Biography

Dr. Wei Shen

Columbia University, USA

Email: [email protected]


Qualifications

2011 M.P.H., Biostatistics, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, USA.

1997 M.S., Pediatric Cardiology, Beijing Medical University (Now Peking University Health Science Center), China.

1995 M.D., Beijing Medical University (Now Peking University Health Science Center), China.


Publications (Selected)

  1. Baracos V, Caserotti P, Earthman CP, Fields D, Gallagher D, Hall KD, Heymsfield SB, Müller MJ, Napolitano A, Pichard C, Redman LM, Shen W, Shephard JA, Thomas D 2011 ASPEN Research Workshop: Advances in the Science and Application of Body Composition Measurement Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition 2012(1);36:96-107
  2. Sproule DM, Montgomery MJ, Punyanitya M, Shen W, Dashnaw S, Montes J, Dunaway S, Finkel R, Darras B, De Vivo DC, Kaufmann P. Thigh Muscle Volume Measured by Magnetic Resonance Imaging Is Stable Over a 6-Month Interval in Spinal Muscular Atrophy. Journal of Child Neurology 2011 Oct;26(10):1252-9.
  3. Ma X, Laud PW, Pintar F, Kim JE, Shih A, Shen W, Heymsfield SB, Allison DB, Zhu S. Obesity and Non-fatal Motor Vehicle Crash Injuries: Sex Difference Effects International Journal of Obesity 2011 Sep;35(9):1216-24.
  4. Heymsfield SB, Shen W. BAI as a new measure of adiposity-throw away your scale? Nature Reviews Endocrinology 2011 Jun;7(6):321-2.
  5. Heymsfield SB, Thomas D, Ngyuen AM, Peng JZ, Martin C, Shen W, Strauss B, Bosy-Westphal A, Muller M. Voluntary Weight Loss: Systematic Review of Early Phase Body Composition Changes Obesity Reviews 2011 May;12(5):e348-61.
  6. Shen W, Chen J, Kwak S, Punyanitya M, Heymsfield SB. Between-Slice Intervals in Quantification of Adipose Tissue and Muscle in Children International Journal of Pediatric Obesity 2011 Apr;6(2):149-56
  7. Sproule DM, Punyanitya M, Shen W, Dashnaw S, Martens B, Battista V, Montgomery M, Marra J, Montes J, De Vivo DC, Kaufmann P. Muscle Volume Estimation by Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Spinal Muscular Atrophy Journal of Child Neurology 2011 Mar;26(3):309-17.
  8. Gantz M, Chen J, Heymsfield SB, Shen W. Intraperitoneal Adipose Tissue in Children: Quantification by Advanced Imaging Methods and Associated Health Risks The Open Obesity Journal 2011; 3:34-41.
  9. Scherzer R, Shen W, Heymsfield SB, Lewis CE, Kotler D, Punyanitya M, Bacchetti P, Shlipak MG, Grunfeld C; Study of Fat Redistribution Metabolic Change in HIV Infection. Intermuscular adipose tissue and metabolic associations in HIV infection. Obesity 2011 Feb;19(2):283-91.
  10. Sproule DM, Montes J, Dunaway SL, Montgomery M, Battista V, Shen W, Punyanitya M, De Vivo DC, Kaufmann P. Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis Can Be a Useful Screen for Excess Adiposity in Spinal Muscular Atrophy. Journal of Child Neurology 2010 Nov;25(11):1348-54. 2010 Apr 13.
  11. Sproule DM, Montes J, Dunaway S, Montgomery M, Battista V, Koenigsberger D, Martens B, Shen W, Punyanitya M, Benton M, Butler H, Caracciolo J, Mercuri E, Finkel R, Darras B, De Vivo DC, Kaufmann P. Adiposity is increased among high-functioning, non-ambulatory patients with spinal muscular atrophy. Neuromuscular Disorder 2010 Jul;20(7):448-52.
  12. Geer EB, Shen W Gallagher D, Punyanitya M, Looker HC, Post KD, Freda PU. MRI assessment of lean and adipose tissue distribution in female patients with Cushing's disease. Clinical Endocrinology 2010;73(4): 469–475.
  13. Zhu S, Kim JE, Ma X, Shih A, Laud PW, Pintar F, Shen W, Heymsfield SB, Allison DB. BMI and Risk of Serious Upper Body Injury Following Motor Vehicle Crashes: Concordance of Real-World and Computer-Simulated Observations. PLoS Medicine 2010 Mar 30;7(3) e1000250
  14. Silva AM, Shen W, Heo M, Gallagher D, Wang Z, Sardinha LB, Heymsfield SB. Ethnicity-related skeletal muscle differences across the lifespan. American Journal of Human Biology. 2010 Jan-Feb;22(1):76-82.
  15. Shen W, Punyanitya M, Silva AM, Chen J, Gallagher D, Sardinha LB, Allison DB, Heymsfield SB.  Sexual dimorphism of adipose tissue distribution across the lifespan: a cross-sectional whole-body magnetic resonance imaging study. Nutrition & Metabolism 2009 Apr 16; 6:17.
  16. Mayer LE, Klein DA, Black E, Attia E, Shen W, Mao X, Shungu DC, Punyanita M, Gallagher D, Wang J, Heymsfield SB, Hirsch J, Ginsberg HN, Walsh BT. Adipose tissue distribution after weight restoration and weight maintenance in women with anorexia nervosa .American Journal Clinical Nutrition 2009 Nov;90(5):1132-7.
  17. Geer EB, Shen W. Gender differences in insulin resistance, body composition, and energy balance Gender Medicine 2009, 6(Part 1): 60-75
  18. Freda PU, Shen W, Reyes CM, Geer EB, Arias-Mendoza F, Gallagher D, Heymsfield SB. Skeletal Muscle Mass in Acromegaly Assessed by Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Dual Photon X-ray Absorptiometry Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 2009 Aug;94(8):2880-6.
  19. Sproule DM, Montes J, Montgomery M, Battista V, Koenigsberger D, Shen W, Punyanitya M, De Vivo DC, Kaufmann P. Increased fat mass and high incidence of overweight despite low body mass index in patients with spinal muscular atrophy.
  20. Neuromuscular Disorder 2009 Jun;19(6):391-6.
  21. Leibel N, Shen W, Mao X, Punyanita M, Gallagher D, Horlick M, Shungu DC, Oberfield SE. Body Composition in Premature Adrenarche by Structural MRI, 1H MRS and DXA Journal of Pediatric Endocrinology and Metabolism. 2009 Apr;22(4):301-7.
  22. Shen W, Mao X, Wolper C, Heshka S, Dashnaw S, Hirsch J, Heymsfield SB, Shungu DC. Reproducibility of Single- and Multi-voxel 1H MRS Measurements of Intramyocellular Lipid in Overweight and Lean Subjects under Conditions of Controlled Dietary Calorie and Fat Intake NMR in biomedicine 2008 Jun;21(5):498-506.
  23. Shen W, Chen J. Application of imaging and other noninvasive techniques in determining adipose tissue mass. Methods in Molecular Biology. 2008;456:39-54.
  24. Scherzer R, Shen W, Bacchetti P, Kotler D, Lewis CE, Shlipak MG, Punyanitya M, Heymsfield SB, Grunfeld C; Study of Fat Redistribution Metabolic Change in HIV Infection.Comparison of dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry and magnetic resonance imaging-measured adipose tissue depots in HIV-infected and control subjects. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2008 Oct;88(4):1088-96.
  25. Scherzer R, Shen W, Bacchetti P, Kotler D, Lewis CE, Shlipak MG, Heymsfield SB, Grunfeld C; Study of Fat Redistribution Metabolic Change in HIV Infection (FRAM).Simple anthropometric measures correlate with metabolic risk indicators as strongly as magnetic resonance imaging-measured adipose tissue depots in both HIV-infected and control subjects. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2008 Jun;87(6):1809-17.
  26. Freda PU, Shen W, Heymsfield SB, Reyes CM, Geer EB, Bruce JN, Gallagher D. Lower Visceral and Subcutaneous but Higher Intermuscular Adipose Tissue Depots in Patients with GH & IGF-I Excess due to Acromegaly. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 2008 Jun;93(6):2334-43.
  27. Shen W, Punyanitya M, Chen J, Gallagher D, Albu J, Pi-Sunyer X, Lewis CE, Grunfeld C, Heshka S, Heymsfield SB. Visceral Adipose Tissue: Relationships between Single Slice Areas at Different Locations and Obesity Related Health Risks International Journal of Obesity 2007 May;31(5):763-9.
  28. Demerath EW, Shen W, Lee M, Choh A, Czerwinski SA, Siervogel RM, Towne B Estimation of total visceral adipose tissue with a single MR image. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2007;85:362-68.
  29. Shen W, Chen J, Punyanitya M, Shapses S, Heshka S, Heymsfield SB. MRI-measured bone marrow adipose tissue is inversely related to DXA-measured bone mineral in Caucasian women. Osteoporosis International. 2007 May;18(5):641-47.
  30. Shen W, Punyanitya M, Chen J, Gallagher D, Albu J, Pi-Sunyer FX, Heymsfield SB, Heshka S Waist circumference correlates with metabolic syndrome indicators better than percentage fat Obesity 2006;14: 727-36.
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