Physician Profile

Steven Shu, M.D. M.B.A. is a nationally renowned proceduralist who specializes in office procedures. He provides a wide range of procedural services above and beyond typical medicine and does more than 2,000 procedures and surgeries every year.  Dr. Shu developed all new protocols and standards for the office procedures, thereby distinguishing himself as a specialized surgeon with a vast amount of experience in the office based procedures and surgeries.

After graduating in 1984 from the distinguished Shanghai Medical University, Dr. Shu completed his surgical residency and worked as a surgical attending physician until arriving in the United States in 1991. After completing a surgical internship at Flushing Hospital in New York, he followed with office procedure orientated residency training in family medicine at Michigan State University from 1996 to 2000. He obtained his Physician E-MBA from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville in 2005. Dr.Shu is the board certified laser surgeon through the American Board of Laser Surgery. He is also board-certified through the American Board of Family Practice and is a member of American Medical Association and the American Academy of Family Practice. Dr. Shu is a member of the American Association of Primary Care Endoscopists (AAPCE).

On top of his clinical work, Dr. Shu is an Assistant Professor of Medical School at the University of Minnesota and on the medical staff at Southdale Hospital, North Memorial Hospital, and Fairview Medical Center, teaching office procedures to resident physicians weekly.

Over the last decade, Dr. Shu has consistently promoted the concept of procedure-oriented one stop care. He strongly believes in the numerous benefits of office procedures, including the low cost, convenient, efficient, one stop and high quality care. He performs the following office procedures using cutting-edge, state of the art technology:

• One Stop hemorrhoid care: Infra-red coagulation (IRC), banding, and Laser hemorrhoidectomy
• Sphinctorotomy for anal fissure and fistulotomy for anal fistula
• One Stop endoscopies: colonoscopy and gastroscopy
• One Stop vein care: sclerotherapy, mini phlebectomy, and endovenous laser ablation
• One Stop skin cancer care and other common skin surgery
• Cyst removal: sebaceous cyst, ganglion cyst, pilonidal cyst, and Bartholin’s cyst
• Breast biopsy: fine needle biopsy and simple open biopsy
• No-scalpel vasectomy
• Ingrown toenail removal and nail fungus laser treatment
• LaserDry or mini excision for the armpit excessive sweating
• Lipoma removal

Dr. Shu also strongly believes in community activism. He was the founder and the first president of the Minnesota Chinese Physician Association (AMCP) and is a current honorary president. In 2004, he led AMCP members and community volunteers in establishing the Minnesota Chinese Health Center (MCHC), a free clinic for needy Chinese in the Twin Cities. Dr. Shu is also publisher and president of MN Duowei Times, the largest Chinese newspaper in Minnesota.