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Eugene Carragee, MD
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Emeritus
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsDr. Carragee's research interests lie in outcomes assessment of surgical and rehabilitative treatment for cervical and lumbar intervertebral disk herniation; diagnosis and treatment of spine infections, instrumentation of the degenerative spine and spinal deformities and low back pain syndromes, pain and pain management.
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Charles Chan
Clinical Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsDr. Chan's research interests include identifying risk factors for growth plate injuries during ACL reconstruction, developing new strategies to prevent pediatric sports injuries, and clinical outcomes of surgical reconstructions in the pediatric athlete.
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Jeremy Chan
Clinical Assistant Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery
BioDr. Chan is a board certified Clinical Assistant Professor within the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Stanford University. He specializes in the surgical treatment of orthopedic conditions in the foot and ankle including ankle arthroscopy, ankle fusions, total ankle replacement, deformity reconstruction, ligament and tendon repair as well as fractures involving the foot and ankle. Having treated athletes from recreational to professional levels, Dr. Chan has a particular interest in acute foot and ankle injuries including treatment of Achilles ruptures, ankle syndesmosis and lateral ankle ligament injuries, ankle fractures and Lisfranc injuries. Dr. Chan also has expertise in early weightbearing and accelerated rehabilitation approaches to ankle fractures and Achilles tendon surgery. As a faculty member, Dr. Chan serves as a foot and ankle consultant for Stanford Athletics and directs resident education on the foot and ankle service. He is currently helping to develop a coaching curriculum for orthopedic surgery residents, and is an orthopedic resident mentor. In addition, Dr. Chan serves as a file reviewer for MD Admissions at the Stanford School of Medicine. He is an active committee member for the Postgraduate Education and Public Education Committees of the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society.
Dr. Chan has authored or co-authored over 20 peer-reviewed scientific articles, reviews and chapters while also serving as a journal reviewer for both Foot and Ankle International (FAI) as well as the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (JAAOS). For his research in flatfoot reconstruction, he was awarded the Leonard J. Goldner Award from the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society. He is a member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) and American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society (AOFAS).
He graduated magna cum laude with honors during his undergraduate studies at the University of Washington. He went on to medical school at Cornell University graduating with honors in research. During his time in medical school, he was awarded the Sidney and Viola Borkon Memorial Prize as the top student in his class and was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Honor Medical Society. He then completed his orthopedic surgery residency at Stanford and was chosen as the American Orthopaedic Association Evarts Resident Leader representative during his time in residency. Dr. Chan completed his subspecialty orthopedic foot and ankle fellowship training at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. He has been trained and mentored by several former and future presidents of the American Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Society including Drs. David Thordarson, Scott Ellis and Glenn Pfeffer. -
Jonathan W. Cheah
Clinical Assistant Professor (Affiliated), Orthopaedic Surgery
BioOrthopaedic Surgeon: Sports Medicine & Shoulder Surgery, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
Clinical Assistant Professor, Stanford University
Team Physician, NCAA Division 1, San Jose State University
Dr. Cheah completed residency training at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). He completed a residency in both Orthopaedic Surgery and Anesthesiology and Perioperative Care. During his residency training experience, he cultivated an interest in sports medicine and shoulder surgery. He also developed a research interest in perioperative care, opioid management, and recovery after orthopaedic surgery and was recognized with residency training grants at UCSF and awards at the Western Orthopaedic Association and California Orthopaedic Association.
Dr. Cheah pursued advanced fellowship training at Duke Sports Medicine for the comprehensive operative experience, high level of surgical case complexity, medical leadership education, and strong mentorship. This advanced training included procedures such as: cartilage surgery, knee realignment osteotomy, revision ACL, meniscus transplant, rotator cuff repairs with graft augmentation, open shoulder stabilization and bone grafting, hip arthroscopy, and revision shoulder arthroplasty. His research work with athletes was recognized with training grants from the Duke Piedmont Orthopedic Foundation.
He has served as Division I NCAA team physician for the Duke University Blue Devils Basketball, football, and baseball teams. He has also served as team physician for Lincoln high school that won the California State Championship CIF Division VI in 2018. He currently serves as team physician for San Jose State University for the soccer and basketball mens and womens teams. Outside of health care, Dr. Cheah’s interests include biking, hiking, triathlon, skiing/snowboarding, and traveling. -
Kuan-Lin Chen MD
Affiliate, Orthopaedic Surgery
Visiting Scholar, Orthopaedic SurgeryBioDr. Kuan Lin Chen is a fellowship-trained Orthopaedic surgeon specializing in hip and knee replacement, as well as complex joint reconstruction following musculoskeletal tumor resection.
He believes that meticulous preoperative planning and precise surgical execution are fundamental to achieving the best possible outcomes, an approach that becomes especially critical in managing complex cases.
Outside the operating room, Dr. Chen leverages his background in biomedical engineering to advance medical device design and healthcare innovation. His research focuses on creating solutions that meaningfully improve patient outcomes and experiences. He is also a frequent university lecturer on strategic design thinking in medical technology.
Dr. Chen recognizes that every innovation carries the risk of unintended consequences. For this reason, he is deeply committed to ensuring that each advancement is grounded in evidence and delivers measurable, patient-centered value.
His mission is to bridge surgical excellence with thoughtful innovation, improving lives, one solution at a time.
Clinical Focus
Adult Reconstructive Orthopedic Surgery, Musculoskeletal Oncology
Professional Education
Fellowship: Joint Reconstruction and MSK Oncology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital (2024)
Residency: Taipei Veterans General Hospital (2023)
Medical Education: National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (2016); Master of Translational Medicine, UC Berkeley/ UCSF (2018)
Publications
-Chen KL, Chen CF, Wu PK, et al. Balancing Tumor Control and Cartilage Preservation for Patients with Giant Cell Tumor of Bone Around the Knee: A Clinical Report from a Single Institute. J Bone Joint Surg Am. DOI:10.2106/JBJS.23.01478
-Chen KL, Yin CY, Huang HK, Huang YC, Wang JP. Enabling the design of surgical instruments for under-resourced patients through metal additive manufacturing: ulnar shortening osteotomy as an example. 3D Print Med. 2024 May 31;10(1):18. doi: 10.1186/s41205-024-00220-3. PMID: 38819766; PMCID: PMC11141050.
-Chen, KL, Chen, C. M., Chen, Y. C., Wang, J. Y., Chen, C. F., Wu, P. K., & Chen, W. M. (2023). Freezing nitrogen ethanol composite reduces periprosthetic infection caused by Staphylococcus aureus contaminated metal implants: An animal study. Journal of the Chinese Medical Association : JCMA, 86(2), 227–232.
-Chen, KL, Chen, CM., Wu, PK., Chen, WM. (2022). Biological Reconstruction of the Humeral Diaphysis: Irradiated Autograft. In: Özger, H., Sim, F.H., Puri, A., Eralp, L. (eds) Orthopedic Surgical Oncology For Bone Tumors . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73327-8_43
-Chen, KL, Chen, C. M., Chen, C. F., Cheng, Y. C., Lin, Y. K., Tsai, S. W., Chen, T. H., Wu, P. K., & Chen, W. M. (2021). Comparable outcomes of recycled autografts and allografts for reconstructions in patients with high-grade osteosarcoma. International orthopaedics, 45(11), 2973–2981.
-Chen, KL, Wang, S. J., Chuang, C., Huang, L. Y., Chiu, F. Y., Wang, F. D., Lin, Y. T., & Chen, W. M. (2020). Novel Design for Door Handle-A Potential Technology to Reduce Hand Contamination in the COVID-19 Pandemic. The American journal of medicine, 133(11), 1245–1246. -
Emilie Cheung, MD
Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsPyrocarbon humeral head replacement
Clinical outcome after shoulder replacement
Clinical outcome after elbow replacement
Clinical outcomes following complex reconstruction of the shoulder and elbow,
Bone mineral density in the shoulder,
3D kinematics of the shoulder girdle after arthroplasty -
Loretta Chou, MD
Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery, Emerita
Current Research and Scholarly InterestsI am a Board Certified Orthopaedic Surgeon, subspecializing in Disorders of the Foot and Ankle. My clinic offers diagnosis and treatment of deformities and acute injuries of the foot and ankle.
My research interests include: rupture and tendinitis of the Achilles tendon, osteochondral defects of the talus, Total Ankle Arthroplasty, arthrodesis (fusion) of the foot and ankle, open fractures treated with operations, and anatomy of the foot and ankle.
