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ACS Fellow Since 2011

Wen Tsong Shen, MD FACS

Board Certification

  • American Board of Surgery - General Surgery

Additional Information

Gender

Male

Type of Practice

Academic medical center

General Surgery

1600 Divisadero St # 1674

Department of Surgery C3-49

Ucsf-Mount Zion

San Francisco, CA 94143

United States

Contact Information

Phone:415-885-3755

Biography

Academic endocrine surgery practice based at the UCSF/Mt. Zion Medical Center, with focus on operations of the thyroid, parathyroid, and adrenal glands. Experience in minimally invasive approaches for all of these operations. Basic science research on thyroid cancer growth, invasion, metastasis, and treatment. Clinical research in a variety of areas of endocrine surgery.

Subspecialties and Areas of Clinical Concentration

Endocrine (Gland)

  • adrenal cancers/tumors
  • adrenal surgery
  • hyperparathyroidism
  • parathyroid cancer
  • parathyroid surgery
  • pheochromocytoma
  • thyroid nodules/cancer
  • thyroid surgery

Hospital Appointments

V.A. Medical Center

San Francisco, CA

Courtesy

07/2007—Present

UCSF Mount Zion Medical Center

San Francisco, CA

Trauma/Acute Care Surgeon

07/2008—Present

St. Mary's Medical Center

San Francisco, CA

Attending

07/2008—Present

Academic Appointments

University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine

San Francisco, CA

Assistant Professor

07/2007—Present