Specialties
- Pulmonology (Lung)Critical Care
- TransplantationLung Transplantation
Appointment Information
About Gordon Yung, MD
Gordon Yung, MD, is a board-certified pulmonologist who is medical director of lung transplantation. He also specializes in advanced lung disease, including interstitial lung disease, pulmonary hypertension and COPD.
His clinical and research interests include evaluation and management of lung transplantation and end-stage COPD/emphysema, evaluation and management of pulmonary hypertension, and new treatments for pulmonary fibrosis.
As a professor in the Department of Medicine, Dr. Yung trains medical students, residents and fellows at UC San Diego School of Medicine.
He completed a fellowship at UC San Diego School of Medicine and his residency at New York Downtown Hospital. He earned his medical degree from the University of Hong Kong. He is board certified in critical care medicine and pulmonary disease.
Dr. Yung speaks Cantonese fluently.
UC San Diego Health Links
For more information, see Pulmonology and Critical Care Medicine.
Medical Degree
- Hong Kong University, Hong Kong
Fellowship
- UC San Diego, School of Medicine, San Diego, CA
Residency
- New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY
Gender
- Male
Languages
- Cantonese
Date Joined Staff
- 1997-12-03
Board Certifications
- Critical Care Medicine
- Pulmonary Disease
Conditions and Treatments
- Lung Transplantation
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
- Pulmonary Fibrosis
- Pulmonary Hypertension
- Lung Volume Reduction
- Advanced Lung Disease
- Interstitial Lung Disease
- Lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM)
