Chen Yan is a contestant in the 40th season of America’s longest-running quiz game show, Jeopardy! His episode will air on 16 May 2024.
The 40th season of Jeopardy! has been successfully running with a glimpse of fresh faces in the champion’s seat every now and then. As things have gone so far, the show found its new champion on Wednesday.
Grant DeYoung, a Grocery Clerk by profession became Jeopardy!’s latest champion on 15 May 2024. On Wednesday’s episode, he ended the three-game dominating winning streak of a Political Organizer from Nashville, Tennessee, Will Stewart.
With DeYoung now in the driver’s seat, it will be interesting to see if Chen can claim his ground on his Jeopardy! debut.
Get acquainted with the facts about Chen Yan’s Wikipedia, family whereabouts, job, and personal life.
Who Is Chen Yan From Jeopardy?
Chen Yan is a Surgeon from Happy Valley, Oregon. He serves as the Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon at Northwest Permanente.
Chen will challenge the returning Jeopardy! champion on 16 May 2024. (Via: Jeopardy!’s Official Website)
Yan is a new contestant in the 40th season of America’s syndicated quiz game show, Jeopardy! He is set to make his trivia show debut on Thursday, 16 May 2024.
On Thursday, Chen will challenge the returning champion, Grant DeYoung. The Prescott, Arizona native has a handsome winning total of $25,601 following Wednesday’s victory.
Apart from Grant, Yan will be up against the Social Studies Teacher from Fishkill, New York, Elizabeth Brzozowski.
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What Is Chen Yan’s Ethnicity? His Age, Wiki & Family
Chen Yan seems to be in his 30s. He currently resides in Happy Valley, Oregon, United States.
Yan is originally from Columbus, Ohio. He was raised by his parents in an American household with an Asian ethnicity.
Chen is a graduate of Harvard University. He graduated Magna Cum Laude at Harvard with a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical and Physical Biology in 2010.
At Harvard, Chen was part of the PBHA Chinatown Teen and Phi Beta Kappa society. He then attended the University of Pennsylvania in 2010.
Chen obtained a Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degree in Medicine in Pennsylvania in 2014. There, he was part of the Alpha Omega Alpha society.
What Does Chen Yan Do For A Living?
Chen is a professional surgeon. He is currently involved as a Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon at Northwest Permanente based in Portland, Oregon.
Yan has been working at Northwest since March 2024. Previously, he held the same role at The Permanente Medical Group, Inc. for 2 years and 8 months from August 2021 to March 2024.
Chen is a UCLA Microsurgery Fellowship Class of 2021. (Via: Chen’s Facebook)
From June 2020 to July 2021, Chen was a Microsurgery Fellow at UCLA Health. Formerly, he served as a Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Resident at Penn Medicine (University of Pennsylvania Health System) for 6 years and 1 month from June 2014 to June 2020.
Is Chen Yan Dating Anyone?
Chen prefers to remain tight-lipped when it comes to his relationship life whereabouts. He hasn’t mentioned if he is single or dating someone at the moment.
With a preferable low profile, Yan puts his full focus on his medical career. Now, he is gearing up for his reality television debut with Jeopardy!
