Isaac Yang
Associate Professor
Neurosurgery
University of California los Angeles
United States of America
Biography
Isaac Yang M.D. was born in Chicago Illinois to his South Korean parents who had recently emigrated to the United States. He grew up in Lodi, California, and completed his undergraduate education with Phi Beta Kappa from the UC Berkeley and received his medical degree from UCLA. After graduating from medical school with AOA honors, he completed his general surgical internship and neurosurgical residency at the UCSF Medical Center in San Francisco. During residency, he performed an NIH funded brain tumor fellowship at the UCSF Brain Tumor Research Center. Upon completion of residency with the UCSF Medical Center Exceptional Physician Award, he joined the UCLA Department of Neurosurgery and the UCLA Brain Tumor Center. Dr. YangÂ’s clinical focus has been primarily on brain tumors both glioblastoma and skull base tumors. His research efforts have examined antigen expression and manipulation of the immune response to glioblastoma. His efforts were recognized by the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and Congress of Neurological Surgeons Joint Section on Tumors and he was awarded the Tumor Young Investigator Award in 2012.
Research Interest
Brain tumors both glioblastoma and skull base tumors
Publications
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Sherman Jonathan H, Smith Zachary A, Cho Jin Mo, Lim Michael, Colen Chaim B, Kim Chae-Yong, Wang Vincent Yat, Zada Gabriel, Li Gordon, Yang Isaac Neurosurgery concepts: Key perspectives on regulatory proteins, management of ossification of the posterior longitudinal ligament, and radiosurgery for intracranial lesions Surgical neurology international, 2013; 4(4): 35.
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Nagasawa Daniel T, Trang Andy, Choy Winward, Spasic Marko, Yew Andrew, Zarinkhou Golmah, Garcia Heather M, Yang Isaac Genetic expression profiles of adult and pediatric ependymomas: molecular pathways, prognostic indicators, and therapeutic targets Clinical neurology and neurosurgery, 2013; 115(4): 388-99.
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Yew Andrew, Trang Andy, Nagasawa Daniel T, Spasic Marko, Choy Winward, Garcia Heather M, Yang Isaac Chromosomal alterations, prognostic factors, and targeted molecular therapies for malignant meningiomas Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia, 2013; 20(1): 17-22.
