Jennifer Liang

Shortly after retiring from her practice, Liang was diagnosed with mesothelioma. For approximately two and a half years she underwent treatment while maintaining residences in Florida and Los Angeles, where she received care at UCLA.

She died on 23 September 2026, aged 74, surrounded by her family, according to the obituary published by Monarch Funeral Home and Cremation Services in Margate. The exact place of death was not stated. She was survived by her husband, Dr. Philip Shen; her son, Kevin Shen; five siblings; and nine nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents and by her sister Victoria Papanos.

A service to honour and celebrate her life was held at 10 am on Saturday 17 October 2026 at First Christian Church of Margate. Coral Springs Talk reported her death on 20 October 2026.

Jennifer Yee-Jaan Liang was born in Taiwan on 20 July 1952, the sixth of seven children. She had five older sisters and a younger brother.

According to a family remembrance quoted by Coral Springs Talk, her parents, Arthur H. Liang and Kwai-San Liang, fled their ancestral home in Canton, now known as Guangzhou, for Taiwan amid the upheaval surrounding the Chinese civil war. Her paternal grandmother and other relatives sought refuge in Hong Kong. Reuniting in Taiwan exhausted the family's resources, but being together again was remembered as a profound blessing.

A maternal uncle who had lived in Washington, D.C., since 1945 later helped her mother immigrate to the United States, opening a path for the family to establish a new home there.

Liang first qualified in pharmacy, graduating from the College of Pharmacy at the University of Florida, and worked as a pharmacist before turning to medicine. She earned her medical degree at the Universidad Central del Este in San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic, graduating in 1985, and did her postgraduate pediatric training at Miami Children's Hospital (now Nicklaus Children's Hospital) between 1985 and 1988.

She began practising pediatrics in 1987 and spent more than 30 years at Coral Square Pediatrics on Riverside Drive in Coral Springs, with an affiliation to Broward Health Coral Springs. She was board certified in pediatrics. Her professional profile noted that she was fluent in English, Chinese and Spanish, had a special interest in international adoptions, and was involved with Families with Children from China, a support network for families who had adopted children from China. She also gave educational talks in the community.

Liang was married to Dr. Philip Shen, and they had a son, Kevin Shen. She lived in Coral Springs for more than three decades and, outside medicine, enjoyed playing tennis and travelling with her husband and son.

Her family remembered her for her gentle warmth, sharp mind, kindness and devotion to those closest to her, and for the guidance she gave her family.

For more than 30 years Jennifer Liang was part of the fabric of Coral Springs, building lasting connections with patients, families and friends through her work at Coral Square Pediatrics and her life as a resident of the city. Her career, from a refugee family's daughter in Taiwan to a trilingual pediatrician in South Florida, was remembered by her family as a reflection of hard work, perseverance and a desire to contribute to her community.