YonKSungMDFCCP

Pulmonology • Stanford, CA

Critical Care Medicine, Pulmonary Vascular Medicine

Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine - Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Stanford University Medical Center

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Office
300 Pasteur Dr
MC 5236
Stanford, CA 94305
Phone+1 650-725-7061

Fax+1 650-498-6288
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Education & Training

Stanford Health Care-Sponsored Stanford UniversityFellowship, Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care Medicine, 2007 - 2010
Brown UniversityResidency, Internal Medicine, 2003 - 2006
University of Pittsburgh School of MedicineClass of 2003

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 2007 - 2025
NY State Medical License 2006 - 2008
RI State Medical License 2005 - 2006

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2011-2013

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

Unchanging Mortality from Pulmonary Embolism in the United States.
Yon K Sung, Jeffrey A Kline> ;Annals of the American Thoracic Society. 2023 Nov 1
Prescription Patterns for Pulmonary Vasodilators in the Treatment of Pulmonary Hypertension Associated With Chronic Lung Diseases: Insights From a Clinician Survey.
Christopher A Thomas, Justin Lee, Roberto J Bernardo, Ryan J Anderson, Vladimir Glinskii, Yon K Sung, Kristina Kudelko, Haley Hedlin, Andrew Sweatt, Steven M Kawut, Ri...> ;Frontiers in Medicine. 2021 Jan 1
4 citations
Hemodynamic trajectories and outcomes in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension
Myriam Amsallem, Shadi P Bagherzadeh, David Boulate, Andrew J. Sweatt, Kristina Kudelko, Yon K. Sung, Jeffrey A. Feinstein, Elie Fadel, Olaf Mercier, André Y. Denault,...> ;Pulmonary Circulation. 2020 Dec 6
EXPRESS: Myocardial Bridge - An Unrecognized Cause of Chest Pain in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.
Yon K. Sung, Kristina Kudelko, Vinicio A. de Jesus Perez, Francois Haddad, Jennifer A. Tremmel, Ingela Schnittger, Roham T. Zamanian, Edda Spiekerkoetter> ;Pulmonary Circulation. 2020 Feb 18
37 citations
Phenotypically Silent Bone Morphogenetic Protein Receptor 2 Mutations Predispose Rats to Inflammation-Induced Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension by Enhancing the Risk for...
Wen Tian, Xinguo Jiang, Yon K. Sung, Eric M. Shuffle, Ting Hsuan Wu, Peter N. Kao, Allen B. Tu, Peter Dorfmüller, Aiqin Cao, Lingli Wang, Gongyong Peng, Yesl Kim, Patr...> ;Circulation. 2019 Oct 22
98 citations
Randomised placebo-controlled safety and tolerability trial of FK506 (tacrolimus) for pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Edda Spiekerkoetter, Yon K. Sung, Deepti Sudheendra, Valerie Scott, Patricia A. del Rosario, Matthew Bill, Francois Haddad, Janel Long-Boyle, Haley Hedlin, Roham T. Za...> ;The European Respiratory Journal. 2017 Sep 1
13 citations
Identification of Pulmonary Hypertension Caused by Left-Sided Heart Disease (World Health Organization Group 2) Based on Cardiac Chamber Volumes Derived From Chest CT ...
Galit Aviram, Zach Rozenbaum, Tomer Ziv-Baran, Shlomo Berliner, Yan Topilsky, Dominik Fleischmann, Yon K. Sung, Roham T. Zamanian, H. Henry Guo> ;Chest. 2017 Oct 1
16 citations
Simultaneously Targeting Myofibroblast Contractility and Extracellular Matrix Cross-Linking as a Therapeutic Concept in Airway Fibrosis.
Yu-Chun Lin, Yon K. Sung, Xinguo Jiang, Marc Peters-Golden, Mark R. Nicolls> ;American Journal of Transplantation. 2017 May 1
19 citations
Left Atrium Maximal Axial Cross-Sectional Area is a Specific Computed Tomographic Imaging Biomarker of World Health Organization Group 2 Pulmonary Hypertension.
Khalil Jivraj, Arash Bedayat, Yon K. Sung, Roham T. Zamanian, Francois Haddad, Ann N. Leung, Jarrett Rosenberg, H. Henry Guo> ;Journal of Thoracic Imaging. 2017 Mar 1
14 citations
Recent advances in the management of pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Halley Tsai, Yon K. Sung, Vinicio A. de Jesus Perez> ;F1000research. 2016 Nov 24
6 citations
Novel approaches to pulmonary arterial hypertension drug discovery
Yon K. Sung, Ke Yuan, Vinicio A. de Jesus Perez> ;Expert Opinion on Drug Discovery. 2016 Feb 27
59 citations
Leukotriene B4 Activates Pulmonary Artery Adventitial Fibroblasts in Pulmonary Hypertension
Jin Qian, Wen Tian, Xinguo Jiang, Rasa Tamosiuniene, Yon K. Sung, Eric M. Shuffle, Allen B. Tu, Antonia Valenzuela, Shirley Y. Jiang, Roham T. Zamanian, David Fiorenti...> ;Hypertension. 2015 Dec 1
83 citations
Low-Dose FK506 (Tacrolimus) in End-Stage Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.
Edda Spiekerkoetter, Yon K. Sung, Deepti Sudheendra, Matthew Bill, Micheala A. Aldred, Mariëlle C. van de Veerdonk, Anton Vonk Noordegraaf, Janel Long-Boyle, Rajesh Da...> ;American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2015 Jul 15
12 citations
Cyclosporine Does Not Prevent Microvascular Loss in Transplantation but Can Synergize With a Neutrophil Elastase Inhibitor, Elafin, to Maintain Graft Perfusion During ...
Xinguo Jiang, T. T. Nguyen, Wen Tian, Yon K. Sung, Ke Yuan, Jin Qian, Jayakumar Rajadas, J.-M. Sallenave, Nils Nickel, V. De Jesus Perez, Marlene Rabinovitch, Mark R. ...> ;American Journal of Transplantation. 2015 Jul 1
12 citations
Connective tissue disease-associated pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Yon K. Sung, Lorinda Chung> ;Rheumatic Diseases Clinics of North America. 2015 May 1
41 citations
Current Clinical Management of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Roham T. Zamanian, Kristina Kudelko, Yon K. Sung, Vinicio A. de Jesus Perez, Juliana Liu, Edda Spiekerkoetter> ;Circulation Research. 2014 Jun 20
27 citations
Graft microvascular disease in solid organ transplantation.
Xinguo Jiang, Yon K. Sung, Wen Tian, Jin Qian, Gregg L. Semenza, Mark R. Nicolls> ;Journal of Molecular Medicine. 2014 Jun 1
23 citations
Macrophages in solid organ transplantation
Xinguo Jiang, Wen Tian, Yon K. Sung, Jin Qian, Mark R. Nicolls> ;Vascular Cell. 2014 Mar 11
34 citations
Leukotrienes in pulmonary arterial hypertension
Wen Tian, Xinguo Jiang, Yon K. Sung, Jin Qian, Ke Yuan, Mark R. Nicolls> ;Immunologic Research. 2014 Feb 26
42 citations
Promotion of airway anastomotic microvascular regeneration and alleviation of airway ischemia by deferoxamine nanoparticles.
Xinguo Jiang, Andrey V. Malkovskiy, Wen Tian, Yon K. Sung, Wenchao Sun, Joe L. Hsu, Sathish Manickam, Dhananjay Wagh, Lydia-Marie Joubert, Gregg L. Semenza, Jayakumar ...> ;Biomaterials. 2014 Jan 1
186 citations
Blocking macrophage leukotriene b4 prevents endothelial injury and reverses pulmonary hypertension.
Wen Tian, Xinguo Jiang, Rasa Tamosiuniene, Yon K. Sung, Jin Qian, Gundeep Dhillon, Lajos Gera, Laszlo Farkas, Marlene Rabinovitch, Roham T. Zamanian, Mohammed Inayathu...> ;Science Translational Medicine. 2013 Aug 28
2 citations
A case of recurrent pericardial constriction presenting with severe pulmonary hypertension
Nathan W. Brunner, Krithika Ramachandran, Kristina Kudelko, Yon K. Sung, Edda Spiekerkoetter, Phillip C. Yang, Roham T. Zamanian, Vinicio A. de Jesus Perez> ;Pulmonary Circulation. 2013 Apr 1
141 citations
A brief overview of mouse models of pulmonary arterial hypertension: problems and prospects
Jose Gomez-Arroyo, Sheinei J. Saleem, Shiro Mizuno, Aamer Syed, Harm Jan Bogaard, Antonio Abbate, Laimute Taraseviciene-Stewart, Yon K. Sung, Donatas Kraskauskas, Dani...> ;American Journal of Physiology. Lung Cellular and Molecular Physiology. 2012 May 15
209 citations
Regulatory T Cells Limit Vascular Endothelial Injury and Prevent Pulmonary Hypertension
Rasa Tamosiuniene, Wen Tian, Gundeep Dhillon, Lijuan Wang, Yon K. Sung, Lajos Gera, Andrew J. Patterson, Rani Agrawal, Marlene Rabinovitch, Kelly Ambler, Carlin S. Lon...> ;Circulation Research. 2011 Sep 30
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