Yi-Bin Chen

Yi-Bin Chen grew up in New Jersey. He majored in molecular biophysics and biochemistry, earning a B.S./M.S. at Yale University before attending medical school at Harvard Medical School. Subsequently, he did his internship and residency at Massachusetts General Hospital, including an additional year as Chief Resident. This was followed by a fellowship in hematology/oncology at the Dana-Farber Mass General Brigham combined program. In 2008, he joined the staff of the Blood & Marrow Transplant (BMT) Program at the MGH Cancer Center, has served as Director of Clinical Research since 2012 and was named overall Program Director in 2016. His interests mainly revolve around improving the outcomes of patients undergoing autologous and allogeneic stem cell transplantation. He has led original clinical trials involving all aspects of BMT, including conditioning regimens, alternative graft sources, novel approaches concerning the prevention and therapy of acute and chronic graft-vs-host disease (GVHD) and the use of maintenance therapies after BMT. He collaborates extensively with local and national colleagues as well as industry in addition to developing his own original clinical trials. He currently lives in Needham, MA with his wife and two children.

Departments, Centers, & Programs:

• Cancer Center
  • Bone Marrow Transplant
• Hematology/Oncology

Clinical Interests:

• Acute and Chronic Leukemia
• Aplastic anemia
• Bone marrow, Stem cell, Cord blood transplant
• Hodgkin's and Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
• Multiple myeloma
• Myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS)

Medical Education

• MD, Harvard Medical School
• MD, Harvard Medical School/ BWH
• Residency, Massachusetts General Hospital
• Fellowship, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
• Fellowship, Dana-Farber/Partners CancerCare

American Board Certifications

• Medical Oncology, American Board of Internal Medicine