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Vincent W. Yang, MD, PhD
Georgia Cancer Coalition
Distinguished Cancer Scholar

R. Bruce Logue Professor of Medicine
Director, Division of Digestive Diseases
Department of Medicine
Professor of Hematology and Oncology
Winship Cancer Institute
Director, Gastroenterology Fellowship Training Program
Director, Emory Epithelial Pathobiology Research Development Center
Emory University School of Medicine
Whitehead Biomedical Research Building
615 Michael Street, Room 201
Atlanta, Georgia 30322

Email Address:    vyang@emory.edu
Phone: 404-727-5638
Fax: 404-727-5767

 

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Educational Background:

  • Princeton University   •   PhD, 1980
  • University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey – RutgersMedical School (now Robert Wood Johnson Medical School)   •   MD, 1984
  • Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD   •   Residency/Fellowship, 1984-1989

Clinical Interests:

  • Digestive diseases affecting the gastrointestinal tract, liver, and pancreas

Research Interests:

  • Digestive diseases that include colon cancer, inflammatory bowel disease, viral hepatitis, nutrition, and the basic mechanism of intestinal transport and motility.
  • Understanding the mechanisms that control the proliferation and differentiation of the intestinal epithelial cells.
  • Molecular genetics of colon cancer
  • Chemoprevention of colorectal cancer

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