Charles E. Chambers, M.D., FSCAI, ACE Director
Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at Penn State Hershey Medical Center
Dr. Chambers obtained his undergraduate degree at St. Bonaventure, graduated from the University of Maryland Medical School with subsequent training in Internal Medicine at the State University of New York at Buffalo, and Cardiology at the University of Vermont. Since 1987, Dr. Chambers has been on staff at the Hershey Medical Center of the Penn State University College of Medicine where he has been Director, Cardiac Catheterization Laboratories since 1994, and Professor of Medicine and Radiology with tenure since 2002.
Dr. Chambers is active in the Society of Cardiac Angiography and Interventions (SCAI), serving as Chairman of the Laboratory Performance Standards Committee, from 2003 and current Chairman of both the Catheterization Laboratory Survey program as well as the Public Relations Committee. He is a prior Board of Trustees member, a recipient of the Mason Sones Distinguished service award, and SCAI representative to the National Quality Forum. He has authored/ co-authored several position papers for the society, including Radiographic Contrast Reactions, Contrast Induced Nephropathy, and Peer Review in the Cath Lab, Infection Control, Defining Length of Stay Following PCI, as well the soon to be published papers on Establishing a Radiation Safety Program in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory and Quality Assessment in the Catheterization Laboratory.
In addition to his work with SCAI, Dr. Chambers was a member of the steering committee member for ACC D2B, technical committee member for the ACC Appropriateness Criteria for Revascularization and writing member for the Diagnostic Catheterization Appropriateness Committee, as well as a member for the writing group for both the ACC/AHA/SCAI 2010 Cath Lab Standards and PCI Guidelines Writing Committees. He has authored or co-authored multiple articles and book chapters and currently serves on the editorial board for Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions.
Dr. Charles Chambers was born and raised in Poughkeepsie, NY. He is married to Linda Chambers, M.D., Associate Professor of Family and Community Medicine at the Penn State University College of Medicine.