Overview
Steven Shea, MD, MS, received his AB from Harvard College and his MD from Columbia University’s College of Physicians & Surgeons. He completed his residency in internal medicine at Presbyterian Hospital and fellowship in General Internal Medicine at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He received an MS in Epidemiology from the Harvard School of Public Health. He has been on the faculty at Columbia since 1984 and served as Division Chief from 1992 to 2014. His research is focused on cardiovascular epidemiology and medical informatics applications to chronic disease management. He is the principal investigator for the Columbia University Field Center for the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA), a longitudinal study of approximately 6,400 subjects (1,100 at Columbia) funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) since the year 2000. In the Dean’s office, Dr. Shea is responsible for affiliations with Columbia University Medical Center’s teaching hospitals.
Areas of Expertise / Conditions Treated
- Anemia, Iron Deficiency
- Arthritis
- Asthma
- Cholesterol Management
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
- Dementia
- Depression
- Diabetes
- Diet Counseling
- Emphysema
- Gay/Lesbian Counseling
- Heart Failure
- Hepatitis
- Hypertension
- Hypoglycemia
- Lyme Disease
- Osteoarthritis
- Osteoporosis
- Phlebitis
- Sickle Cell Anemia
- Stroke
- Thyroid Disorder
- Ulcer Disorders
Academic Appointments
- Hamilton Southworth Professor of Medicine
- Professor of Epidemiology (in Biomedical Informatics)
Hospital Affiliations
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Gender
- Male
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Credentials & Experience
Education & Training
- Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
- Internship: Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, NY
- Residency: Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, NY
- Fellowship: Brigham & Women's Hospital - Harvard
Board Certifications
- Internal Medicine
- Internal Medicine
Research
Dr. Steven Shea's research focuses on cardiovascular disease epidemiology, with significant contributions to studies in both children and adults, particularly in hypertension and blood pressure. Since 2000, he has served as the principal investigator for the Columbia University Field Center for the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA), a 17-year longitudinal study of approximately 6,400 subjects (1,100 at Columbia) funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI). He is currently the principal investigator for an NHLBI-funded MESA ancillary study on cholesterol efflux and plaque inflammation, as well as several other MESA ancillary study subcontracts. MESA has been instrumental in exploring subclinical predictors, endophenotypes, and the influence of social and environmental factors—including air pollution, neighborhood social and physical environment, stress, sleep, race/ethnicity, and gender—on disparities in health-related behaviors, subclinical cardiovascular and pulmonary disease, and cardiovascular events. The project has also provided valuable research and career development opportunities for fellows and mentored junior faculty at Columbia and beyond.
Additionally, Dr. Shea is the principal investigator for the Division of General Medicine’s two post-doctoral fellowship training grants. Since 1985, he has led NIH-funded research projects continuously in cardiovascular epidemiology, served on numerous grant review committees and editorial boards, and published extensively. Dr. Shea also served as principal investigator for the Informatics for Diabetes Education and Telemedicine (IDEATel) study, a randomized trial conducted from 2000 to 2009. Currently, he is the principal investigator for an NHLBI-funded randomized pilot trial aimed at testing a health-kiosk-based strategy to improve blood pressure control.
Selected Publications
- Shea S, Fullilove MT. Entry of black and minority students into U.S. medical schools: historical perspective and recent trends. New Engl J Med 1985;3l0:933?940.
- Shea S, Misra D, Ehrlich M, Field L, Francis CK. Predisposing factors for severe, uncontrolled hypertension in an inner?city minority population. New Engl J Med 1992;327:776?781
- Shea S, Nickerson KG, Tenenbaum J, et al. Compensation to a department of medicine and its faculty members for the teaching of medical students and house staff. New Engl J Med 1996;334:162-167.
- Detrano R, Guerci AD, Carr JJ, Bild DE, Burke G, Folsom AR, Liu K, Shea S, Szklo M, Bluemke DA, O’Leary DH, Tracy R, Watson K, Wong ND, Kronmal RA. Coronary calcium as a predictor of coronary events in four racial or ethnic groups. New Engl J Med 2008;358:1336-1345.
- Shea S, Hripcsak G. Accelerating the use of electronic health records in physician practices. New Engl J Med 2010;362:192-195.
- Shea S, Lima J, Diez-Roux A, Jorgensen NW, McClelland RL. Socioeconomic status and poor health outcome at 10 years of follow-up in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. PLoS ONE 2016;22;11(11):e0165651.
- Shea S, Stein JH, Jorgenson NW, McClelland RL, Tascau L, Shrager S, Heinecke JW, Yvan-Charvet L, Tall AR. Cholesterol mass efflux capacity, incident cardiovascular disease, and progression of carotid plaque: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. In press.