VioletShenMD

Pediatric Hematology & Oncology • Irvine, CA

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Office
4 Bergamo
Irvine, CA 92614

Education & Training

New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)Fellowship, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, 1986 - 1986
New York Presbyterian Hospital (Cornell Campus)Fellowship, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, 1983 - 1986
National Taiwan University College of MedicineClass of 1979

Certifications & Licensure

NY State Medical License 1983 - Present
CA State Medical License 1982 - 2026
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
American Board of Pediatrics Pediatric Hematology-Oncology

Clinical Trials

Isotretinoin With or Without Dinutuximab, Aldesleukin, and Sargramostim Following Stem Cell Transplant in Treating Patients With Neuroblastoma Start of enrollment: 2001 Oct 18
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Vincristine, Dactinomycin, and Cyclophosphamide With or Without Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Newly Diagnosed Low-Risk Rhabdomyosarcoma Start of enrollment: 2004 Sep 04
Completed
Phase 3
Comparison of Radiation Therapy Regimens in Combination With Chemotherapy in Treating Young Patients With Newly Diagnosed Standard-Risk Medulloblastoma Start of enrollment: 2004 Apr 01
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Combination Chemotherapy, PEG-Interferon Alfa-2b, and Surgery in Treating Patients With Osteosarcoma Start of enrollment: 2005 Nov 14
Completed
Phase 3
Cisplatin-Based Chemotherapy and/or Surgery in Treating Young Patients With Adrenocortical Tumor Start of enrollment: 2007 May 03
Completed
Phase 3
Combination Chemotherapy, Radiation Therapy, and/or Surgery in Treating Patients With High-Risk Kidney Tumors Start of enrollment: 2006 Jun 01
Completed
Phase 2
Combination Chemotherapy Followed By Peripheral Stem Cell Transplant in Treating Young Patients With Newly Diagnosed Supratentorial Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumors or High-Risk Medulloblastoma Start of enrollment: 2007 Aug 06
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
A Phase I/II Study of the Raf Kinase and Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Sorafenib (BAY 43-9006, NSC# 724772, IND# 69896) in Children With Refractory Solid Tumors or Refractory Leukemias Start of enrollment: 2006 May 01
Vincristine, Dactinomycin, and Doxorubicin With or Without Radiation Therapy or Observation Only in Treating Younger Patients Who Are Undergoing Surgery for Newly Diagnosed Stage I, Stage II, or Stage III Wilms' Tumor Start of enrollment: 2006 Nov 06
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Combination Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Newly Diagnosed Rhabdomyosarcoma Start of enrollment: 2006 Dec 26
Completed
Phase 3
Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Young Patients With Down Syndrome and Acute Myeloid Leukemia or Myelodysplastic Syndromes Start of enrollment: 2007 Mar 01
Completed
Phase 3
Clofarabine and Cytarabine in Treating Young Patients With Refractory or Relapsed Acute Myeloid Leukemia or Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Start of enrollment: 2007 Mar 01
Completed
Phase 1, Phase 2
Combination Chemotherapy With or Without Radiation Therapy in Treating Young Patients With Newly Diagnosed Stage III or Stage IV Wilms' Tumor Start of enrollment: 2007 Feb 26
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Low-Dose or High-Dose Vincristine and Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Young Patients With Relapsed B-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Start of enrollment: 2007 Mar 01
Completed
Phase 3
Tacrolimus and Methotrexate With or Without Sirolimus in Preventing Graft-Versus-Host Disease in Young Patients Undergoing Donor Stem Cell Transplant for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia in Complete Remission Start of enrollment: 2007 Mar 01
Completed
Phase 3
Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy in Treating Young Patients With Newly Diagnosed, Previously Untreated, High-Risk Medulloblastoma/PNET Start of enrollment: 2007 Mar 26
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Young Patients With Newly Diagnosed T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia or T-cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma Start of enrollment: 2007 Jan 22
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Brain Function in Young Patients Receiving Methotrexate for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Start of enrollment: 2007 Jan 01
Completed
Donor Stem Cell Transplant in Treating Young Patients With Acute Myeloid Leukemia With Monosomy 7, -5/5q-, High FLT3-ITD AR, or Refractory or Relapsed Acute Myelogenous Leukemia Start of enrollment: 2008 Jan 01
Completed
Phase 2
Combination Chemotherapy With or Without Lestaurtinib in Treating Younger Patients With Newly Diagnosed Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Start of enrollment: 2008 Jan 15
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Combination Chemotherapy, Radiation Therapy, and an Autologous Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplant in Treating Young Patients With Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumor of the Central Nervous System Start of enrollment: 2009 Feb 10
Completed
Phase 3
Bortezomib and Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Younger Patients With Recurrent, Refractory, or Secondary Acute Myeloid Leukemia Start of enrollment: 2008 Apr 01
Completed
Phase 2
Long-Term Follow-Up of Patients Who Have Participated in Children's Oncology Group Studies Start of enrollment: 2008 Jul 17
Recruiting
Neuropsychological and Behavioral Testing in Younger Patients With Cancer Start of enrollment: 2009 Feb 27
Recruiting
Cixutumumab in Treating Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Solid Tumors Start of enrollment: 2009 Jan 01
Completed
Phase 2
Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Young Patients With Newly Diagnosed Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia Start of enrollment: 2009 Mar 09
Completed
Phase 3
Bortezomib and Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Young Patients With Relapsed Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia or Lymphoblastic Lymphoma Start of enrollment: 2009 Mar 01
Completed
Phase 2
Cixutumumab and Temsirolimus in Treating Younger Patients With Solid Tumors That Have Recurred or Not Responded to Treatment Start of enrollment: 2009 Apr 01
Completed
Phase 1
Collecting and Storing Samples of Bone Marrow and Blood From Patients With Relapsed Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia or Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Start of enrollment: 2006 Sep 25
Completed
Collecting and Storing Malignant, Borderline Malignant Neoplasms, and Related Samples From Young Patients With Cancer Start of enrollment: 2003 Oct 13
Completed
Study of Kidney Tumors in Younger Patients Start of enrollment: 2006 Feb 27
Recruiting
Collecting and Storing Samples of Blood and Tumor Tissue From Patients With Osteosarcoma Start of enrollment: 2008 Feb 04
Completed
Collecting and Storing Biological Samples From Patients With Ewing Sarcoma Start of enrollment: 2008 Feb 04
Completed
Collecting and Storing Biological Samples From Young Patients With Hodgkin?s Lymphoma Start of enrollment: 2006 Oct 23
Completed
Biomarkers in Tumor Tissue Samples From Patients With Newly Diagnosed Neuroblastoma or Ganglioneuroblastoma Start of enrollment: 2000 Nov 06
Recruiting
Collecting and Storing Tissue, Blood, and Bone Marrow Samples From Patients With Rhabdomyosarcoma or Other Soft Tissue Sarcoma Start of enrollment: 1999 Mar 15
Completed
Collecting and Storing Blood and Brain Tumor Tissue Samples From Children With Brain Tumors Start of enrollment: 2004 Feb 16
Completed
Pazopanib Hydrochloride in Treating Young Patients With Solid Tumors That Have Relapsed or Not Responded to Treatment Start of enrollment: 2009 Jun 01
Completed
Phase 1
Obatoclax Mesylate, Vincristine Sulfate, Doxorubicin Hydrochloride, and Dexrazoxane Hydrochloride in Treating Young Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Solid Tumors, Lymphoma, or Leukemia Start of enrollment: 2009 Jun 01
Terminated
Phase 1
Crizotinib in Treating Younger Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Solid Tumors or Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma Start of enrollment: 2009 Sep 21
Completed
Phase 1, Phase 2
Combination Chemotherapy and Surgery in Treating Young Patients With Wilms Tumor Start of enrollment: 2009 Jul 13
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Study of Blood Samples From Newborns With Down Syndrome Start of enrollment: 2009 Feb 23
Completed
Risk-Based Therapy in Treating Younger Patients With Newly Diagnosed Liver Cancer Start of enrollment: 2009 Sep 14
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Monoclonal Antibody Ch14.18, Sargramostim, Aldesleukin, and Isotretinoin After Autologous Stem Cell Transplant in Treating Patients With Neuroblastoma Start of enrollment: 2009 Dec 21
Completed
Phase 3
Seneca Valley Virus-001 and Cyclophosphamide in Treating Young Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Neuroblastoma, Rhabdomyosarcoma, or Rare Tumors With Neuroendocrine Features Start of enrollment: 2009 Sep 01
Completed
Phase 1
Temozolomide, Cixutumumab, and Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Metastatic Rhabdomyosarcoma Start of enrollment: 2010 Jan 01
Completed
Phase 2
Maintenance Chemotherapy or Observation Following Induction Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy in Treating Patients With Newly Diagnosed Ependymoma Start of enrollment: 2010 May 07
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Temsirolimus, Irinotecan Hydrochloride, and Temozolomide in Treating Younger Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Solid Tumors Start of enrollment: 2010 Jun 01
Completed
Phase 1
Risk-Based Classification System of Patients With Newly Diagnosed Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Start of enrollment: 2010 Aug 09
Completed
Alisertib in Treating Young Patients With Recurrent or Refractory Solid Tumors or Leukemia Start of enrollment: 2011 Feb 01
Completed
Phase 2
INCB18424 in Treating Young Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Solid Tumor, Leukemia, or Myeloproliferative Disease Start of enrollment: 2010 Sep 01
Completed
Phase 1
Vorinostat and Radiation Therapy Followed by Maintenance Therapy With Vorinostat in Treating Younger Patients With Newly Diagnosed Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma Start of enrollment: 2010 Aug 09
Completed
Phase 1, Phase 2
Risk-Adapted Chemotherapy in Treating Younger Patients With Newly Diagnosed Standard-Risk Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia or Localized B-Lineage Lymphoblastic Lymphoma Start of enrollment: 2010 Aug 09
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Temozolomide and Irinotecan Hydrochloride With or Without Bevacizumab in Treating Young Patients With Recurrent or Refractory Medulloblastoma or CNS Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumors Start of enrollment: 2010 Nov 22
Completed
Phase 2
Vinorelbine Tartrate and Cyclophosphamide in Combination With Bevacizumab or Temsirolimus in Treating Patients With Recurrent or Refractory Rhabdomyosarcoma Start of enrollment: 2010 Oct 01
Completed
Phase 2
Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Non-Metastatic Extracranial Ewing Sarcoma Start of enrollment: 2010 Nov 22
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
MK2206 in Treating Younger Patients With Recurrent or Refractory Solid Tumors or Leukemia Start of enrollment: 2011 Jan 01
Completed
Phase 1
Viral Therapy in Treating Young Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Solid Tumors Start of enrollment: 2010 Dec 01
Completed
Phase 1
Imetelstat Sodium in Treating Young Patients With Refractory or Recurrent Solid Tumors or Lymphoma Start of enrollment: 2011 May 01
Completed
Phase 1
Caspofungin Versus Fluconazole in Preventing Invasive Fungal Infections (IFI) in Patients Undergoing Chemotherapy for Acute Myeloid Leukemia Start of enrollment: 2011 Apr 04
Completed
Phase 3
Biological Therapy, Sargramostim, and Isotretinoin in Treating Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Neuroblastoma Start of enrollment: 2011 Sep 01
Completed
Phase 2
Bortezomib and Sorafenib Tosylate in Treating Patients With Newly Diagnosed Acute Myeloid Leukemia Start of enrollment: 2011 Jun 20
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Temsirolimus, Dexamethasone, Mitoxantrone Hydrochloride, Vincristine Sulfate, and Pegaspargase in Treating Young Patients With Relapsed Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia or Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Start of enrollment: 2011 Sep 01
Completed
Phase 1
A Phase III Randomized Trial for Newly Diagnosed High Risk B-precursor Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) Testing Clofarabine (IND# 73789, NSC# 606869) in the Very High Risk Stratum Start of enrollment: 2012 Feb 01
Caspofungin Acetate, Fluconazole, or Voriconazole in Preventing Fungal Infections in Patients Following Donor Stem Cell Transplant Start of enrollment: 2013 Mar 21
Completed
Phase 3
Intergroup Trial for Children or Adolescents With B-Cell NHL or B-AL: Evaluation of Rituximab Efficacy and Safety in High Risk Patients Start of enrollment: 2012 Jun 01
Chemotherapy Followed by Radiation Therapy in Treating Younger Patients With Newly Diagnosed Localized Central Nervous System Germ Cell Tumors Start of enrollment: 2012 Jun 27
Active, not recruiting
Phase 2
Irinotecan Hydrochloride and Temozolomide With Temsirolimus or Dinutuximab in Treating Younger Patients With Refractory or Relapsed Neuroblastoma Start of enrollment: 2013 Feb 12
Completed
Phase 2
Brentuximab Vedotin and Gemcitabine Hydrochloride in Treating Younger Patients With Relapsed or Refractory Hodgkin Lymphoma Start of enrollment: 2013 Jan 31
Completed
Phase 1, Phase 2
Chlorhexidine Gluconate Cleansing in Preventing Central Line Associated Bloodstream Infection and Acquisition of Multi-drug Resistant Organisms in Younger Patients With Cancer or Undergoing Donor Stem Cell Transplant Start of enrollment: 2013 Nov 04
Completed
Phase 3
Open Label, Phase II Study to Evaluate Efficacy and Safety of Oral Nilotinib in Philadelphia Positive (Ph+) Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML) Pediatric Patients. Start of enrollment: 2013 Aug 20
Completed
Phase 2
Brentuximab Vedotin or Crizotinib and Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Patients With Newly Diagnosed Stage II-IV Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma Start of enrollment: 2013 Nov 13
Completed
Phase 2
Combination Chemotherapy in Treating Younger Patients With Newly Diagnosed, Non-metastatic Desmoplastic Medulloblastoma Start of enrollment: 2013 Dec 24
Completed
Phase 2
Eribulin Mesylate in Treating Patients With Recurrent or Refractory Osteosarcoma Start of enrollment: 2014 Aug 01
Completed
Phase 2
Combination Chemotherapy With or Without Bortezomib in Treating Younger Patients With Newly Diagnosed T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia or Stage II-IV T-Cell Lymphoblastic Lymphoma Start of enrollment: 2014 Oct 04
Active, not recruiting
Phase 3
Radiation Therapy With or Without Combination Chemotherapy or Pazopanib Before Surgery in Treating Patients With Newly Diagnosed Non-rhabdomyosarcoma Soft Tissue Sarcomas That Can Be Removed by Surgery Start of enrollment: 2014 Jul 11
Active, not recruiting
Phase 2, Phase 3
Risk-Based Therapy in Treating Younger Patients With Newly Diagnosed Liver Cancer Start of enrollment: 2009 Sep 01
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

65 citations
Intensive induction chemotherapy followed by myeloablative chemotherapy with autologous hematopoietic progenitor cell rescue for young children newly-diagnosed with ce...
Wafik Zaky, Girish Dhall, Lingyun Ji, Kelley Haley, Jeffrey C. Allen
Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2014-01-01
14 citations
High Incidence of Veno‐Occlusive Disease With Myeloablative Chemotherapy Following Craniospinal Irradiation in Children With Newly Diagnosed High‐Risk CNS Embryonal Tu...
Kellie J. Nazemi, Violet Shen, Jonathan L. Finlay, James M. Boyett, Mehmet Kocak
Pediatric Blood & Cancer. 2016-09-01
12 citations
"She Was a Little Social Butterfly": A Qualitative Analysis of Parent Perception of Social Functioning in Adolescent and Young Adult Brain Tumor Survivors.
Justin Wilford, David Buchbinder, Michelle A. Fortier, Kathryn Osann, Violet Shen
Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing. 2017-02-01