- Providence Medical Institute, 520 N Prospect Avenue, Suite 103, Redondo Beach, CA 90277, (310) 376-8816, Accepting new patients
What Patients Say
Patients describe Dr Shen as knowledgeable and caring, and several say she listens carefully to their concerns and makes them feel comfortable. Many have recommended her to friends and family.
Listens carefully
50% of reviews
Several patients say she listens carefully to their concerns and makes them feel comfortable.
Caring and professional
50% of reviews
Several patients describe her as caring and thoughtful.
Source: providence.org · Most recent review September 2026
About
Dr. Brenda Shen is a family medicine doctor in Redondo Beach, California, board certified in Family Medicine. She practices at Providence Medical Institute, Omni Home Health, and Providence Family Medical Center - Redondo Beach, and speaks English and Chinese - Cantonese.
Dr. Shen treats a wide range of conditions including hypothyroidism, high cholesterol, anemia, asthma, anxiety and diabetes, among many others. Her procedures include routine adult exams, cancer screenings, adult vaccines, and management of chronic conditions such as diabetes and high cholesterol. Born in Hong Kong, she relocated to the United States at age seven and now calls Los Angeles home. Her approach to medicine centers on whole person care, treating the mind, body and spirit together in service of her patients' health.
Conditions Treated
- Abdominal cramps
- Abnormal weight loss
- Acute back pain
- Allergies
- Anxiety
- Back pain
- Breast cancer screening
- Celiac disease
- Chest pain
- Cholesterol disorders
- Chronic diarrhea
- Chronic kidney disease
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Cold sore
- Concussion
- Cough
- Diabetes mellitus
- Dizziness
- Eczema
- Fever
- Food allergy
- General well visit
- Headache
- Heart disease
- Herpes
- Hot flashes
- Hypertension
- Hypothyroidism
- Impetigo
- Iron deficiency anemia
- Joint pain
- Knee pain
- Leg pain
- Lice
- Lyme disease
- Memory disorders
- Migraine
- Mouth ulcer
- Muscle strain
- Nasal congestion
- Neck pain
- Night sweats
- Numbness
- Osteoarthritis
- Palpitations
- Pharyngitis
- Pneumonia
- Prediabetes
- Rectal bleeding
- Restless legs syndrome
- Rosacea
- Scalp irritation
- Seasonal allergies
- Sexual health
- Shin splints
- Shoulder pain
- Sinusitis
- Sleep disorders
- Sports injury
- Strep throat
- Sunburn
- Syncope
- Tension headache
- Thyroid disorder
- Tinea infections
- Tinnitus
- Type 1 diabetes
- Upper back pain
- Urinary tract infection
- Viral conjunctivitis
- Vitamin deficiency
- Weight loss
- Wrist pain
- Abdominal pain
- Acne
- Allergic rhinitis
- Anemia
- Asthma
- Behavioral disorders
- Bronchitis
- Cellulitis
- Chlamydia
- Chronic cough
- Chronic fatigue syndrome
- Chronic migraines
- Chronic pain
- Common cold
- Constipation
- Depression
- Diarrhea
- Dry skin
- Fatigue
- Fibromyalgia
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease
- Gout
- Hearing loss
- Hemorrhoids
- Hip pain
- Hyperlipidemia (high cholesterol/triglycerides)
- Hyperthyroidism
- Hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid)
- Influenza
- Irritability
- Joint sprain
- Laryngitis
- Lethargy
- Lower back pain
- Malaise and fatigue
- Menopause
- Mood symptoms
- Muscle cramps
- Muscle weakness
- Nausea
- Neck sprain
- Nosebleed
- Obesity
- Osteoporosis
- Panic reaction
- Plantar fasciitis
- Poison ivy
- Rash
- Respiratory syncytial virus
- Rheumatism
- Scabies
- Sciatica
- Seborrheic dermatitis
- Sexually transmitted disease
- Shortness of breath
- Shoulder sprain
- Skin disease
- Sore throat
- Sprains
- Stress incontinence
- Swollen lymph nodes
- Tachycardia
- Testicular pain
- Tick borne infections
- Tingling
- Tremor
- Type 2 diabetes
- Upper respiratory infection
- Vertigo
- Vitamin D deficiency
- Vomiting
- Wheezing
- Wrist sprain
Specialized Treatments
- Adult screening blood tests
- B12 shots
- Cholesterol management
- Colon cancer screening
- Diabetes education
- Diet and exercise
- Family planning
- Health maintenance
- Hepatitis B vaccination
- Lifestyle modification
- Meningitis vaccination
- Newborn care
- Pain management
- Routine adult exam
- Substance addiction
- Travel medicine
- Varicel vaccination
- Adult vaccines
- Birth control counseling
- Chronic disease management
- Diabetes counseling
- Diabetes therapy
- Diet and nutrition
- Flu shot vaccination
- Hepatitis A vaccination
- HPV vaccination
- Measles vaccination
- MMR vaccine
- Nutritional counseling
- Preventive medicine
- Skin cancer screening
- Tobacco use cessation
- Tuberculosis test
- Wellness
Insurances Accepted
Most common in California
Others
Insurance coverage can vary by location and plan. Confirm directly with the provider's office when you schedule.