Aileen Shieu MD

Finally had needed hand surgery last week and Dr. Shieu was my surgeon of choice after months of searching. I am so thankful I chose her, she and her entire staff have been awesome to work with. Caring, professional and easy to talk with.

I went to see Dr. Shieu for my «mommy thumb» today. I had that on my other hand/​wrist last year, and I remember the cortisone shot I received helped but the injection hurt A LOT. Now six months later I moved across the coast, and I have the same problem on my other hand. I needed to find a new orthopedics and I wanted to have an appointment rather quickly. When I called the office yesterday to make appointment, I had to leave a message. But the receptionist returned my call within a few minutes. He was able to get me in the next day (today), which I appreciated very much.
I filled the new patient form before I came in for my appointment, and I waited less than 5 minutes before I got to see the nurse and then the doctor. Dr. Shieu is very easy to talk to, and she has great bedside manner. She recommended me to get a cortisone shot this time as well since I responded well last time. I don’t know what it is but this injection does not hurt nearly as much as the one I had last year. I am not sure why, but I suspect her injection technique is better. As of tonight, my wrist is already feeling much better.
Overall, easy appointment, no waiting, and good treatment. I highly recommend Dr. Shieu.

Dr. Shieu was simply great to work with on my trigger finger issues. Rather than jump to surgery which some $ hungry doctors will do in this age of cost controls, Dr. Shieu in fact told me to start with PT and to only come back after 3 months if the PT didn’t work well enough. After the PT didn’t work, she went to a cortisone shot. While that worked for the better part of a year, once it wore off it was worse than before and finally required surgery, which was highly successful.
She’s a straight shooter but she listens to you. She tells you what options are available, what advantages and drawbacks there are, but she lets you choose how you want to proceed.
I hope I don’t have to go back to see her anytime soon, but if I do I’ll know I’m in good hands and I know I won’t be led astray.
Oh yeah, and her office staff is very nice and easy to work with!

I have to admit, I’ve changed my mind about Dr. Shieu as of my last couple visits. I’m not sure what changed, but especially with my most recent visit a few days ago, things have drastically improved. She took her time explaining things to me, gave me the chance to express my concerns/​questions/​etc, and really worked with me to decide the next course of action for my tendonitis issues. In addition, she has made herself available to me even outside the office by responding to emails promptly and doing her part to make sure my worker’s comp processes are handled efficiently and correctly. I have to say I’m very impressed and thankful for the change.