Professor Chen earned his LL.M. and doctor of law degrees from Washington University in Saint Louis, and a Master of Laws and a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from National Taiwan University. Before joining academia, Prof. Chen was an attorney of law specializing in civil litigation. Professor Chen is famous for his research on legal education, legal ethics, and the legal issues of innovative technology in healthcare, particularly in digital health. He has participated in many projects commissioned by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taiwan, including topics in surrogacy, abortion, secondary use of data of the National Health Insurance system, food regulations, telemedicine, and regenerative medicine.