Isaac Yang

"What I love most about teaching is the opportunity to motivate and inspire students to make a difference against GBM.  We have a few students now, but we could always use more brains against this disease."

Isaac Yang, M.D. is a researcher at the University of California, San Francisco Department of Neurological Surgery's Brain Tumor Research Center.  His interest lies in skull base tumors and glioblastoma translational disease, especially glioblastoma multifome (GBM), the most common and deadliest form of brain cancer.

Dr. Yang is winner of many awards including the American Association of Neurological Surgeons Leksell Award (2009), San Francisco Neurological Society's Kaiser Award (2009), Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Post-Doctoral Fellowship Award (2008-2009), American Medical Student Association's Golden Apple Award (2001, 2003), and Distinguished Mentor (2005).

For more information on Dr. Yang, visit: 

http://www.lodinews.com/articles/2009/05/16/lodi_living/1-isaac-yang-090516.txt

http://www.recordnet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090504/A_NEWS/905040312

http://sf.koreatimes.com/article/articleview.asp?id=521945

http://sf.koreatimes.com/article/articleview.asp?id=523714

Dr. Yang can be contacted at:  yangi@neurosurg.ucsf.edu