Isaac Yang MD
Expected Graduation Date: 2010
http://biology.sfsu.edu/people/isaac-yang
Education, Training, and Previous Positions
- 2000: BA, University of California, Berkeley, High Honors
2004: MD, University of California, Los Angeles, AOA Honors
Professional Memberships
- American Association for Cancer Research
American Medical Association
Congress of Neurological Surgeons
American Association of Neurological Surgeons
Selected Honors and Awards
- 1997, 1998: UC Berkeley Chemistry Department, Outstanding GSI Teaching Award
1997-1998: CAA Emerging Leadership Michael J. Koll Scholarship
1998-1999: CAA Emerging Leadership McLaughlin-Willits Scholarship
1999: Phi Beta Kappa
1999: UC Berkeley Academic Senate Outstanding Graduate Instructor
2000: UC Berkeley Social Welfare Scholastic Award
2001: American Medical Student Association (AMSA) Golden Apple Award
2003: American Medical Student Association (AMSA) Golden Apple Award
2003: Alpha Omega Alpha
2004: Annual Lasky Memorial Research Award of the UCLA School of Medicine
2004: UCLA School of Medicine Dean's Scholar Outstanding Thesis Award
2005: American Medical Student Association Distinguished Mentor Award
2006:Congress of Neurological Surgeons Preuss Award (second author)
2007: Dandy Fellowship Award, Congress of Neurological Surgeons
2008: NIH Grant: NRSA F32 CA132489-01A1
2009: UCSF Clinical and Translational Scientist Training Research Award
2009: American Association of Neurological Surgeons Leksell Award 2009
2009: Guest Editor, Neurosurgery Clinics of North America
2009: Kaiser Resident Research Award, San Francisco Neurological Society
2009: Englebert Dunphy UCSF Surgery Resident Research Selection
2009: American Academy of Neurological and Orthopedic Surgeons Resident Research Award
2009: UCSF School of Medicine Teaching Award for Biochemistry
2009: American College of Surgeons National Resident Teaching Finalist
Selected Recent Publications
Yang I, Fang S, Parsa AT. Heat shock proteins and human gliomas. 2009 Neurosurg Clin N Am, In Press
Jian B, Yang I, Parsa AT. Monitoring immune responses after glioma vaccine immunotherapy. 2009Neurosurg Clin N Am, In Press.
Yang I, Huh NG, Smith ZA, Han SJ, Parsa AT. Radiographic glioma recurrence and treatment effect after radiochemotherapy and immunotherapy. 2009 Neurosurg Clin N Am, In Press.
Han SJ, Waldron JS, Yang I, Ahn BJ, Fang S, Crane CA, Pieper RO, Parsa AT. Gamma interferon-mediated superinduction of B7-H1 in PTEN-deficient glioblastoma patients: a paradoxical mechanism of immune invasion. NeuroReport 2009, In Press
Han S, Yang I, Tihan T, Prados MD, Parsa AT. Clinical characteristics and outcomes for a modern series of primary gliosarcoma patients. 2009 Cancer, In Press
Yang I, Aghi MK. New advances that enable identification of glioblastoma recurrence [published online ahead of print Oct 6, 2009]. Nat Rev Clin Oncol. doi:10.1038/nrclinonc.2009.150.
Sughrue ME, Yang I, Kane AJ, Rutkowski MJ, Fang S, James CD, Parsa AT. Immunological considerations of modern animal models of malignant primary brain tumors. J Transl Med 2009;7(1):84.
Han SJ, Yang I, Otero JJ, Ahn BJ, Tihan T, McDermott MW, Berger MS, Chang SM, Parsa AT. Secondary gliosarcoma after diagnosis of glioblastoma: clinical experience with 30 consecutive patients [published online ahead of print Oct 9, 2009]. J Neurosurg. doi: 10.3171/2009.9.JNS09931.
Bloch OG, Jian BJ, Yang I, Han SJ, Aranda D, Ahn BJ, Parsa AT. A systematic review of intracranial chondrosarcoma and survival [published online ahead of print Sep 29, 2009]. J Clin Neurosci. doi:10.1016/j.jocn.2009.05.003
Han SJ, Yang I, Tihan T, Prados MD, Parsa AT. Primary gliosarcoma: key clinical and pathologic distinctions from glioblastoma with implications as a unique oncologic entity.[published online ahead of print July 18, 2009] J Neurooncol. doi: 10.1007/s11060-009-9973-6.
Chou D, Eltgroth M, Yang I, Lu D, Manley G. Rib head disarticulation for multilevel transpedicular thoracic corpectomies and expandable cage reconstruction. Neurol India 2009;57(4):469-74.
Yang I, Sughrue ME, Han SJ, Aranda D, Pitts LH, Cheung SW, Parsa AT. A comprehensive analysis of hearing preservation after radiosurgery for vestibular schwannoma [published online ahead of print Sep 11, 2009]. J Neurosurg. doi: 10.3171/2009.8.JNS0985
Yang I, Aranda D, Han SJ, Chennupati S, Sughrue ME, Cheung SW, Pitts LH, Parsa AT. Hearing preservation after stereotactic radiosurgery for vestibular schwannoma: a systematic review. J Clin Neurosci 2009;16(6):742-7.
Sughrue ME, Yang I, Aranda D, Lobo K, Pitts LH, Cheung SW, Parsa AT. The natural history of untreated sporadic vestibular schwannomas: a comprehensive review of hearing outcomes [published online ahead of print June 19, 2009]. J Neurosurg. doi: 10.3171/2009.4.JNS08895.
Han S, Yang I, Tihan T, Chang SM, Parsa AT. Secondary gliosarcoma: a review of clinical features and pathological diagnosis [published online ahead of print May 1, 2009]. J Neurosurg.
Yang I, Sughrue ME, Han S, Fang S, Aranda D, Cheung SW, Pitts LH, Parsa AT. Facial Nerve Preservation after Vestibular Schwannoma Gamma Knife Radiosurgery. J Neurooncol 2009;93(1):41-48.
Yang I, Delpolyi A, Sughrue ME, Rubenstein J, Bollen AW, Parsa AT. Sarcoidosis of the pineal gland: an unusual presentation of neurosarcoidosis. J Neurooncol 2009;91(1):113-6.
Yang I, Lawton MT. Clipping of complex aneurysms with fenestration tubes: application and assessment of three types of clip techniques. Neurosurgery 2008;62(5 Suppl 2):ONS371-9.
de Ipolyi AR, Yang I, Buckley A, Barbaro NM, Cheung SW, Parsa AT. Fluctuating response of a cystic vestibular schwannoma to radiosurgery: case report. Neurosurgery 2008;62(5):E1164-5.
Yang I, Barbaro NM. Advances in the radiosurgical treatment of epilepsy. Epilepsy Curr 2007;7(2):31-5.
Waldron J, Yang I, Murray JC, Cachola KE, Parsa AT. Akt/PKB Activation Facilitates Immune Escape in Glioma Patients: 908. Neurosurgery 2006;59(2):490.
Boudreau CR, Yang I, Liau LM. Gliomas: advances in molecular analysis and characterization [Review]. Surg Neurol 2005;64(4):286-94; discussion 294.
Bergsneider M, Yang I, Hu X, McArthur DL, Cook SW, Boscardin WJ. Relationship between valve opening pressure, body position, and intracranial pressure in normal pressure hydrocephalus: paradigm for selection of programmable valve pressure setting. Neurosurgery 2004;55(4):851-8; discussion 858-9.
Yang I, Kremen TJ, Giovannone AJ, Paik E, Odesa SK, Prins RM, Liau LM. Modulation of major histocompatibility complex Class I molecules and major histocompatibility complex-bound immunogenic peptides induced by interferon-alpha and interferon-gamma treatment of human glioblastoma multiforme. J Neurosurg 2004;100(2):310-9.
Thakur A, Yang I, Lin A, Buchmiller-Crair T, Fonkalsrud EW. Management of ovarian cysts in women undergoing restorative proctocolectomy for ulcerative colitis. Am Surg 2003;69(4):339-42.
Thakur A, Yang I, Lee MY, Goel A, Ashok A, Fonkalsrud EW. Increasing social capital via local networks: analysis in the context of a surgical practice. Am Surg 2002;68(9):776-9.
Liau LM, Yang I. Microarrays and the genetic analysis of brain tumors [Review]. Curr Genomics 2002;3(1):33-41.
Berg J, Chandrasoma S, Yang I, Lynch JB, Walling A. Learning about bioterorism and chemical warfare - Medical students explore key threats. West J Med 2002;176(1):58-9.