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yu david

Name:

David Yu, MD, PhD

Email:

david.sungwen.yu@emory.edu

Undergrad Institution; Degree and Major:

Stanford University

Bachelor of Science in Biology

Medical School:

University of Texas at Southwestern Medical School

University of Cambridge (PhD)

In practice since:

2010

Your Specialty:

Radiation oncology, with a focus on head and neck cancers, and basic science and translational research. Dr. Yu’s laboratory is interested in cellular replication stress response, and mediators of sensitivity of cancer cells to DNA damaging agents.

Where and for how many years did you train AFTER medical school:

1 year transitional internship at Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine

4 years of radiation oncology residency at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, including 3 years in the ABR Holman Research Pathway Postdoctoral Fellowship.

How did you choose your specialty?

See below for clinical reasons. I also have an active research lab focused on the DNA damage response/DNA repair that is a good ft with radiation oncology.

What do you like MOST, and like LEAST, about your specialty?

MOST: Gratification of improving patients’ quality of life and survival, highly specialized so you can develop expertise, multidisciplinary team approach, evidence-based approach that is conducive to research, out-patient based, diversity of cases depending on your disease site of interest, in general motivated patients who are appreciative of your work, in general regular work hours, more time spent with less patients, longitudinal care of patients

 LEAST: Dependency on other providers for referrals

In your opinion, what attributes are important in anyone choosing this specialty?

Important to perform well academically. Research experience and productivity also highly important because of evidence-based nature of specialty in justifying treatments based on randomized clinical trials that have established standard of care. Enjoying out-patient based clinic. Being tolerant of working with sick patients who may not survive cancer.

Hobbies/special interests:

Running and physical fitness, gardening, cooking, traveling

EmoryDOCS (Career Advising for Medical Students)
  • Career Planning
  • Advisors
    • Dimitri Cassimatis, MD
    • Laurence S. Sperling, MD, FACC, FAHA, FACP
    • Bijal Shah, MD
    • Jason Liebzeit, MD
    • Emily Herndon, MD, FAAFP
    • Jonathan "Nathan" M. Flacker, MD, AGSF 
    • Daniel D. Dressler, MD, MSc, SFHM, FACP
    • Jason Higdon, MD
    • Jason S. Schneider, MD, FACP
    • Jennifer J. Zreloff, MD
    • Lisa Bernstein, MD
    • Maura George, MD
    • Noble Maleque, MD, FHM, FACP
    • Stacy Higgins, MD
    • Kellie Clearo, MD, RPh
    • Martha Ward, MD
    • Wendy Armstrong, MD
    • Lisa Flowers, MD
    • Mary Segars Dolan, MD, MPH, NCMP
    • Mary Jo Lechowicz, MD
    • Don Batisky, MD
    • Gary Freed, D.O.
    • Hughes Evans, MD, PhD
    • Ira K. Schwartz, MD
    • Joe Hilinski, MD
    • Nancy N. Fajman, MD, MPH
    • Andrew Furman, MD
    • Karen Law, MD
    • Philip Shayne, MD
    • Alan Freeman
    • Gustavo Pradilla, MD
    • Jennifer Fay Kawwass, MD
    • Keith A. Delman, MD, FACS
    • Shishir K. Maithel, MD, FACS
    • Jeanne L. Hatcher, MD
    • Amanda Corey, MD, FACR
    • Mark E. Mullins, MD, PhD
    • Ravi Rajani
    • Cara B. Cimmino, MD
    • Douglas S. Ander, MD
    • Megan (Cloutier) Henn, MD
    • Hyder A. (Buz) Jinnah, MD
    • Emily B. Graubart, MD
    • Louis B. Rapkin, MD
    • Yogita Tailor, DO
    • Stefan Tigges, MD, MSCR
    • Barbara J. Pettitt, MD, FACS, FAAP
    • Rondi Gelbard, MD
    • Jaffar Khan, MD
    • Bree Eaton, MD
    • David Yu, MD, PhD
    • Joseph Shelton, MD
    • Mark McDonald, MD
    • Shannon Kahn
    • Zachary L. Bercu, M.D. R.P.V.I.
    • Jonathan G. Martin, M.D.
    • Chris Knudson, MD
    • Joanna Bonsall, MD, PhD
    • Bryan J. Wells, MD, FACC, FSVM
    • Kelly J. Ahn, MD, FACP
    • Sarah D. Bennett, MD, MPH
    • James Clay Copher, MD, FACS
    • Lisa Drake, M.D.
    • Mark Woodward Hutson, M.D.
    • Lindsay Kim, MD, MPH
    • Kate Koplan, MD, MPH
    • Anna R. Kuo
    • Quentin R. Pirkle, Jr., M.D.
    • Jon E. Stahlman, MD
    • Ramon A. Suarez, M.D.
    • Bruce F. Walker, M.D.
    • Carl C. Capelouto, MD
    • Andres Camacho-Gonzalez, MD
    • Linda Keller Wobeck, M.D., D.V.M.
    • Patricia Jo Schiff, MD, MMSC
    • Andrew Reisner, MD, FACS, FAAP
    • Robert Wiskind
    • Farzad Nahai, MD
    • Diamondis Papadopoulos, MD
    • Robert Dixon, MD
    • Stephen Brandt, MD, FACE
    • Jennifer Spicer, MD
    • Jennifer Brandt, MD
    • William Branch, MD
    • Ateet Patel
    • Zwade Marshall
    • Craig R. Villari, M.D.
    • Kenneth Ogan, MD
    • Taryn R. Taylor, MD MEd FAAP FACEP
    • Pretesh R. Patel, MD
    • Mohammad K Khan, MD PHD FACRO
    • Natia Esiashvili, MD
    • Sarah D. Bennett, MD, MPH
    • Tamara N. New, MD
    • Christopher Ho
    • Marianne Yee, MD
    • Oswaldo A. Henriquez-Ajami, MD, FACS
    • David Yu, MD, PhD
    • Mohammad K Khan, MD PH.D FACRO
    • Andres Camacho-Gonzalez, MD
    • Amanda Corey, MD, FACR
    • Andrew Furman, MD
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