About
Personal Statement
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Dr. Jian Shou is a board-certified surgeon by the American Board of Surgery in both General Surgery and Trauma/Surgical Critical Care. He is also a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He is maintaining a busy surgical practice since he joined the Department of Surgery in 2003. His research interests are immunological and metabolic modulation in critical ill animal models and patients. He has ongoing laboratory and clinical researches related to surgical infection. Dr. Shou's responsibilities also include lecturing and teaching medical students and surgical residents at Weill Medical College of Cornell University.
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Specialties and Expertise
Specialties
- Surgical Critical Care
- General Surgery
- Trauma Surgery
- Surgery, General
- Surgery
- Trauma Surgeon
- Gastrointestinal Surgery
Expertise
- Critical Care
- Trauma
- Minimally Invasive Surgery
- Hernia Surgery
- Stomach Surgery
- Laparoscopic Surgery
- Laparoscopic Gallbladder Surgery
- Pancreas and Spleen Surgery
- Hernia Repair
- Gallbladder Surgery
- Appendectomy
- Advanced Laparoscopic Surgery
- Spleen Surgery
- Minimal Access Surgery
- Repair, Hernia
- Minor General Surgery
- Major General Surgery
- Incisional Hernia
- Ventral Hernia Repair
- Inguinal Hernia Repair
- Small Bowel Resection
- Abdominal Surgery
- Cholecystectomy
- Adult Trauma
- Trauma and Critical Care
- Removal of Gallbladder
- Left Groin Hernia
- Right Groin Hernia
- Umbilical Hernia
- Diverticulitis
Biography
Jian Shou graduated from Lincoln Medical and Mental Health center in 2002 after five years of a general surgery residency. Prior to that he held the title of Research Associate in the Department of Surgery at Cornell for three years. In addition, he was a Research Associate at the University of Pennsylvania and performed a postdoctoral research fellowship from 1987 to 1991.
Research
Honors and Awards
Honors and Awards
New York SuperDoctor: an Honor given to 5% of New York physicians
Credentials
Board Certifications
- American Board of Surgery
- American Board of Surgery (Surgical Critical Care)
Clinical and Academic Positions
- Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery - Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University
- Associate Attending Surgeon - NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
Education and Training
- M.D., University of the State of New York, 2004
- B.M., Zhejiang Medical University (China), 1993
Insurance
Insurance Plans Accepted
The following represents most of the managed care plans accepted by this doctor. If your insurance carrier does not appear here please contact the doctor’s office as they may have individual contracts not included on this site.
* indicates this doctor is no longer accepting new patients with this insurance plan.
- AETNA - HMO
- AETNA - Medicare
- AETNA - PPO
- Aetna - Weill Cornell - POS
- Aetna-NYP - EPO/POS
- Affinity Access
- Affinity Health Plan
- AgeWell New York
- Amida Care
- CIGNA
- Emblem Select Care
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - Blue Access
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - Blue Connection
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - EPO
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - HMO
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - Mediblue (Senior)
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield - PPO
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield HealthPlus
- Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield HealthPlus - CHP
- Fidelis Care
- GHI - CBP
- Health First
- Health Insurance Plan of NY (HIP)
- Health Insurance Plan of NY (HIP) - Medicaid
- Health Insurance Plan of NY (HIP) - Medicare
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Oxford Health Plans - Freedom
- Oxford Health Plans - Liberty
- Oxford Health Plans - Medicare Advantage
- Oxford Health Plans - Metro/Core/Charter
- Rockefeller University - Trustmark
- United Empire
- United Healthcare
- United Healthcare - Community Plan
- United Healthcare - Medicare
- United Healthcare Compass
- VNSNY CHOICE - HMO
- VNSNY CHOICE - Medicare
- WellCare of NY
- WorldWide Medical