George Yang
Academic Appointments
- Associate Professor - Med Center Line, Surgery - General Surgery
Key Documents
Contact Information
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Clinical Offices
Surgical Specialities Clinic 300 Pasteur Dr A160 MC 5313 Stanford, CA 94305 Tel Work (650) 498-6000 Fax (650) 736-1705
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Professional Overview
Clinical Focus
- General Surgery
Honors and Awards
- Resident Research Scholarship, American College of Surgeons (1996-1998)
- Faculty Research Fellow, American College of Surgeons (2002-2004)
- Wound Care Management Award, American College of Surgeons (2008-2010)
- Faculty Scholarship, Robert L and Mary Ellenburg Foundation (2008-2011)
- Chair, Publications Committee, Society of University Surgeons (2008-2010)
- President, Society of University Surgeons (2012-2013)
Professional Education
| Residency: | Stanford University School of Medicine CA (2001) |
| Internship: | Stanford University School of Medicine CA (1995) |
| Board Certification: | General Surgery, American Board of Surgery (2002) |
| Medical Education: | Northwestern University IL (1994) |
| BA: | Northwestern University, biological sciences (1985) |
| MD: | Northwestern Univ Med School, medicine (1994) |
Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations
Community and International Work
- Hospital de la Familia, Nuevo Progresso, Guatemala
Scientific Focus
Current Research Interests
We are broadly interested in understanding the response to injury by studying the cellular responses to stress. Many of the molecular pathways involved in the response to injury have protective or regenerative functions. The ultimate goal of these studies is to better understand how organisms heal and repair injury with an eye towards applying this knowledge in regenerative medicine strategies.
We are currently examining the role of a cellular stress response in wound healing. Another project looks at the role of the matricellular protein, Del1, in the skeletal pathology. And finally, we are interested in the molecular control of genes important in fracture healing.
Clinical Trials
- Not Recruiting Evaluation of Stereotactic Radiosurgery For Liver Malignancies
- Not Recruiting Cyberknife Radiosurgery for Locally Advanced Pancreatic Cancer
- Not Recruiting Trilogy Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy for Pancreatic Cancer
Publications
- The angiogenic factor Del1 prevents apoptosis of endothelial cells through integrin binding. Surgery. 2012; (2): 296-305
- Comparative healing of rat fascia following incision with three surgical instruments. J Surg Res. 2011; (1): e47-54
- Engineered epidermal growth factor mutants with faster binding on-rates correlate with enhanced receptor activation. FEBS Lett. 2011; (8): 1135-9
- Unfolded protein response regulation in keloid cells. J Surg Res. 2011; (1): 151-7
- Human melanoma-initiating cells express neural crest nerve growth factor receptor CD271. Nature. 2010; (7302): 133-7
- Cell permeant peptide analogues of the small heat shock protein, HSP20, reduce TGF-beta1-induced CTGF expression in keloid fibroblasts. J Invest Dermatol. 2009; (3): 590-8
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