Lucy Qing Shen, MD

Lucy Qing Shen, MD

Not currently accepting new patients

4.854068 average rating from 381 patient reviews

Specialties

Affiliation

Mass General Brigham

Provider Locations

  • Boston, MA

As a clinician scientist, Dr. Shen's work primarily focuses on glaucoma detection and treatment. Of particular interest is how newer technologies, such as imaging, can be used to better monitor glaucoma. She is also studying how imaging may contribute to a clearer understanding of how disease originates and progresses. Additionally, Dr. Shen is also exploring treatment options for glaucoma in patients with Boston Keratoprosthesis (KPro), a type of artificial cornea.

In addition to her clinical and research responsibilities, Dr. Shen teaches and mentors medical students, residents, and fellows. In collaboration with her colleagues, she also played a vital role in redesigning the training curriculum for senior residents. Currently, Dr. Shen is the director of the glaucoma fellowship at Massachusetts Eye and Ear.

Throughout her career, Dr. Shen has been honored with numerous awards and scholarships. In particular, the American Glaucoma Society has presented her with several accolades, including the Young Clinician Scientist Award, the Best Surgery Video Award, and the Mentoring for Advancement of Physician Scientists Award. More recently, she received the Eleanor and Miles Fellowship from Harvard Medical School.

Clinical Interests

Glaucoma, cataract

Education & Training

  • Fellowship: Jules Stein Eye Institute, UCLA, Ophthalmology/Glaucoma, 2009
  • Residency: Jules Stein Eye Institute @ UCLA, Ophthalmology, 2008
  • Internship: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Internal Medicine, 2005
  • Medical Education: Harvard Medical School, 2004

Board Certifications

  • Ophthalmology, American Board of Ophthalmology

Languages Spoken

  • Chinese
  • Chinese - Mandarin
  • English

Age Group Treated

  • Adults

Patient Feedback

4.854068 average rating from 381 reviews

  • Dr. Shen is an outstanding doctor. She has been my glaucoma doctor for many years. She has gotten to know me and knows how to present information to me. I admire her knowledge and expertise and am grateful to have her as my doctor. I enjoy seeing her with her fellows and juniors, training them. I am 100% delighted with her.

    2026-07-05

  • Dr Shen is a caring, knowledgable provide. She is the very best in her field and her professionalism, patience and empathy make her the most impactful practitioner I have been under the care of at MEEI over the past 13 years.

    2026-07-02

  • Dr. Shen is superb, the reason I travel from SC for an annual appointment with her. I remembered she had said she'd order a new test for my visit this year, and when I told her I thought I'd been given the usual test, not a different one she'd ordered, she assured me I remembered correctly and had no idea why her order for a different test wasn't honored. I feel she's in sync with that I need in an eye doctor.

    2026-07-01

  • Excellent

    2026-07-02

  • Good experience

    2026-07-01

  • She was very thorough and very careful and attentive to me and I appreciated the way she explained things to me.

    2026-07-01

  • She is a very experience person with the medical knowledge.

    2026-07-01

  • I love Lucy Shen!!! She's the best!!

    2026-06-17

  • The nurses (including the receptionist) at the Huntington Ave. (compared to the main campus) were more attentive. If given the choice I would definitely choose to go there. The doctors at the main campus were very good.

    2026-06-15

  • Skillful, talented and professional.

    2026-06-14

  • All is fine!

    2026-06-12

  • Doctor Shen is the most thorough glaucoma doctor that I have ever seen. Although I live in Arizona and I do have a glaucoma doctor to check my pressure. I always see Dr. Shen annually to make sure my treatment is on track. I've had several glaucoma surgeries, and I always have them at.Mass Eye & Ear by Dr Shen. I have complete confidence in her

    2026-06-12

  • very professional, and cared about my eyes, the most important part of my body!

    2026-06-07

  • Courteous, attentive to my medical matters; communicative, excellent DR

    2026-06-04

  • KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK

    2026-06-03

  • Dr Shen was very nice and professional. Her knowledge and expertise in her field was impressive and comforting.

    2026-06-06

  • I am very pleased with the care I receive with my provider.

    2026-06-01

  • Great office , never had a problem. Very punctual and efficient. [redacted]

    2026-06-01

  • Dr Shen was very pleasant and thorough. She took her time with my son. He likes her as his provider

    2026-06-01

  • Thank you

    2026-05-30

  • Dr. Shen has enabled me to see perfectly again

    2026-05-26

  • She is gteat

    2026-05-24

  • Thorough

    2026-05-23

  • Dr. Lucy Shen, I am so, so fortunate to have her as my doctor. I think she is great, a great person and a great doctor. [redacted]

    2026-05-22

  • Superb I'm very happy and helpful about Mass eye and ear and greatfull for their help over the years@

    2026-05-19

  • Seemed very knowledgeable. Was willing to answer my questions. Used non-technical terms to communicate issues with difficult to understand terms.

    2026-05-17

  • Dr. Shen shared test results with me in a clear and concise manner, answering all my questions.

    2026-05-15

  • Great.

    2026-05-13

  • Fine

    2026-05-12

  • I have my full confidence in her and her associates...she has worked hard on my condition glaucoma and keeping me updated.. I appreciate that

    2026-05-10

  • She was excellent ?

    2026-05-10

  • Yes, Dr. Shen was absolutely the best. I felt as if she really took great care in analyzing my complex situation with my eyes and she's going to consult with Dr. [redacted]. I'm just so pleased and so glad that my cousin made me come down to Boston and from [redacted]. She made me come down to come to you and I'm very grateful. Thank you very much.

    2026-05-11

  • She was very understanding and helpful.

    2026-05-10

  • Very caring, knowledgeable professional.

    2026-05-08

  • Dr Lucy Shen has been very helpful since she has started treating me for my eye injury. I am very grateful and appreciate her help,

    2026-05-04

  • excellent, you need to pay her more.

    2026-04-30

  • Dr. Lucy Shen is very efficient, very well-spoken, details, give you all the details of your situation. She is an excellent eye doctor, bronchoma specialist, excellent, excellent physician.

    2026-04-30

  • Dr Shen is a professional doctor, she is wonderful.

    2026-04-26

  • Dr Lucy Shen is considerably knowledgeable, her expertise is very much appreciated.

    2026-04-26

  • Testing was very thorough and timely. Dr. Shen was great and explained all options.

    2026-04-23

  • My provider was on time if not a little early. She was was pleasant when she entered and asked how I was doing. She listened and questioned a few things I said. She went through the eye drop I am on and using information the techs and doctor assisting her had gathered beforehand decided to adjust the eye drops. She explained her reasoning and made sure I understood. She also typed the instructions out and printed me out a copy.

    2026-04-22

  • Dr. Shen has been incredibly helpful and skillful these many years I've been her glaucoma patient. I am extremely grateful !

    2026-04-19

  • I've been seeing Dr. Shen for over 10 yrs. I've been totally satisfied with the results. I no longer need any medication for my glaucoma.

    2026-04-18

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    2026-04-18

  • Lucy Shen is the BEST!!!

    2026-04-15

  • Dr Chen was awesome. [redacted]

    2026-04-13

  • All went well...nothing to add.

    2026-04-13

  • The doctor was very knowledgeable and caring. She is an excellent listener who answered any and all questions I had. She also, made sure I understood the information she was sharing with me and asked if I had any further questions. She put me at ease during our visit and I didn't feel rushed.

    2026-04-11

  • Very good service and respect.

    2026-04-10

  • she is great

    2026-04-06

  • She is a brilliant surgeon and a leader in her field. follow her advice and recommendation without question.

    2026-04-02

  • I have always had excellent care at MEEI.

    2026-03-29

  • I absolutely owe my eyesight today to Dr. Lucy Shen and her staff, She has helped me to preserve my eye through Extensive Testing and Multiple Surgeries during the last 15 plus years. I can't Thank her and the Massachusetts for Eye and Ear Infirmary "ENOUGH "!!! Dr. LUCY SHEN is the most "Dedicated and Sincere " Medical Professional that I've ever had the Pleasure to be treated by. THANK YOU Again!!!!

    2026-03-29

  • I've been seeing Dr Lucy Shen for the past fifteen years. Very happy and lucky to have her as a provider.

    2026-03-29

  • Dr Shen and assistant doctors were prepared to discuss my history and answered all my questions.

    2026-03-29

  • Dr. Shen is awesome. Very easy to talk with, knowledgeable, and listens to what I have to say. Always gets back in touch with me in a timely fashion when I text her.

    2026-03-28

  • Highly competent and very pleasant

    2026-03-28

  • This doctor is very professional and understanding and has a high degree of problem-solving ability.

    2026-03-25

  • Dr Shen is extremely knowledgeable, professional and respectful of patients.

    2026-03-29

  • The culture is changing and so is the continuity. The experience is becoming more casual, less interested in the patient.

    2026-03-23

  • Dr Shen is the best. And the friends I have referred to her think so too. You are lucky to have her on your staff.

    2026-03-22

  • She was very kind and very charitable with her speech with me. She was very cooperative discussing all of my medical issues that needed to be discussed and she was definitely very qualified.

    2026-03-20

  • During my years with Dr. Shen, I have found her to be kind and efficient.

    2026-03-18

  • She's exceptional in every respect.

    2026-03-18

  • I have experienced one of the best in medical Care. I can not find the words that could explain that I feel as one of the luckiest person in the world. I couldn't believe that I can see perfectly. Thank you and your team and I hope that others can benefit as I have. God bless all of you. [redacted]

    2026-03-18

  • Always very professional

    2026-03-18

  • Dr. Shen is excellent always.

    2026-03-15

  • Very professional and excellent.

    2026-03-09

  • Dr. Shen is great, we are able to chat about my diagnosis freely.

    2026-03-05

  • Dr Shen was knowledgeable, conscientious and professional. We felt she was understanding of the complexity of what brought us to her care and Mass Eye & Ear

    2026-02-22

  • The provider was fine. [redacted]

    2026-02-20

  • efficient, knows my history and my goals. Very knowledgeable about glaucoma with great social interaction.

    2026-02-18

  • It is always excellent. She provides great care each time each time I visit.

    2026-02-15

  • outstanding care from start to finish!

    2026-02-14

  • She knows her job!

    2026-02-12

  • Dr. Shen is wonderful. She listened and explained everything to me so I could understand the issues I am facing.

    2026-02-01

  • Superb doctor. So lucky to be able to see her.

    2026-02-02

  • I am grateful to Dr. LUCY SHEN for my last surgery in [redacted]. I am also grateful to all the other staff who help me see this beautiful world! Thank you so much!

    2026-02-02

  • I have not had experience with many care providers. Among those I have encountered, none has been better than Dr, Shen.

    2026-01-28

  • Good

    2026-01-25

  • I am so glad that Dr Lucy Q Shen is my glaucoma doctor. She is always professional and very nice. She answers all my questions and I never feel rushed. She is an excellent doctor!!!

    2026-01-24

  • We reviewed my eye treatment. The provider recommended an alternative medication.

    2026-01-22

  • Excellent care.!

    2026-01-21

  • She did very good.

    2026-01-19

  • Dr. Shen is always amazing. She is thorough and professional and does an amazing job.

    2026-01-21

  • All of the people that I interacted with were professional and respectful.

    2026-01-18

  • Dr. Shen is excellent. She was recommended to me after I suffered with poor treatment by Dr's at other institutions. She immediately addressed my problem, solved the issues I was having with cosopt and recommended the next step.

    2026-01-11

  • Dr. Shen is a superior physician with an impressive ability to explain complex medical terminology in plain English. I am grateful for her care.

    2026-01-11

  • Very well organized and sensitive to my issues

    2026-01-06

  • She seems to care.

    2026-01-08

  • Dr. Shen always gives me great confidence in her ability and experience and knowledge and I'm glad that she's my doctor.

    2026-01-07

  • Excellent

    2026-01-06

  • Very good experience.

    2026-01-06

  • Dr. Shen and the staff were very hands on and attentive to me.

    2026-01-05

  • Dr Shen is excellent in all aspects

    2025-12-31

  • Dr. Lucy Shem is a very good doctor. She's the best ophthalmologist I've ever had. So I've been with her for a long time. I had four surgeries and some other treatments and everything went very well. I'm very happy with this provider.

    2026-01-01

  • Dr. Shen was an outstanding professional throughout. Very happy with the referral.

    2025-12-29

  • Always have a flawless visit with MEEI. [redacted]

    2025-12-23

  • In addition to my appointment with Dr. Shen i had a visual field test. The tech was very polite and did a great job explaining the test and what I needed to do. And after the visual field but before meeting with Dr. Shen a different Tech brought me to the exam room, was also polite and did a great job explaining what he was going to do. And then I met with Dr. Shen's fellow who had an excellent manner and very knowledgeable.

    2025-12-21

  • Sensitive, caring and compassionate since my husband passed away on [redacted] and understood the sorrow and stress that I and my family were experiencing. And yet, was also acting as a professional and my healthcare provider in meeting the medical issues concerning my eyes.

    2025-12-21

  • Focused, intelligent, caring.

    2025-12-20

  • Best visit to meei ever, due to short wait, seating while waiting, fast testing. MD is definitely expert in glaucoma - great. However she didn't really listen to my lifestyle needs re: which IOL to implant. Follow-up via portal she referred me to a different specialist for more personalized IOL selection.

    2025-12-20

  • I have absolute confidence in her. She is exceptional.

    2025-12-21

  • Dr. Shen is the utmost professional!!

    2025-12-16

  • I've been seeing Dr. Shen for several years and she's always professional and attentive and very much aware of my case and particular situation and willing to discuss any questions. So I could not recommend her enough. Thank you.

    2025-12-16

  • I found Dr. Shen very helpful, informative, and really gave me confidence.

    2025-12-14

  • The doctor ALWAYS uses mask and always sanitizes her hands before the consultation. However, the assistants who does the preliminary check does not sanitizes their hands. Not sure if this is a requirement but it should be.

    2025-12-11

  • Thanks '

    2025-12-08

  • She is wonderful and very caring ??

    2025-12-01

  • Lucy Shen is great and I really appreciate everything she's done for me. Thank you.

    2025-11-20

  • It would be helpful for the provider on the day of the procedure to again review the plan for the procedure and how the procedure works. This was not reviewed at the time of the initial scheduling of the procedure. Perhaps this was because this was a repeat procedure for me, but a refresher by way of information would have been helpful. I suspect if I had asked for this review, then it would have been provided. But this is a mere suggestion, not a specific critique.

    2025-11-20

  • Took care off f my issue and concern

    2025-11-20

  • Have been under supervision of Dr.Shen for several years, and am very satisfied.

    2025-10-29

  • Excellent experience!

    2025-10-28

  • I'm grateful to Dr. Lucy Shen because she's always treated me courteously whenever I go to her. Thank you.

    2025-10-13

  • Excellent

    2025-10-08

  • Dr. Shen was very pleasant and thorough during the appointment. When checking on a consult she wanted me to have she made sure to tell me that if I had not received a phone call by the end of the following week to get in touch with her so she could facilitate it happening in a timely manner.

    2025-10-08

  • Dr. Shen has my complete confidence - she's at the top of her game. However, she seems to be rushing through my recent appointments and usually is joined by 2 or more other doctors and interns making for a crowded exam room.

    2025-10-02

  • I am EXTREMELY pleased with the care I've received from Dr. Shen and Dr. [redacted]. I just moved to this practice - and immediately was diagnosed with an urgent situation requiring two surgeries in one week. I am deeply grateful for the care I've received throughout this period - professional, compassionate, and clear communication. Thank you!

    2025-10-02

  • My eye care specialist has alway offered me the maximum amount of care and clearly explained my condition, care and present state of my eye care and treatment. I trust my eye doctor 100% and I feel my eye care and treatment is importance to my doctor. I am very grateful to my eye doctor. My eye specialist is Doctor Shen.

    2025-10-02

  • pleased

    2025-10-01

  • She is extremely competent as well as empathetic.

    2025-09-28

  • She was on time, but seemed a little rushed once we started talking and I'm not sure if she went over all the information I had faxed to her from two different doctors offices, before the appointment. She instead looked more at the information I had brought. Also when she said at the beginning, you put one drop in your left eye, it kind of made me question if she had gone over my chart at all before she saw me?

    2025-09-28

  • I felt like a number and the visit felt rushed

    2025-09-20

  • Extremely professional Responsive to question Incredibly knowledgeable yet able to explain at a level that was understandable Talked with me not at me Impressive experience

    2025-09-17

  • She is an excellent technician.

    2025-09-18

  • Dr. Shen was very knowledgeable and thorough. She put me at ease during my visit and explained things in a very easy way to understand.

    2025-09-04

  • Thank you!

    2025-08-29

  • I couldn't ask for any better care and attention for my condition

    2025-08-26

  • Lucy Shen is always thorough and caring giving me a very strong sense that I am getting the best care!!!

    2025-08-24

Accepted Insurance

  • Tufts Medicare Preferred
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