Biological Sciences Graduate of Distinction
  • 2003
    Massachusetts Medical Society and Alliance Charitable Foundation International Health Grant
  • 2008
    ASCO Young Investigator Award
  • 2008
    ASCO Foundation Merit Award
  • 2008
    American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellowship

Selected Publications

  • Chien, AJ, Goss, PE. Aromatase Inhibitors and bone health in women with breast cancer, Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2006 Nov 20;24(33):5305-12.
  • Chien, AJ, Moasser, MM. Cellular Mechanisms of Resistance to Anthracyclines and Taxanes: Intrinsic and Acquired, Seminars in Oncology. 2008 Apr;35(2 Suppl 2):S1-S14; quiz S39.
  • Chien, AJ, Illi, J, Ko, AH, Korn WM, Fong L, Chen LM, Kashani-Sabet M,Ryan C, Rosenberg J, Dubey S, Small EJ, Jahan TM, H ylton NM, Yeh BM, Huang Y, Koch KM, Moasser MM. A phase 1 study of a 2 day lapatinib chemosensitization pulse preceding nanoparticle albumin-bound paclitaxel for advanced solid malignancies, Clinical Cancer Research. 2009 Sept 1;15(17):5569-75.
  • Chien, AJ, Rugo, HS. Lapatinib: New Directions in HER2 Directed Therapy in Early Stage Breast Cancer, Cancer Treat Res. 2009;151:197-215.

Updated: May 9, 2011