Dr. Joseph Chen received his undergraduate education at the Johns Hopkins University before receiving his MD-PhD at NYU. He then received his neurosurgery training at the USC-Affiliated Hospitals. After residency, he joined the Kaiser Permanente Medical Group and had a principal leadership role in establishing the highest volume stereotactic radiosurgery program in Southern California, as well as a pain-neurosurgery program that served as a resource for Kaiser. Working in close partnership with Dr. Charles Liu and the USC Neurorestoration Center, he is leading the establishment of a neurosurgery care partnership to bridge the gaps in the neurosurgical services in Central California, regions that are historically underserved. He is passionate about establishing the neurosurgical substrate upon which subspecialty programs such as epilepsy surgery are possible.