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About Jia Shen, MD, MPH, FACC

Jia Shen, MD, MPH, is a board-certified cardiologist specializing in preventive cardiology, serving as the medical director of the UC San Diego Health cardiology clinics at Hillcrest and Bankers Hill locations.

Dr. Shen is passionate about patient education and works closely with patients and healthcare providers to create a personalized treatment plan that optimizes individual patient goals and quality of life. During clinic visits, Dr. Shen will take the time to explain complex cardiovascular conditions and their management. As a general cardiologist, she diagnoses and treats hypertension, high cholesterol, coronary artery disease, congestive heart failure, and valvular heart disease. She specializes in dietary and lifestyle interventions to prevent and treat cardiovascular disease.

She teaches preventive cardiology as an associate professor with the San Diego School of Medicine.
Dr. Shen is a master clinician who educates medical students and trainees on providing comprehensive, patient-centered, empathetic and compassionate care. She lectures regionally and nationally on cardiovascular health and has authored for the American College of Cardiology board review.

Dr. Shen is a faculty advisor to the International Health Collective, a non-profit student organization providing medical care and services to underserved patients in the Tijuana-Baja California region. She leads medical mission trips to Baja, Mexico, is passionate about equitable access to care, and works to ensure that patients from all walks of life receive the same high-quality, comprehensive care. She has worked in Mexico, Ethiopia, Tanzania and China.

She earned her medical degree from St. Louis University School of Medicine in Missouri. She also holds a master's degree in global public health from Harvard University School of Public Health in Boston.

Dr. Shen is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology and a member of the American Heart Association and the American Society of Preventive Cardiology.

She is board certified in internal medicine, cardiovascular disease, and echocardiography.

In addition to English, Dr. Shen is fluent in Mandarin.

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For more information, see Heart Care.

Insurance Information
UC San Diego Health accepts most major health insurance plans, but you should verify that your plan covers this provider and all services and locations. The information in the link below does not apply to affiliate providers, who are not employed by UC San Diego Health.
Health Insurance Plans Accepted
Open Payments Program Notification
For informational purposes only, a link to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments web page is provided here. The federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act requires that detailed information about payment and other payments of value worth over ten dollars ($10) from manufacturers of drugs, medical devices, and biologics to physicians and teaching hospitals be made available to the public.
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Medical Degree

  • Saint Louis University, School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO

Fellowship

  • Emory University, School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA

Residency

  • Emory University, School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA

Master's Degree

  • Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA

Gender

  • Female

Languages

  • Mandarin

Date Joined Staff

  • 2017-09-01

Board Certifications

  • American Board of Internal Medicine
  • Cardiovascular Disease

Conditions and Treatments

  • Primary and Secondary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease
  • Echocardiography
  • Social Determinants of Health
  • Global Health
  • Distribution of Cardiovascular Health Services in Low-Resource Settings
  • Cardiovascular Disease
  • General Cardiology
  • Heart Disease Management
  • Cardiac Rehabilitation
  • Women's Cardiovascular Health and Disease
  • Heart Valve Program
Insurance Information
UC San Diego Health accepts most major health insurance plans, but you should verify that your plan covers this provider and all services and locations. The information in the link below does not apply to affiliate providers, who are not employed by UC San Diego Health.
Health Insurance Plans Accepted
Open Payments Program Notification
For informational purposes only, a link to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments web page is provided here. The federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act requires that detailed information about payment and other payments of value worth over ten dollars ($10) from manufacturers of drugs, medical devices, and biologics to physicians and teaching hospitals be made available to the public.
View Open Payments data for Dr. Shen
  • Cardiology