EdwardNShenMD

Cardiology • Honolulu, HI

Cardiac Electrophysiology, Interventional Cardiology

Physician

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Office
1380 Lusitana St
Ste 701
Honolulu, HI 96813
Phone+1 808-587-8200

Fax+1 808-531-8201

Summary

Dr. Edward Shen is a cardiologist in Honolulu, HI and is affiliated with The Queen's Medical Center. He received his medical degree from McGill University Faculty of Medicine and subspecialty training at the University of California at San Fancisco, and has been in practice 34 years. He was Professor of Medicine Emeritus, former Chief of Cardiology, and current Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine. He also speaks multiple languages, including Chinese (Cantonese), Chinese (Mandarin), Chinese (Shanghainese) and French. He specializes with Board Certification in adult cardiovascular disease, clinical cardiac electrophysiology, and interventional cardiology and is experienced in general cardiology, cardiac catheterization /angioplasty/stenting, electrophysiologic testing/catheter ablation, and device implantation

Education & Training

University of California (San Francisco)Fellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 1979 - 1981
Royal Victoria HospitalResidency, 1976 - 1979
McGill University Faculty of MedicineClass of 1976
McGill UniversityBS, 1968 - 1972
University of California (San Francisco)Fellowship, Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 1977 - Present
HI State Medical License 1985 - 2026
American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Fellow of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions(FSCAI)
Fellow of the American College of Cardiology(FACC)
Fellow of the American Heart Association(FAHA)
Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada (FRCP(C)
Fellow of the American College of Physicians(FACP)
Fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians(FCCP)
Best Doctors in America
America's Best Physicians
Fellow of the Heart Rhythm Society(FHRS)
Top Doctors Honolulu Magazine, 2017
Best Doctors Honolulu Magazine, 2010
Best Doctors in Hawaii Honolulu Magazine, 2008
The Best Doctors in Hawaii Honolulu Magazine, 2006
Hawaii’s Best Docs Honolulu Magazine, 2004
Best Docs in Hawaii Honolulu Magazine, 2002
Consumers’ Research Council of America Guide America’s Top Physicians, 2002
Hawaii's Top Doctors Honolulu Magazine, 1996, 1998
The Best Doctors in America (R) 1996
"The Edward N. Shen, M.D. Scholarship" John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, 1995
Excellence in Research Award Straub Clinic & Hospital: Distinguished Researcher, 1992
Doctors Recommended Honolulu Magazine, 1992
Straub Foundation Grey Champion and John C Milnor Professional Activities Award 1990
Excellence in Teaching Award University of Hawaii Integrated Medical Residency Program, 1986, 1994
University Scholarship 1968
Cushing Memorial Prize Montreal Children's Hospital
Charles E Frosst Prize and Medal
Who's Who in America(R)
Fellow (FACC) American College of Cardiology
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

4 citations
Leadless Pacemaker: Report of the First Experience in Hawai'i.
Edward N Shen, Cory H Ishihara, Dwayne R Uehara
Hawai'i Journal of Medicine & Public Health. 2018-04-01
16 citations
The effect of posture on Cheyne-Stokes respirations and hemodynamics in patients with heart failure.
Bruce Soll, Khung Keong Yeo, James Davis, Todd B. Seto, Irwin J. Schatz
Sleep. 2009-11-01
Radiofrequency catheter cure of idiopathic ventricular tachycardia--first experience in Hawaii.
Edward N Shen
Hawaii Medical Journal. 1994-11-01

Journal Articles

GUSTO Hawaii: A community hospital's experience in an international randomized study
Ashmore SRC, Pine MC, Chen JR, Grattan MT, Kai WJ, Scully INIM, Shen EN, White RL., Asian Cardiovascular & Thoracic Annals, 1/1/1995
Low predictive value of an elevated prothrombin time for bleeding on oral anticoagulation
Shen EN., Hawaii Med J, 1/1/1994
Postoperative activities of an antitachycardia device
Shen EN, Winslow T., Cardio, 1/1/1993
Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography
Hawaii Med J, 1/1/1993
Return of an unusual tachycardia
Shen EN., Cardio, 1/1/1993
An atypical tachycardia
Shen EN, Dove T, Timmons R, Sung RJ., Cardio, 1/1/1992
Coronary atherectomy: Report of the first experience in Hawaii
Shen EN, Chen R, Ashmore R, Kai W, White R, Scully N, Grattan M., Hawaii Med J, 1/1/1992
Idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis constitutes high risk for catheter interventional techniques of the left anterior descending artery
Shen EN, Grattan M, Hall B, Lee A., Am Heart J, 1/1/1992
Wide complex tachycardia with a congenital anomaly
Shen EN., Cardio, 1/1/1991
Shen EN., Cardio, 1/1/1991
A very bad case of chest pain
Shen EN., Cardio, 1/1/1991
Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy and recurrent pacemaker lead dislodgement
Shen EN, Madsen T., Am Heart J, 1/1/1991
Ventricular tachycardia with congenital ventricular diverticulum
Shen EN, Fukuyama 0, Harre JM, Yee E, Scheinman MM., Chest, 1/1/1991
Palpitations with facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy
Shen EN., Cardio, 1/1/1990
A wide QRS rhythm
Rosenhect S, Shen EN., Cardio, 1/1/1990
An uncommon tachycardia
Shen EN., Cardio, 1/1/1990
Propafenone, a promising new antiarrhythmic agent
Shen EN., Chest, 1/1/1990
Shen EN., Hawaii Med J, 1/1/1990
The automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator (AICD): Our experience at Straub
Scully NM, Shen EN, Nakamura IDS., The Straub Foundation Proceedings, 1/1/1989
Automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator: Report of the first two implants in Hawaii
Shen EN, Scully N, Nakamura D, Azuma S, Itagaki R., Hawaii Med J, 1/1/1989
Recurrent sinus tachycardia
Shen EN., Cardio, 1/1/1989
Myocarditis with complete AV block worsened by pacing
Shen EN, Flair RC, White RL., Cardio, 1/1/1989
The left versus the right atrium
Shen EN, Bird RA, Rowe D., Cardio, 1/1/1988
Not quite ventricular tachycardia
Shen EN., Cardio, 1/1/1988
Spikes
Shen EN., Cardio, 1/1/1988
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Books/Book Chapters

The medical management of ventricular arrhythmias: Concern an controversy.
Page 27.0 - 32.0Shen EN, Sung R, Tai D, Bhandari A, Schwartz A, Morady F, Scheinman MM.Editors: MES Medical Education Services.Toronto1986
Cardiac arrhythmias from diagnosis to treatment.
Chapter: Role of electrophysiologic testing in patients with ventricular tachycardia.
Page 421.0 - 430.0Scheinman MM, Morady F, Sung RJ, Shen EN, Shapiro WA.Editors: Levy S, Scheinman MM.Futura Publishing Co., New York1984

Abstracts/Posters

DiCarlo L, Morady F, Schwartz A, Shen E, Crevey B, Baerman J, Krol R, Scheinman M, Sung R., J Am Coll Cardiol, 1/1/1985
Frequent neurologic toxicity associated with amiodarone therapy.
Carness M, Morady M, Shen EN, Shapiro W, Scheinman MM, Hess DS., J Am Coll Cardiol, 1/1/1983
Hemodynamic effects of intravenous amiodarone in patients with recurrent ventricular tachycardia and depressed left ventricular function.
Schwartz A, Shen E, Scheinman M, Morady F, Chatterjee K., J Am Coll Cardiol, 1/1/1983
Efficacy and antiarrhythmic mechanism of propafenone in patients with recurrent supraventricular tachycardia.
Shen EN, Sung RJ, Morady F, Schwartz AB, DiCarlo LA, Scheinman MM., J Am Coll Cardiol, 1/1/1983
Efficacy and safety of oral propafenone in chronic treatment of recurrent supraventricular tachycardia.
Shen E, Schwartz A, Bhandari A, Morady F, Scheinman M, Sung R., Circulation, 1/1/1983
Is left cervicothoracic sympathectomy effective treatment for patients with the prolonged QT syndrome?
Bhandari AK, Morady F, Shen EN, Schwartz A, Mason J, Scheinman M., Circulation, 1/1/1983
Sung RJ, Shen EN, Morady F, Scheinman MM, Hess D., Am J Cardiol, 1/1/1982
Sung RJ, Shen EN, Shapiro W, Morady F, Davis J., Clinical Research, 1/1/1982
Electrophysiologic and antiarrhythmic properties of propafenone in patients with recurrent ventricular tachycardia.
Shen E, Shapiro W, Morady F, Wang YS, Davis J, Scheinman MM, Sung RJ., Circulation, 1/1/1982
Intravenous amiodarone in the acute treatment of recurrent ventricular tachycardia.
Morady F, Scheinman M, Shen E, Shapiro W, Sung R, DiCarlo L., Circulation, 1/1/1982
Sledge C, Scheinman M, Morady F, Shen E, Shapiro W, Sung R., Circulation, 1/1/1982
Verapamil and ventricular tachycardias caused by reentry, abnormal automaticity and triggered activity.
Sung RJ, Shen EN, Shapiro W, Morady F, Davis J., 1/1/1982
Acute and longterm effects of vasodilators in resting and exercise hemodynamics and exercise tolerance.
Massie B, Kramer B, Shen E, Haugham F., Am J Cardiol, 1/1/1980
Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy with atrial tachycardia treatable by antitachycardia pacing but complicated by recurrent pacemaker lead dislodgement.
Shen EN, Dang W, Makino H, Fuse A., American College of Physicians Hawaii Scientific Meeting, 1/28/1992
Radiofrequency catheter cure of reentrant supraventricular tachyarrhythmias.
Shen EN., American College of Physicians Hawaii Scientific Meeting, 1/28/1992
Radiofrequency catheter cure of ventricular tachycardia in patients without heart disease: Report of the first experience in Hawaii.
Shen EN., American College of Physicians Hawaii Scientific meeting, 1/12/1993
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Professional Memberships

American College of Cardiology - ACC
Member

Other Languages

Chinese (Cantonese), Chinese (Mandarin), French