Steven Chen, MD
A
native of the San Francisco Bay Area, Steven Chen practices Family Medicine in
Oakland Chinatown and the Contra
Costa County
clinic system. Steven serves urban, immigrant, refugee, multi-ethnic, limited
English proficiency, and low-income families. A Taiwanese-American, Steven
continues to develop more fluency in Taiwanese, Mandarin Chinese, and Spanish
to better serve the communities he serves.
Committed to blending integrative medicine with social justice medicine, Steven is developing a sustainable model by which Community Health Centers can provide Integrative Medicine modalities to patients, and train health professionals in these modalities. He seeks to blend acupuncture, osteopathic manipulation, nutrition, and therapeutic counseling approaches into his primary care practice.
Steven is also interested in medical education and international health, and has been involved in public health and medical education projects in Paraguay, Guatemala, Ecuador, and Taiwan.