Dr. Aileen L. Chen, MD

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Get to know Hematologist-Oncologist Dr. Aileen L. Chen, who serves patients in New Jersey.

Recognized as an experienced, triple board-certified hematologist-oncologist, Dr. Chen is in practice with Regional Cancer Care Associates. She has been treating patients in the Holmdel and Freehold communities for more than 15 years. 

Regional Cancer Care Associates is committed to transforming cancer treatment — and changing lives — with comprehensive capabilities, the latest breakthrough therapies and truly individualized, compassionate care. With 25 locations in New Jersey, Maryland, and Connecticut, it is one of the nation’s largest network of cancer specialists.

In addition to seeing patients at Regional Cancer Care Associates, Dr. Chen holds medical privileges at HMH Bayshore Medical Center, HMH Jersey Shore University Medical Center, HMH Riverview Medical Center, and Raritan Bay Medical Center and CentraState Medical Center.  She is also actively involved in clinical trials offered by Meridian Health System and CentraState Medical Center.

Throughout her academic career, Dr. Chen earned her medical degree from the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine in 1998. She went on to complete her internship and residency in internal medicine at Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center in 2001, followed by fellowships in hematology and medical oncology with the New York University School of Medicine from 2003 to 2006.

Licensed to practice medicine in New Jersey, New York, and California, she is board-certified in hematology, medical oncology, and internal medicine by the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM). The ABIM is a physician-led, non-profit, independent evaluation organization driven by doctors who want to achieve higher standards for better care in a rapidly changing world.

Professionally, Dr. Chen is an active member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology and the American Society of Hematology.

Hematology is the branch of medicine concerned with the study of the cause, prognosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases related to blood. Oncology is a branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer. A hematologist-oncologist is a physician who specializes in the diagnosis, treatment, or prevention of blood diseases and cancers such as iron-deficiency anemia, hemophilia, sickle-cell disease, leukemia, and lymphoma.

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