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
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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 Heart Rhythm Society(FHRS)
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
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
Charles E Frosst Prize and Medal
Cushing Memorial Prize Montreal Children's Hospital
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 Apr 1
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, Edward N Shen> ;Sleep. 2009 Nov 1
Radiofrequency catheter cure of idiopathic ventricular tachycardia--first experience in Hawaii.
Edward N Shen> ;Hawaii Medical Journal. 1994 Nov 1
1 citations
Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography.
R C Ashmore, M T Grattan, J R Chen, W J Kai, C E Moreno-Cabral, N M Scully, Edward N Shen, R L White> ;Hawaii Medical Journal. 1993 Jul 1
Coronary atherectomy: report of the first experience in Hawaii.
Edward N Shen, Chen R, R C Ashmore, W J Kai, R L White, N M Scully, M T Grattan> ;Hawaii Medical Journal. 1992 Dec 1
Idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis constitutes high risk for catheter interventional techniques of the left anterior descending artery
Edward N Shen, Mark T Grattan, Brad Hall, Arthur Lee> ;American Heart Journal. 1992 Oct 1
Radio-frequency catheter cure of re-entrant supraventricular tachycardias: report of the first experience in Hawaii.
Edward N Shen> ;Hawaii Medical Journal. 1992 Feb 1
1 citations
Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy and recurrent pacemaker lead dislodgment
Edward N Shen, Tom Madsen> ;American Heart Journal. 1991 Oct 1
41 citations
Ventricular Tachycardia with Congenital Ventricular Diverticulum
Edward N. Shen, Osamu Fukuyama, John M. Herre, Edward S. Yee, Melvin M. Scheinman> ;Chest. 1991 Jul 1
7 citations
Propafenone: a promising new antiarrhythmic agent
Edward N Shen> ;Chest. 1990 Aug 1
38 citations
Coexistent mahaim and kent accessory connections: Diagnostic and therapeutic implications
Joseph A. Abbott, Melvin M. Scheinman, Fred Morady, Edward N. Shen, Ronald H. Miller, Michael A. Ruder, Michael Eldar, John J. Seger, Jesse C. Davis, Jerry C. Griffin,...> ;Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 1987 Aug 1
Hemodynamic and electrophysiologic effects of encainide in patients with bundle branch block.
A B Schwartz, William Shapiro, Suave Mj, Edward N. Shen, Anil K. Bhandari, Fred Morady, Melvin M. Scheinman> ;The Canadian Journal of Cardiology. 1987 Mar 1
31 citations
Intravenous propafenone for termination of reentrant supraventricular tachycardia. A placebo-controlled, randomized, double-blind, crossover study.
Edward N. Shen, Edmund C. Keung, Edward C. Huycke, Mary L. Dohrmann, Ngai X. Nguyen, Fred Morady, Ruey J. Sung> ;Annals of Internal Medicine. 1986 Nov 1
51 citations
Clinical significance of ventricular fibrillation-flutter induced by ventricular programmed stimulation
Lorenzo A. DiCarlo, Fred Morady, Alan B. Schwartz, Edward N Shen, Jeffrey M. Baerman, Ryszard B. Krol, Melvin M. Scheinman, Ruey J. Sung> ;American Heart Journal. 1985 May 1
22 citations
Clinical symptoms in patients with sustained ventricular tachycardia.
F Morady, Edward N. Shen, Anil K. Bhandari, A B Schwartz, Melvin M. Scheinman> ;The Western Journal of Medicine. 1985 Mar 1
104 citations
Electrophysiologic testing in patients with the long QT syndrome.
Anil K. Bhandari, William Shapiro, Fred Morady, Edward N. Shen, J Mason, Melvin M. Scheinman> ;Circulation. 1985 Jan 1
Invasive electrophysiologic testing: a critical appraisal.
Melvin M. Scheinman, Fred Morady, Edward N. Shen> ;Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1984 Dec 1
40 citations
Catheter-induced his bundle ablation in a patient with reentrant tachycardia associated with a nodoventricular tract
Anil K. Bhandari, Fred Morady, Edward N. Shen, Alan B. Schwartz, Elias H. Botvinick, Melvin M. Scheinman> ;Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 1984 Sep 1
98 citations
Electrophysiologic testing in bundle branch block and unexplained syncope.
Fred Morady, Jim Higgins, Robert W. Peters, Alan B. Schwartz, Edward N. Shen, Anil Bhandari, Melvin M. Scheinman, Mary Jane Sauve> ;The American Journal of Cardiology. 1984 Sep 1
58 citations
Programmed ventricular stimulation in patients without spontaneous ventricular tachycardia
Fred Morady, William Shapiro, Edward N. Shen, Ruey J. Sung, Melvin M. Scheinman> ;American Heart Journal. 1984 May 1
52 citations
Electrophysiologic and hemodynamic effects of intravenous propafenone in patients with recurrent ventricular tachycardia.
Edward N. Shen, Ruey J. Sung, Fred Morady, Alan B. Schwartz, Melvin M. Scheinman, Lorenzo A. DiCarlo, William Shapiro> ;Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 1984 May 1
24 citations
Unusual features of arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia.
Fred Morady, Edward N. Shen, Melvin M. Scheinman> ;The American Journal of Cardiology. 1984 Feb 1
31 citations
Programmed ventricular stimulation in mitral valve prolapse: Analysis of 36 patients
Fred Morady, Edward N. Shen, Anil Bhandari, Alan Schwartz, Melvin M. Scheinman> ;The American Journal of Cardiology. 1984 Jan 1
104 citations
Long-term follow-up of patients with recurrent unexplained syncope evaluated by electrophysiologic testing.
Fred Morady, Edward N. Shen, Alan Schwartz, David Hess, Anil Bhandari, Ruey J. Sung, Melvin M. Scheinman> ;Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 1983 Dec 1
93 citations
Long-term efficacy and toxicity of high-dose amiodarone therapy for ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation.
Fred Morady, Mary Jane Sauve, Patricia Malone, Edward N. Shen, Alan B. Schwartz, Anil Bhandari, Edmond Keung, Ruey J. Sung, Melvin M. Scheinman> ;The American Journal of Cardiology. 1983 Nov 1
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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
Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography
Hawaii Med J, 1/1/1993
Return of an unusual tachycardia
Shen EN., Cardio, 1/1/1993
Postoperative activities of an antitachycardia device
Shen EN, Winslow T., Cardio, 1/1/1993
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
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
An atypical tachycardia
Shen EN, Dove T, Timmons R, Sung RJ., Cardio, 1/1/1992
Ventricular tachycardia with congenital ventricular diverticulum
Shen EN, Fukuyama 0, Harre JM, Yee E, Scheinman MM., Chest, 1/1/1991
Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy and recurrent pacemaker lead dislodgement
Shen EN, Madsen T., Am Heart J, 1/1/1991
A very bad case of chest pain
Shen EN., Cardio, 1/1/1991
Shen EN., Cardio, 1/1/1991
Wide complex tachycardia with a congenital anomaly
Shen EN., Cardio, 1/1/1991
Shen EN., Hawaii Med J, 1/1/1990
Propafenone, a promising new antiarrhythmic agent
Shen EN., Chest, 1/1/1990
An uncommon tachycardia
Shen EN., Cardio, 1/1/1990
A wide QRS rhythm
Rosenhect S, Shen EN., Cardio, 1/1/1990
Palpitations with facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy
Shen EN., Cardio, 1/1/1990
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
The automatic implantable cardioverter defibrillator (AICD): Our experience at Straub
Scully NM, Shen EN, Nakamura IDS., The Straub Foundation Proceedings, 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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