About Esther Shao, MD, PhD
Dr. Shao completed her undergraduate studies at Harvard College then pursued her MD at University of California Irvine College of Medicine and her PhD in molecular biology at UCLA. She completed her cardiology and heart failure/transplant fellowships at UCLA prior to joining the staff at Northwestern University Medical Center. Dr. Shao then served as Medical Director of Advanced Heart Failure at Maine Medical Center from 2013 to 2023. Under Dr. Shao’s leadership the program markedly expanded while achieving excellent patient outcomes. She joined MGH in September of 2023 to continue her interest in learning, teaching, and caring for patients with advanced heart failure (heart transplant, ventricular assist devise, right heart failure, cardiomyopathy, cardiogenic shock). Dr. Shao’s area of research is in arteriovenous malformations and angiogenesis.
Departments, Centers, & Programs:
Clinical Interests:
- Arteriovenous Malformation
- Cardiogenic shock
- Cardiomyopathy
- Diastolic heart failure
- Heart Transplant
- Mechanical Circulatory Support (MCS)
- Right heart failure
- Systolic heart failure
- Ventricular assist devices
Treats:
- Adult
Languages:
- Mandarin Chinese
Locations
Massachusetts General Hospital
55 Fruit St.
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 617-643-9744
Mass General Heart Center
55 Fruit St.
Boston, MA 02114
Phone: 866-644-8910
Medical Education
- PhD, UCLA
- MD, University of California - Irvine College of Medicine
- Residency, Kaiser Foundation Hospital
- Fellowship, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
American Board Certifications
- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology, American Board of Internal Medicine
- Cardiovascular Disease, American Board of Internal Medicine
- Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine
Accepted Insurance Plans
- Aetna
- Beech Street
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare
- Cigna
- Commonwealth Care Alliance
- Coventry
- Fallon Health
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care
- Humana
- Maine Community Health Options
- Mass General Brigham Health Plan
- MassHealth
- Medicaid NH
- Medicaid RI
- Medicaid VT
- Medicare
- Medicare ACO
- Multiplan
- Railroad Medicare
- Senior Whole Health
- TriCare
- Tufts Health Plan
- Unicare
- United Health Care
- WellSense
Note: This provider may accept more insurance plans than shown; please call the practice to find out if your plan is accepted.