
Francis Yung-Kang Yao MD
Advanced Endoscopic Interventional, Hepatology & Liver Transplantation
Professor, Medicine, UCSF School of Medicine
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350 Parnassus AveSan Francisco, CA 94117
Phone+1 415-353-2318
Fax+1 415-353-2407
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Education & Training
- Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityInternship, Internal Medicine, 1987 - 1988
- Albert Einstein College of MedicineClass of 1987
Certifications & Licensure
- CA State Medical License 1989 - 2026
- NV State Medical License 1998 - 2007
- American Board of Internal Medicine Gastroenterology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2012-2013
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Enhancing the prognostic accuracy of the RETREAT score with AFP-L3 and DCP tumor markers.Joshua S Norman, P Jonathan Li, Prashant Kotwani, Francis Y Yao, Sarah Pham
Liver Transplantation. 2025-06-01 - A prospective multicenter validation of RETREAT for posttransplantation HCC recurrence prediction.P Jonathan Li, Parissa Tabrizian, Darine Daher, Felipe Gaviria, Veeral Ajmera
Hepatology. 2025-03-11 - 12 citationsIntention-to-treat outcomes of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma receiving immunotherapy before liver transplant: The multicenter VITALITY study.Parissa Tabrizian, Matthew L Holzner, Veeral Ajmera, Amy K Kim, Kali Zhou
Journal of Hepatology. 2025-03-01
Journal Articles
- Distinguishing Tumor from Bland Portal Vein Thrombus in Liver Transplant Candidates with Hepatocellular Carcinoma: The “A‐VENA” CriteriaCourtney B Sherman, Francis Y Yao, Spencer Behr, Neil Mehta, John P Roberts, Liver transplantation
- mRECIST Provides Insight into Tumor Biology for Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma Awaiting Liver TransplantationFrancis Yao, MD, Liver transplantation
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