Daniel C. Chen, MD

Daniel C. Chen, MD, is a board-certified primary care physician at Boston Medical Center (BMC) and a clinical associate professor of medicine at Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, where he also serves as an assistant dean for student affairs and course director for the research elective in biomedical sciences. Dr. Chen's research focuses on the evaluation and measurement of medical student empathy. He has made instrumental contributions to medical education in this subject, including being one of the first researchers to use the Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy. His work demonstrating a decrease in medical student empathy has led to medical curriculum changes.