Bio
Dr. Yeung is a highly experienced, world-renowned interventional cardiologist and cardiologist. He has board certification in interventional cardiology, cardiovascular disease, and internal medicine. He completed fellowship training in cardiology.
He is the Stanford University School of Medicine Li Ka Shing Professor in Cardiology. He is the past chief of the Stanford Medicine Division of Cardiovascular Medicine.
Dr. Yeung provides care for the complete range of cardiovascular conditions such as coronary artery disease and heart valve disease. He performs treatment procedures including transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), cardiac catheterization, and balloon valvuloplasty.
He has conducted numerous research studies as a principal investigator or co-investigator. He has researched the placement of aortic transcatheter valves, use of a novel device to improve ventricular compliance, use of a vascular scaffold to treat coronary artery lesions, and other advances in techniques and technology. He has received grants supporting his research from industry leaders as well as from the National Institutes of Health.
Dr. Yeung has published his research findings in more than 300 articles in peer-reviewed journals such as the American Heart Journal, International Journal of Cardiology, and Circulation: Cardiovascular Intervention. He is on the editorial board of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.
He is a reviewer for the Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, Journal of Vascular Medicine and Biology, Circulation, New England Journal of Medicine, and Lancet. He was an editor-in-chief of the book Interventional Cardiology and has contributed chapters to many textbooks.
Dr. Yeung plays an integral role in training the interventional cardiologists of the future. He has served as chairman of the board of the Internal Medicine Interventional Board Committee.
He is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology. He has made invited presentations to his peers worldwide at meetings of the American College of Cardiology, Joint Interventional Meeting, Cardiac Intervention Today, and others.
Dr. Yeung holds patents for innovations in cardiac care. His inventions focus on novel solutions in medication delivery to treat arterial sclerosis and vascular injury.
