degree from Dartmouth College, in Hanover, New Hampshire, with a major in political science.
He then completed postgraduate training in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Washington.
At the UW, he was Medical Director of UWMC's outpatient program, including clinics in Back Pain, EMG and Pulmonary Rehabilitation.
He has published more than 190 peer reviewed articles, including 13 in The New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, and The Lancet.
[2] In 2013, Chan was named the Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, the largest and most cited journal in the field.