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Selby G Chen M D

Neurosurgeon

Departments

SurgeryNeurosurgery

Specialty Groups

Spine Care

Location

Jacksonville Florida

Languages

English

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Biographical summary

Selby G Chen M D , is a neurosurgeon who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of spinal disorders. He grew up in Brooklyn, New York and completed his undergraduate education at Harvard University, graduating in 2002 with a Bachelor's degree in Neurobiology. He subsequently attended New York University for medical school, and completed his neurosurgical training at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester. He has been on the faculty at Mayo Clinic Florida since 2015 and was responsible for initiating the robotic spinal surgery program within the department of neurosurgery at MCF. He is passionate about advancing the minimally invasive treatment of spinal disorders, as well as educating the next generation of neurosurgeons. Outside of neurosurgery, Dr. Chen is an avid singer, golfer, and foodie.

Conditions treated

Discogenic back painDisk diseaseGliomaSpinal cord tumor

Procedures performed

Back surgeryCervical disc replacementCervical diskectomyCervical laminectomyCervical pseudoarthrosis procedureCervical scoliosis surgeryCervical spine fusionCervical spine surgeryLumbar diskectomyLumbar fusionLumbar laminectomyLumbar pseudoarthrosis procedureLumbar scoliosis surgeryMinimally invasive surgeryRobotic spine surgerySpine procedureThoracic diskectomyThoracic fusionThoracic laminectomyThoracic pseudoarthrosis procedureThoracic scoliosis surgery

Interests

Complex spine surgeryMinimally invasive spine surgerySpinal cord tumorsGliomasMetastatic disease to the CNS

Mayo Clinic locations

Jacksonville Florida

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Education

2015ResidentNeurologic Surgery, Programs in Rochester, Mayo School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine2015ResidentDepartment of Neurologic Surgery, Mayo Clinic2008MDNew York University School of Medicine2007Research FellowshipHoward Hughes Medical Institute2004Fellow - Anatomy Fellowship with Dr. Paul Cooper, chief of spinal neurosurgeryNew York University School of Medicine2002BA - NeurobiologyHarvard UniversityShow more education

Activities and honors

Certifications

2019Neurological SurgeryAmerican Board of Neurological Surgery

Awards and honors

2015Resident Teacher of the YearDepartment of Neurosurgery2011Resident of the QuarterMayo Clinic, Department of Neurosurgery2010Neuro-oncology AwardStryker2008Alpha Omega AlphaNew York University School of Medicine2002Cum LaudeHarvard University1998Dean's ListHarvard University1998Harvard College Scholarship RecipientHarvard UniversityShow more awards and honors

Professional memberships

2022 - presentFlorida Neurosurgical Society2018 - presentMemberNorth American Spine Society2016 - presentFull MemberCongress of Neurological Surgeons2009 - 2015Resident MemberAmerican Association of Neurological Surgeons2009 - 2015Resident MemberCongress of Neurological Surgeons2007MemberAlpha Omega AlphaShow more professional memberships

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