- Dr. Merrill K Shum, MD
Dr. Merrill K Shum, MD
Overview
Dr. Merrill K Shum, MD works in Whittier, California is a specialist in Internal Medicine, Hematology, Oncology and graduated Cooper University Hospital in 2002. Dr. Shum is affiliated with Beverly Hospital, Crozer - Chester Medical Center, Delaware County Memorial Hospital, East Los Angeles Doctors Hospital, Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital, Saint Francis Medical Center, Springfield Hospital and practicing for 23 years
Specialties
- Internal Medicine
- Hematology
- Oncology
Conditions
• Actinic Cheilitis• Acute Rhinitis
• Allergic Reactions to Insect Stings
• Aphasia
• Arterial Revascularization
• Bilateral Cataracts
• Bile Duct Procedure
• Brain and Nervous System Cancer (incl. Gliomas, Astrocytoma, Schwannoma, Medulloblastoma, Chordoma)
• Carcinoma
• Cervical Spine Reconstruction
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• Chronic Pain Management
• Congenital Mitral Stenosis
• Correction of Protruding Ears
• Demyelinating Disorders
• Endovascular Aneurysm Repair
• Excision or Destruction of Tongue Lesion
• External Ear Disorders
• Facet Joint Nerve Ablation
• Food Allergy - Fruit
• Food Allergy - Tree Nuts
• FotoFinder® Melanoma Detection
• Functional Movement Screening
• Gastrointestinal Surgery, Laproscopic
• Hand Neuropathy
• Herbal Agent Adverse Reaction - Echinacea
• Hypnosis (Medical Hypnotherapy)
• Hyposmolality and Hyponatremia
• Imperforate Anus
• Implanon® Placement
• Joint Implant
• Knee Pain
• Lumbar Decompression Therapy
• Marijuana Amotivational Syndrome
• Memory Disorders
• Mental Retardation, X-Linked Recessive - Macrocephaly - Ciliary Dysfunction
• Metabolic Rate Testing
• Microscopic Ulcerative Colitis
• Minimally Invasive Resection of Mediastinal Tumor
• Muscle Hypotonia
• Muscular Dystrophy, Congenital, Type 1C
• Neurofibromatosis, Type 2
• Ocular Myasthenia Gravis
• Optic Ataxia
• Outpatient and inpatient dialysis supervision and management [More]
• Pacemaker Therapy for Heart Failure
• Plasmapheresis
• Pleural Friction Rub
• Pneumonia Due to Pseudomonas
• Post-Dysenteric Arthropathy
• Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis
• Prolactinoma
• Retinoschisis, Autosomal Dominant
• Salivary Gland Stones
• Scoliosis With Unilateral Unsegmented Bar
• Severe Chronic Pain
• Shoulder Fractures
• Skin Lesion
• Spinal Dislocation
• Spleen Neoplasm
• Stitches
• The provision of follow-up treatment for patients who have undergone kidney transplants
• The provision of nutritional information for patients with kidney disease
• Thoracoscopic Segmentectomy
• Tube Feeding
• Warts
• Wound and-or Ulcer Foot
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Procedures
• Acute Leukemia• Adrenal Gland Cancer
• Anal and Rectal Cancer
• Anemia
• Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS)
• Basal Cell Carcinoma
• Bile Duct Cancer
• Bladder Cancer
• Bone Marrow Biopsy
• Brain and Nervous System Cancer (incl. Gliomas, Astrocytoma, Schwannoma, Medulloblastoma, Chordoma)
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• Brain Cancer
• Breast Cancer
• Carcinoma in Situ
• Cervical Cancer
• Chronic Myeloid Leukemia (CML)
• Coagulation Disorders (incl. Hemophilia)
• Colorectal Cancer
• Cryoglobulinemia
• Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT)
• ENT Cancer
• Esophageal Cancer
• Fallopian Tube Cancer
• Gallbladder and Biliary Tract Cancer
• Hodgkin's Disease
• Hypercoagulable State
• Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP)
• Kaposi's Sarcoma
• Leukocytosis
• Liver Cancer
• Lung Cancer
• Lung Neoplasms, Not Specified as Malignant
• Lymphoma
• Macroglobulinemia (incl. Waldenstrom's )
• Melanoma
• Meningiomas
• Myelodysplastic Syndromes
• Myeloma
• Myeloproliferative Disorders
• Neutropenia
• Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma
• Oral Cancer
• Ovarian Cancer
• Pancreatic Cancer
• Pancytopenia
• Peripheral T-Cell Lymphoma
• Pituitary Gland Cancer
• Plasmapheresis
• Pleural Neoplasm, Malignant
• Polycythemia Rubra Vera
• Prostate Cancer
• Qualitative Platelet Defects (incl. Glanzmann's Thrombasthenia)
• Renal (Kidney) Cancer
• Secondary Malignancies
• Skin Cancer
• Small Intestine Cancer
• Soft Tissue Sarcoma
• Stomach and Small Intestine Cancer
• Stomach Cancer
• Testicular Cancer
• Thalassemia
• Thrombocytosis
• Thyroid Cancer
• Tongue Cancer
• Tonsil Cancer
• Uterine Cancer
• Vaginal Cancer
• Venous Embolism and Thrombosis
• Vulvar Cancer
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Board Certifications
- Board Certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine
Years Since Graduation
- 23
State License
- Pennsylvania
Spoken Languages
- Cantonese
- Spanish
Education & Training
Internship Hospital
Camden, NJ, USA
Year completed: 2002
Medical School
GUADALAJARA, Mexico
Graduated: 2000
Undergraduate School
Berkeley, CA, USA
Graduated: 1996
Awards
Dr. Shum Reviews
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I got an appointment when I needed one.
They kept things moving and on time during my visit.
I received a correct diagnosis and up-to-date treatment.
I was given specific advice on lifestyle changes I can make to improve my health.
The provider really listened, gave me the time I needed, and put me at ease.
We discussed treatment options and choices I have.
The provider addressed traditional and alternative medicine treatment options in an open-minded way.
Office Locations
Primary location
Accepting New Patients
- No
Map & Directions
The Oncology Institute of Hope & Innovation, 12291 Washington Boulevard 201, Whittier, California (CA), 90606
Insurances Accepted (check insurance plans)
- Access Plus Savenet
- Advantage Preferred DirectAccess Plus PPO
- Aetna
- Aetna HMO
- Anthem Blue Cross
- Basic Exclusive PPO for Small Business
- Basic HMO
- Basic PPO
- Blue & Gold HMO
- Blue Card PPO
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of California
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of California PPO
- Blue Shield of California
- CaliforniaCare HMO
- Choice Care PPO
- Choice Plus POS
- Choice Plus POS II
- Cigna
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna PPO
- Commercial Insurance Company
- Community Care Network HMO
- Covered California - Bronze PPO
- Delta Health System
- Employer Group HMO
- Enhanced Exclusive for Small Business HMO
- First Health (Coventry Health Care)
- First Health (Coventry Health Care) PPO
- Great West Healthcare-Cigna PPO
- Health Net
- Health Net PPO
- Humana
- Individual and Family PPO
- LACare
- Local Access Plus HMO
- LocalPlus
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Medicare MCR
- Molina
- Molina Healthcare
- Navigate HMO
- Navigate POS
- Open Access Plus
- Options PPO
- PacifiCare HMO
- Pathway X Direct Access PPO
- Pathway X Guided Access HMO
- Pathway X Tiered Direct Access
- Power Select HMO
- Priority Select HMO
- Select Plus HMO
- Select PPO
- SmartCare HMO
- Thrivent Financial
- United Healthcare
- UnitedHealthCare
- Vitalidad Plus California Con Aetna
- WholeCare Network HMO
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Affiliated Hospitals
Beverly Hospital
Beverly Hospital is a hospital located in Montebello, CA. Procedures/Diagnosis costs are above the state average in 9 of 9 procedures. Length of Stay is at the state average in 7 of 9 procedures.
Crozer - Chester Medical Center
Crozer - Chester Medical Center is a hospital located in Upland, PA. This hospital reports jointly with Springfield Hospital. Therefore the ratings and awards apply to multiple hospitals and this specific hospital may not provide all rated services. Procedures/Diagnosis costs are below the state ave...
Delaware County Memorial Hospital
Delaware County Memorial Hospital is a hospital located in Drexel Hill, PA. Procedures/Diagnosis costs are below the state average in 8 of 8 procedures. Length of Stay is at the state average in 3 of 8 procedures.
East Los Angeles Doctors Hospital
East Los Angeles Doctors Hospital is a hospital located in Los Angeles, CA. Procedures/Diagnosis costs are at the state average in 1 of 1 procedures. Length of Stay is longer than the state average in 1 of 1 procedures.
Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital
Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital is a hospital located in Whittier, CA. Procedures/Diagnosis costs are at the state average in 7 of 13 procedures. Length of Stay is at the state average in 13 of 13 procedures.
Saint Francis Medical Center
The One Medical CenterFor You and the Ones You Love Saint Francis Medical Center is a 258-bed facility serving more than 650,000 people throughout Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee and Arkansas. Guided by its mission to provide a ministry of healing and wellness inspired by our Christian phil...
(573) 331-3000
Springfield Hospital
Springfield Hospital is a hospital located in Springfield, PA. This hospital reports jointly with Crozer - Chester Medical Center. Therefore the ratings and awards apply to multiple hospitals and this specific hospital may not provide all rated services. Procedures/Diagnosis costs are below the stat...
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