Eugene Yang, MD, MS, FACC

Eugene Yang, MD, MS, FACC is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology at the University of Washington School of Medicine and holds the Carl and Renée Behnke Endowed Professorship for Asian Health. He received his undergraduate and graduate degrees from Stanford and his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania. He completed his internal medicine residency and fellowships in cardiovascular disease and advanced cardiac imaging at Stanford.

Dr. Yang is chair of the ACC Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease Section, Vice-Chair of ACC Asia Pacific Scientific Conference, and member of the ACC Annual Scientific Sessions and Lifelong Learning Oversight Committees.  He co-chairs the Hypertension Working Group for the ACC Prevention Council and is the director of the Asian Health Initiative and co-director of the Cardiovascular Wellness and Prevention Program at UW Medicine.  His research interests include understanding cardiovascular risk among Asian subgroups and developing new technologies for video-based blood pressure measurement.