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Roy Shen, M.D.,F.A.C.S.

19 Patients 1 Review
Lowell General Hospital Center For Weight Management
20 Research Place
North Chelmsford, Massachusetts 01863
978-788-7200
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About Roy Shen

Dr Roy Shen is on the medical staff at both Lowell General Hospital. He is the chief of surgery at Lowell General Hospital.Doctor Roy Shen joined our staff in 2003, and is a welcome addition to the Weight Management Center in Lowell,Mass.He completed his medical training at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, PA, and he did his residency at the University of Illinois Metropolitan Group Hospital in Chicago, IL. He also completed a fellowship in Minimally Invasive Surgery under the direction of Christine Ren, MD, one of the most prominent bariatric surgeons in the US. He is the first surgeon in the Merrimack Valley to offer the Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Band (Lap-Band?) to his bariatric patients. He has published several papers on different aspects of bariatric surgery, and is a Full Member of the American Society of Bariatric Surgeons (ASBS), and board certified.

Credentials and training

Medical School Attended
Jefferson Medical College - Philadelphia, PA1996
Residency
University of Illinois Metro Group Hospitals - Chicago, IL2002
Fellowship
New York University Hospitals - New York, NY2003
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  • New York University Lap/Bariatric Fllsp2002

    Laparoscopy, Bariatric Surgery

Accreditations

  • Bariatric Center of Excellence

Listed procedures

  • Adjustable Gastric Band
  • Fobi Pouch
  • Gastric Bypass
  • Revision Surgery
  • Sleeve Gastrectomy
  • Vertical Banded Gastroplasty

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  • ABMS
  • ACS
  • American Board of Surgery
  • ASMBS
  • LAP-BAND

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