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Tsinsue Chen, MD, is a neurosurgeon in the Department of Neurosurgery at Barrow Neurological Institute. She is board certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery.
Dr. Chen’s expertise includes deep brain stimulation for the treatment of movement disorders; functional neurosurgery; and the surgical treatment of trigeminal neuralgia, hemifacial spasm, and other facial pain syndromes. She also treats brain tumors, spinal tumors, spinal stenosis, and cervical and lumbar disc disease. Dr. Chen is a member of the American Association for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, the Arizona Neurosurgical Society, the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, and the World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery.
Dr. Chen earned her medical degree from the University of California-San Diego School of Medicine. She completed her neurosurgical residency at Barrow Neurological Institute, and she received her fellowship training in stereotactic and functional neurosurgery at Barrow and at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in Queen Square, London, England.
Dr. Chen’s research interests focus on advanced techniques as well as quality-of-life improvement and outcomes after deep brain stimulation for movement disorders and other emerging indications. Her philosophy of care is to provide the highest quality of care and compassion to every patient she sees. In her free time, Dr. Chen enjoys yoga, running, and hiking with her husband and son.
Office Location
Barrow Brain and Spine
1875 West Frye Road
Suite 300
Chandler, AZ 85224
To request an appointment with Dr. Chen, please call (480) 917-5600.
- Residency, Barrow Neurological Institute, Neurosurgery, 2011-2018
- Fellowship, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Functional Neurosurgery, 2016-2017
- Fellowship, Barrow Neurological Institute, Functional Neurosurgery, 2016
- MD, University of California-San Diego, School of Medicine, 2011
- BS, University of California-San Diego, Biochemistry and Cell Biology, 2007
- American Association for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
- American Association of Neurological Surgeons
- Arizona Neurosurgical Society
- Congress of Neurological Surgeons
- World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
- Young Neurosurgeons Liaison, Stereotactic and Functional Executive Committee, American Association of Neurological Surgeons/Congress of Neurological Surgeons, 2018-present
- Young Neurosurgeons Liaison, Pain Executive Committee, American Association of Neurological Surgeons/Congress of Neurological Surgeons, 2018-present
- Member, Young Neurosurgeons Committee, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, 2017-present
- Gold Humanism Honor Society, 2011-present
- Czech Duck Neurosurgery Research Award, 2011
- Prather Endowed Student Award, University of California-San Diego, 2010
- Outstanding Senior Award, Thurgood Marshall Alumni Association, University of California-San Diego, 2007
Effect of sodium phenylbutyrate and taurursodiol on plasma concentrations of neuroinflammatory biomarkers in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: results from the CENTAUR trial
Date: 12/2023
Authors: Robert Bowser, Jiyan An, Lahar Mehta, Junliang Chen, Jamie Timmons, Merit Cudkowicz, Sabrina Paganoni
Odor representations from the two nostrils are temporally segregated in human piriform cortex.
Date: 10/2023
Authors: Gulce Nazli Dikecligil, Andrew I Yang, Nisha Sanghani, Timothy Lucas, H Isaac Chen, Kathryn A Davis, Jay A Gottfried
White matter hyperintensity longitudinal morphometric analysis in association with Alzheimer disease
Date: 10/2023
Authors: Jeremy Fuller Strain, Chia-Ling Phuah, Babatunde Adeyemo, Kathleen Cheng, Kyle B. Womack, John McCarthy, Manu Goyal, Yasheng Chen, Aristeidis Sotiras, Hongyu An, Chengjie Xiong, Andrea Scharf, Catherine Newsom-Stewart, John Carl Morris, Tammie Lee Benzinger, Jin-Moo Lee, Beau M. Ances
Toward Automated Detection of Silent Cerebral Infarcts in Children and Young Adults With Sickle Cell Anemia
Date: 08/2023
Authors: Yasheng Chen, Yan Wang, Chia-Ling Phuah, Melanie E. Fields, Kristin P. Guilliams, Slim Fellah, Martin N. Reis, Michael M. Binkley, Hongyu An, Jin-Moo Lee, Robert C. McKinstry, Lori C. Jordan, Michael R. DeBaun, Andria L. Ford
Modifiable vascular risk factors in patients with cerebral and spinal cavernous malformations: a complete 10-year follow-up study
Date: 05/2023
Authors: Steffen Rauscher, Alejandro N. Santos, Hanah Hadice Gull, Laurèl Rauschenbach, Bixia Chen, Börge Schmidt, Cornelius Deuschl, Arnau Benet, Ramazan Jabbarli, Karsten H. Wrede, Adrian M. Siegel, Michael Lawton, Michael T. Lawton, Ulrich Sure, Philipp Dammann
- Chinese
- English
Tsinsue Chen, MD, is a neurosurgeon in the Department of Neurosurgery at Barrow Neurological Institute. She is board certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery.
Dr. Chen’s expertise includes deep brain stimulation for the treatment of movement disorders; functional neurosurgery; and the surgical treatment of trigeminal neuralgia, hemifacial spasm, and other facial pain syndromes. She also treats brain tumors, spinal tumors, spinal stenosis, and cervical and lumbar disc disease. Dr. Chen is a member of the American Association for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, the Arizona Neurosurgical Society, the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, and the World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery.
Dr. Chen earned her medical degree from the University of California-San Diego School of Medicine. She completed her neurosurgical residency at Barrow Neurological Institute, and she received her fellowship training in stereotactic and functional neurosurgery at Barrow and at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in Queen Square, London, England.
Dr. Chen’s research interests focus on advanced techniques as well as quality-of-life improvement and outcomes after deep brain stimulation for movement disorders and other emerging indications. Her philosophy of care is to provide the highest quality of care and compassion to every patient she sees. In her free time, Dr. Chen enjoys yoga, running, and hiking with her husband and son.
Office Location
Barrow Brain and Spine
1875 West Frye Road
Suite 300
Chandler, AZ 85224
To request an appointment with Dr. Chen, please call (480) 917-5600.
- Residency, Barrow Neurological Institute, Neurosurgery, 2011-2018
- Fellowship, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Functional Neurosurgery, 2016-2017
- Fellowship, Barrow Neurological Institute, Functional Neurosurgery, 2016
- MD, University of California-San Diego, School of Medicine, 2011
- BS, University of California-San Diego, Biochemistry and Cell Biology, 2007
- American Association for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
- American Association of Neurological Surgeons
- Arizona Neurosurgical Society
- Congress of Neurological Surgeons
- World Society for Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery
- Young Neurosurgeons Liaison, Stereotactic and Functional Executive Committee, American Association of Neurological Surgeons/Congress of Neurological Surgeons, 2018-present
- Young Neurosurgeons Liaison, Pain Executive Committee, American Association of Neurological Surgeons/Congress of Neurological Surgeons, 2018-present
- Member, Young Neurosurgeons Committee, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, 2017-present
- Gold Humanism Honor Society, 2011-present
- Czech Duck Neurosurgery Research Award, 2011
- Prather Endowed Student Award, University of California-San Diego, 2010
- Outstanding Senior Award, Thurgood Marshall Alumni Association, University of California-San Diego, 2007
Effect of sodium phenylbutyrate and taurursodiol on plasma concentrations of neuroinflammatory biomarkers in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: results from the CENTAUR trial
Date: 12/2023
Authors: Robert Bowser, Jiyan An, Lahar Mehta, Junliang Chen, Jamie Timmons, Merit Cudkowicz, Sabrina Paganoni
Odor representations from the two nostrils are temporally segregated in human piriform cortex.
Date: 10/2023
Authors: Gulce Nazli Dikecligil, Andrew I Yang, Nisha Sanghani, Timothy Lucas, H Isaac Chen, Kathryn A Davis, Jay A Gottfried
White matter hyperintensity longitudinal morphometric analysis in association with Alzheimer disease
Date: 10/2023
Authors: Jeremy Fuller Strain, Chia-Ling Phuah, Babatunde Adeyemo, Kathleen Cheng, Kyle B. Womack, John McCarthy, Manu Goyal, Yasheng Chen, Aristeidis Sotiras, Hongyu An, Chengjie Xiong, Andrea Scharf, Catherine Newsom-Stewart, John Carl Morris, Tammie Lee Benzinger, Jin-Moo Lee, Beau M. Ances
Toward Automated Detection of Silent Cerebral Infarcts in Children and Young Adults With Sickle Cell Anemia
Date: 08/2023
Authors: Yasheng Chen, Yan Wang, Chia-Ling Phuah, Melanie E. Fields, Kristin P. Guilliams, Slim Fellah, Martin N. Reis, Michael M. Binkley, Hongyu An, Jin-Moo Lee, Robert C. McKinstry, Lori C. Jordan, Michael R. DeBaun, Andria L. Ford
Modifiable vascular risk factors in patients with cerebral and spinal cavernous malformations: a complete 10-year follow-up study
Date: 05/2023
Authors: Steffen Rauscher, Alejandro N. Santos, Hanah Hadice Gull, Laurèl Rauschenbach, Bixia Chen, Börge Schmidt, Cornelius Deuschl, Arnau Benet, Ramazan Jabbarli, Karsten H. Wrede, Adrian M. Siegel, Michael Lawton, Michael T. Lawton, Ulrich Sure, Philipp Dammann
- Chinese
- English