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Office
UCSD Rancho Bernado
16950 Via Tazon
San Diego, CA 92127Phone+1 800-926-8273
Clinical Expertise
- Atherosclerosis, Preventive cardiology, Lipid metabolism disorders, Lipoprotein disorders, Lipoprotein(a)
Education & Training
- University of California (San Diego) Medical CenterFellowship, Cardiovascular Disease, 2014 - 2019
- UC San Diego Medical Center - HillcrestPost-Doctoral Fellowship, 2014 - 2019
- University of California (San Diego) Medical CenterResidency, Internal Medicine, 2012 - 2014
- State University of New York Downstate Medical Center College of MedicineClass of 2012
Certifications & Licensure
- CA State Medical License 2013 - 2025
- American Board of Internal Medicine Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine Cardiovascular Disease
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 274 citationsStatin therapy increases lipoprotein(a) levels.Sotirios Tsimikas, Philip L.S.M. Gordts, Chelsea Nora, Calvin Yeang, Joseph L. Witztum
European Heart Journal. 2020-06-21 - 334 citationsOxidized phospholipids are proinflammatory and proatherogenic in hypercholesterolaemic miceXuchu Que, Ming Yow Hung, Calvin Yeang, Ayelet Gonen, Thomas A. Prohaska
Nature. 2018-06-06 - 220 citationsLipoprotein(a): A Genetically Determined, Causal, and Prevalent Risk Factor for Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart ...Gissette Reyes-Soffer, Henry N. Ginsberg, Lars Berglund, P. Barton Duell, Sean P. Heffron
Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology. 2021-10-14
Lectures
- Lp(a)-Cholesterol and True LDL-Cholesterol: Implications for Refining CVD Risk Attributed to LDL and Lp(a)Lipoprotein(a) Symposium, EAS endorsed satellite meeting - 5/24/2019
- The Role of Lp(a) in Calcific Aortic Valve Disease: Clinical and Basic Research EvidenceHeart Valve Society - 4/12/2018
Authored Content
- The Role of Lipoprotein(A) in Calcific AV Disease and Insights into Its Medical TherapiesApril 2020
- The Role of Lipoprotein(A) in Calcific AV Disease and Insights into Its Medical TherapiesApril 2020
- PET/MR Imaging of Malondialdehyde-Acetaldehyde Epitopes with a Human Antibody Detects Clinically Relevant AtherothrombosisJanuary 2018
- PET/MR Imaging of Malondialdehyde-Acetaldehyde Epitopes with a Human Antibody Detects Clinically Relevant AtherothrombosisJanuary 2018
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Grant Support
- Defining the Role of Lipoprotein(a) and its Oxidized Phospholipids in the Development and Progression of Calcific Aortic Valve Disease Using Unique Transgenic Mouse ModelsNIH/NHLBI2020–2025
Professional Memberships
- Member
- Member
- European Atherosclerosis SocietyMember
Other Languages
- Chinese (Mandarin)
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