Yu-min Shen, MD

Associate Professor
Internal Medicine

Contact Information

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390

yu-min.shen@utsouthwestern.edu

To make an appointment, call 214-645-8300.

Biography

Experience 1. 2004-current Assistant Professor, Division of Hematology-Oncology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Texas 2. 2004-current Clinic Chief of the Parkland Malignant Hematology Clinic, Parkland Health and Hospital Systems, Dallas, Texas 3. 1998-2001 MD on Call, P.A. Internal medicine hospitalist group based at Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas, with a presence at Medical City Dallas Hospital and Presbyterian Hospital of Plano. Committees 2005-current Blood Utilization & Review Committee, Parkland Memorial Hospital 2005-current Pharmacy & Therapeutic Committee, Hematology-Oncology Subcommittee, Parkland Memorial Hospital 2006-current Pharmacy & Therapeutic Committee, Anticoagulation Subcommittee, Parkland Memorial Hospital Research 1992-95 Division of Neurosurgery, San Diego VAMC; Dr. Hoi Sang U: Investigation of the role of EGF-receptor in the differentiation of human glial cells; whether stimulation of EGF-receptor in a neuroectodermal tumor cell line is correlated with expression of glial properties. 1990-91 Division of Oncology, Stanford University Medical Center; Dr. Gilbert Chu: Investigation of the factors that modulate the expression of the xeroderma pigmentosum complementation group E DNA binding factor (XPE-BF), a DNA repair protein. 1989-90 Department of General Surgery and Division of Endocrinology, Stanford University Medical Center; Dr. Fletcher Starnes and Dr. Andrew Hoffman: Investigation of the roles of tumor necrosis factor and insulin-like growth factor I in animal models of cachexia. Memberships American College of Physicians-American Society of Internal Medicine American Society of Hematology American Society of Clinical Oncology International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis Chinese American Medical Society Personal Born in Taipei, Taiwan; married to Yee-Yee Shen, with one daughter and one son, Evelyn and Ethan. Fluent in English and Mandarin.

Education

FellowshipUT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Hematology and Oncology (2004)
ResidencyUT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Internal Medicine (1998)
InternshipUT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Internal Medicine (1996)
Medical SchoolUniversity of California at San Diego School of Medicine (1995)

Research Interests

Thrombosis & Hemostasis

Publications

Featured
Antiphospholipid Antibodies and Malignancy

Chi Pham and Yu-Min Shen , Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America , February 2008; (22(1)):121-130

Featured
Acquired Platelet Dysfunction

Yu-Min Shen and Eugene Frenkel , Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America , August 2007; (21(4)):647-661

IgA antiphospholipid antibodies are an independent risk factor for thromboses

Shen YM, Lee R, Frenkel E, Sarode R , Lupus , November 2008; (17(11)):996-1003

Higher optical density of an antigen assay predicts for thrombosis in patients with heparin-induced thrombocytopenia

Altuntas F, Matevosyan K, Burner J, Shen YM, Sarode R , European Journal of Haematology , May 2008; (80(5)):429-435

The Direct Thrombin Inhibitors: Their Role and Use for Rational Anticoagulation

Frenkel E., Shen Y., Haley B. , Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America , 2005; (19(1)):119-145

Poor correlation of supratherapeutic international normalised ratio and vitamin K-dependent procoagulant factor levels during warfarin therapy

Sarode R., Rawal A., Lee R., Shen Y., Frenkel E. , British Journal of Haematology , 2005; (132):604-607

Thrombosis and a Hypercoagulable State in HIV-Infected Patients

Shen Y. and Frenkel E. , Clinical and Applied Thrombosis/Hemostasis , 2004; (10(3)):277-280

Honors/Awards

Honors

Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences (1991)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

American College of Physicians - American Society of Internal Medicine

American Society of Hematology

International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis