Samantha Sui Jen Chau, MD, MS

Samantha Sui-Jen Chau, MD, MS, was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. Her commitment to Keck Medicine of USC started early, as a high school volunteer at the hospital known then as USC University Hospital. She continued her education at the University of Southern California, earning a Bachelor of Science in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Studies and, concurrently, a Master of Science in Global Medicine. She spent her gap years working as a Program Assistant for the Keck School of Medicine and as a staff member for a shelter in Los Angeles’ Skid Row, before returning to Keck to earn her Doctor of Medicine degree.

Dr. Chau completed her internal medicine internship at Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena, CA. She then completed her residency in Integrated Interventional Radiology at USC, training at Los Angeles General Medical Center and Keck Medical Center of USC. During her training, she served as Chief Resident, and her dedication was recognized through several honors, including Physician of the Year at LAC+USC Medical Center and the Stewart Dale Fordham Distinguished Resident Award. Her journey reflects a longstanding connection to Los Angeles and USC, as well as a commitment to service, compassionate care, and excellence in medicine.

Dr. Chau believes in being a well-rounded interventional radiologist capable of providing comprehensive IR care. Her favorite interests within her field include portal interventions (such as TIPS), biliary interventions (including biliary stricture management), and women’s health interventions (for example, uterine fibroid embolization and treatment of pelvic congestion syndrome).

• Iterative steerable sharp recanalization as an escalation strategy for chronic venous stent occlusions. J Vasc Surg Cases Innov Tech. 2026 Oct; 12(5):102339.. View in PubMed
• Cranial extension of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts using dedicated venous stents. J Vasc Surg Cases Innov Tech. 2026 Jun; 12(3):102235.. View in PubMed
• Catheter-Based Thrombus Removal of a Large Pulmonary Embolus: The “Catch-and-Release” Technique. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2026 Jun; 49(6):1242-1244.. View in PubMed
• Portomesenteric Venous Mechanical Thrombectomy Using RevCore Thrombectomy Catheter. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2026 Jan; 49(1):151-155.. View in PubMed
• Ultrasound Fusion in Interventional Radiology: A Practical Guide to Procedural Applications. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2026 01; 37(1):107799.. View in PubMed
• Ultrasound innovations in abdominal radiology: multiparametic imaging in liver transplantation. Abdom Radiol (NY). 2025 02; 50(2):679-692.. View in PubMed
• Early Trainee Perspective of the Integrated IR Residency. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2023 12; 34(12):2065-2066.. View in PubMed
• Responding to coronavirus disease 2019: LA County hospital experience. Emerg Radiol. 2020 Dec; 27(6):785-790.. View in PubMed

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