Board-Certified Allergist & Immunologist
Fellow, American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology
Dr. Meng (Marcus) Chen is a Houston native in every sense of the word. He grew up in the city, went to school here, and ultimately chose to come back home to serve the community he knows best. Before becoming one of the Houston area’s most credentialed allergist-immunologists, he was a student at Clements High School in Sugar Land — the same part of Greater Houston where many of his patients live today. That local foundation isn’t just biography; it shapes how he practices.
Dr. Chen understands the specific allergen landscape of Southeast Texas — the cedar and ragweed seasons, the humidity-driven mold counts — and the way Houston’s sprawling geography means patients need a doctor who shows up across multiple locations to meet them where they are.
Rice University
Baylor College of Medicine
New York University (NYU)
Drug Development & Medical Affairs
Bringing with him over a decade of elite academic medicine, research, and clinical experience. He holds active membership in the three most prominent allergy organizations:
His hospital affiliations include HCA Houston Healthcare West, Houston Methodist Sugar Land Hospital, and Memorial Hermann — giving patients access to continuity of care across the region’s leading health systems. He has been recognized among Super Doctors® Texas, a distinction based on peer nomination and independent research.
Clinically, Dr. Chen treats both children and adults across a wide spectrum of conditions including seasonal and environmental allergies, food allergies, asthma, atopic dermatitis (eczema), chronic hives, angioedema, allergic rhinitis, sinusitis, and immune deficiency disorders. He is particularly experienced with allergen immunotherapy — both traditional allergy shots and sublingual options — and has direct hands-on research experience with biologic therapies like Xolair. He sees patients at SWAAA’s Sugar Land, West Houston (Katy/Cinco Ranch), and Midtown clinic locations. He is fluent in English, Mandarin Chinese, and French, and is actively developing his Spanish — a meaningful asset in a city as multilingual as Houston.
No difference in omalizumab efficacy in patients with asthma by number of asthma-related and allergic comorbidities. Annals of Allergy Asthma Immunology.
Overlap of allergic, eosinophilic and type 2 inflammatory subtypes in moderate-to-severe asthma. Clinical Experimental Allergy.
Defining the Efficacy of Omalizumab in Nasal Polyposis: A POLYP 1 and POLYP 2 Subgroup Analysis. American Journal of Rhinology & Allergy.
Eosinophilic esophagitis in a patient with common variable immunodeciency. The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.
Associations, Pathophysiology, and Therapeutic Implications. Current Rheumatology Reports.
Conjugal giant cell arteritis. Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology.
Frequency of thrombocytopenia in psoriasis patients treated with tumor necrosis factor alpha inhibitors. Journal of Drugs in Dermatology.
Dermatologic Clinics.
Symposium on Advances in Clinical Nutrition 44th Annual Meeting; 2003 Oct 9-12; Nashville, TN. In: Journal of the American College of Nutrition.
Serum Urate Levels Predict Joint Space Narrowing in Non-Gout Patients With Medial Knee Osteoarthritis. Arthritis and Rheumatology.
| Specialty | Allergy & Immunology |
| Board Certification | American Board of Allergy & Immunology · American Board of Internal Medicine |
| Medical Degree | Baylor College of Medicine |
| Undergraduate | Rice University — Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society |
| Residency | Internal Medicine — New York University (NYU) |
| Fellowship | Allergy/Immunology — UCSF · Research — Genentech |
| Memberships | AAAAI · ACAAI · EAACI |
| Hospital Affiliations | HCA Houston Healthcare West · Houston Methodist Sugar Land · Memorial Hermann |
| Languages | English · Mandarin Chinese · French · Spanish (in progress) |
| Clinic Locations | Sugar Land · West Houston / Katy · Midtown Houston |
| Recognition | Super Doctors® Texas · 8 Peer-Reviewed Publications |
| Accepting Patients | Yes — New Patients Welcome |
| Insurance Accepted | Aetna · Cigna · Humana · Blue Cross · United Healthcare · Medicare · Medicaid + more |
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