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Associate Professor of Medicine (Cardiovascular Medicine)

Celina Yong, MD, MBA, MSc

Bio

Celina Yong, MD, MBA, MSc is Director of Interventional Cardiology at the Palo Alto VA Medical Center and an Associate Professor in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at Stanford. Dr. Yong completed her medical training at Stanford School of Medicine and her internal medicine residency at the University of California, San Francisco. She completed her cardiology and interventional cardiology fellowships at Stanford, including serving as Chief Fellow. As a Marshall Scholar, she completed a Masters in Health Policy, Planning and Financing from the London School of Economics and an MBA from Oxford.Dr. Yong’s current research focuses on understanding and reducing inequities in cardiovascular care for patients, as well as resolving gender imbalances in the medical profession itself. She is actively involved in clinical trials of novel devices for percutaneous coronary and structural intervention, and performs structural and coronary interventions at the Palo Alto VA Hospital.

Academic Appointments

Administrative Appointments

  • Director, Interventional Cardiology, Palo Alto VA Healthcare System (2019 - Present)

Honors & Awards

  • Future Leader Award, American College of Cardiology, California Chapter (2022)
  • Diversity Investigator Award, Stanford Department of Medicine (2020-pres)
  • HSR&D Career Development Award, Veterans Health Administration (2019-pres)
  • McCormick Faculty Award, Stanford University (2017-2019)
  • AHA Mentored Clinical & Population Research Award, American Heart Association (2016-2019)

All Honors & Awards (13)

Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations

  • Fellow, American College of Cardiology (2021 - Present)
  • Fellow, American Heart Association, Council on Quality Care and Outcomes Research (QCOR) (2021 - Present)
  • Fellow, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) (2021 - Present)
  • Section Editor, Journal of the American College of Cardiology FIT/Early Career Section (2020 - Present)
  • Board of Directors, American College of Cardiology, California Chapter (2018 - Present)

Professional Education

  • Fellowship, Stanford University School of Medicine, Interventional Cardiology (2015)
  • Fellowship, Stanford University School of Medicine, Cardiology (2013)
  • Residency, University of California, San Francisco, Internal Medicine (2010)
  • MD, Stanford School of Medicine (2007)
  • MBA, Oxford University (2003)
  • MSc, London School of Economics, Health Policy, Planning & Financing (2002)
  • BS, University of California, Berkeley, Molecular Environmental Biology (2001)