Dr. Leo Meng-tah Shum M.D
Critical Care Surgeon | Critical Care Medicine
959 E Walnut St Suite 120 Pasadena CA, 91106About
Dr. Leo Shum is a critical care surgeon practicing in Pasadena, CA. Dr. Shum specializes in the needs of critically ill surgical patients. Critical care surgeons are experts in treating physiologic responses to tissue injury from trauma, burns, infections, acute inflammation, operation and more. They are also trained to know how such injuries interact with other diseases that a patient may have. As a critical care surgeon, Dr. Shum has a broad knowledge base and full understanding of the biology of the critically ill patient and the patients organ system functions.
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Emergency MedicineAmerican Board of Emergency MedicineABEM
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