Leon L. Chen, DNP, AGACNP-BC, FCCP, FAANP, FCCM

I am a board certified Adult/Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner with a background in critical care medicine. I hold specialty board certifications in emergency, critical care nursing and have earned a certificate of completion in critical care ultrasonography from the American College of Chest Physicians. I am a strong proponent of utilizing point of care ultrasonography to rapidly delineate differential diagnoses and to guide resuscitation and is active in critical care ultrasonography education. 

I have published over 30 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters and have been an invited speaker at national conferences on a variety of critical care topics. I also serve on the editorial board of the journal Critical Care Nursing Quarterly and the Journal of American Association of Nurse Practitioners. 

For my contributions to the field of chest medicine, critical care medicine and the nurse practitioner role, I have been designated as a Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians, the American Association of Nurse Practitioners and the American College of Critical Care Medicine.