FrancisYung-KangYaoMD
Gastroenterology • San Francisco, CAAdvanced Endoscopic Interventional, Hepatology & Liver Transplantation
Professor, Medicine, UCSF School of Medicine
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Office
350 Parnassus Ave
San Francisco, CA 94117Phone+1 415-353-2318Fax+1 415-353-2407
Education & Training
Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityInternship, Internal Medicine, 1987 - 1988
Albert Einstein College of MedicineClass of 1987
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 1989 - 2026
NV State Medical License 1998 - 2007- American Board of Internal Medicine Gastroenterology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012-2013
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 297 citationsDownstaging of hepatocellular cancer before liver transplant: Long-term outcome compared to tumors within Milan criteriaFrancis Y. Yao, Neil Mehta, Jennifer A. Flemming, Jennifer L. Dodge, Bilal Hameed
Hepatology. 2015-06-01 - 88 citationsExcellent Outcomes of Liver Transplantation Following Down-Staging of Hepatocellular Carcinoma to Within Milan Criteria: A Multicenter StudyNeil Mehta, Jennifer Guy, Catherine Frenette, Jennifer L. Dodge, Robert W. Osorio
Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. 2018-06-01 - 220 citationsValidation of a Risk Estimation of Tumor Recurrence After Transplant (RETREAT) Score for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Recurrence After Liver Transplant.Neil Mehta, Julie K. Heimbach, Denise M. Harnois, Gonzalo Sapisochin, Jennifer L. Dodge
JAMA Oncology. 2017-04-01
Journal Articles
- Distinguishing Tumor from Bland Portal Vein Thrombus in Liver Transplant Candidates with Hepatocellular Carcinoma: The “A‐VENA” CriteriaCourtney B Sherman, Francis Y Yao, Spencer Behr, Neil Mehta, John P Roberts, Liver transplantation
- mRECIST Provides Insight into Tumor Biology for Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma Awaiting Liver TransplantationFrancis Yao, MD, Liver transplantation
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