Faculty

Dr. Shen is staff Consultant and Chair of the Department of Cardiovascular Diseases at Mayo Clinic in Arizona and is a Professor of Medicine at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN. Dr. Shen graduated with Alpha Omega Alpha honors from New York Medical College. He received his training in internal medicine, cardiology and electrophysiology from Mayo Clinic and Duke University Medical Center. He was recipient of the Young Investigator Award, NASPE (now Heart Rhythm Society, HRS) in 1991. He previously served as Chairperson for the Research Committee of the American Heart Association (AHA), Greater Midwest Affiliate, Chair of the Older Populations Committee of AHA, a member of the Scientific Committee of the HRS, AHA, and ACC, and a member of ACCF/AHA Task Force on Practice Guidelines. He is currently a member of the ACCF Electrophysiology Committee, AHA Clinical Cardiology Leadership Committee, an Associate Editor of Circulation AEP and a member of the Editorial Board of Heart Rhythm Journal. He was the Chair of the ACC/AHA/HRS 2017 Guidelines for the Evaluation and Management of Patients with Syncope. He has authored or co-authored more than two hundred original articles and editorials in peer review journals, thirty book chapters and co-edited three books. His primary clinical responsibilities are caring for patients with cardiac arrhythmias and devices. His research is focused on autonomic regulation, syncope, atrial fibrillation and sudden cardiac death. He is actively involved in graduate student, medical student, resident and fellow education and educational and scientific programs nationally and internationally.

Arrhythmia ablation

Cardiac arrhythmias

Cardiac autonomics

Cellular electrophysiology

Implantable defibrillators

2022 Top Faculty Mayo Clinic School of Continuous Professional Development

2021 Visiting Professor and Grand Rounds Speaker University of Pittsburgh

2019 Board of Trustees, Heart Rhythm Society, Strategic Planning Task Force, Heart Rhythm Society

2018 Visiting Professor and Grand Rounds Speaker, New York University

2017 Visiting Professor and Grand Rounds Speaker, Duke University,Honorary Professor

Cardiovascular Institute - Shenyang Military Region

2016 Distinguished Visiting Professor, Tsinghua University

2015 Global Expert, Beijing Government Health Ministry

2014 Honorary Director, Heart and Vascular Center, Tsinghua University Chang Gung Hospital, Beijing

2013 Medal of Honor, Alumni Association, New York Medical College

2019, Co-author, ACC-SAP (Self-Assessment Program), American College of Cardiology

2019 – present, Member, Board of Trustees, Heart Rhythm Society (formerly NASPE)

Member Strategic Planning Task Force, Heart Rhythm Society (formerly NASPE)

2018 – 2019, Chair, Patient and Caregivers Committee, Heart Rhythm Society (formerly NASPE)

2018, Co-author, ACC-SAP (Self-Assessment Program), American College of Cardiology

2017-present, Leader, Destination Medical Community Workgroup, Mayo Clinic Rochester Workgroups Leader, Rochester Epidemiology Project, Department of Quantitative Health Sciences

2016 --2018, Member, Governance Committee, Heart Rhythm Society (formerly NASPE)

2016 – present, Member, EP Leadership Council, American College of Cardiology

2014 – present, Ambassador, Heart Rhythm Society (formerly NASPE)

2013 – 2014, Member, Scientific Program Committee, American College of Cardiology

2013 – present, Member Leadership Committee, Council on Clinical Cardiology, American Heart Association

2012–2015, Member, Task Force on Practice Guidelines, American College of Cardiology/ American Heart Association

2012, Abstract Grader, Scientific Program Committee, American Heart Association

2011–2013, Chair Cardiovascular Disease in Older Populations Joint Committee (CVN-CLCD), American Heart Association