Joseph Yang, MD
Assistant Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

Clinical Interests: Complex coronary disease

Education & Training

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• Interventional Cardiology Fellowship University of California, San Francisco 06/2018
• Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship University of California, San Francisco 06/2017
• Medicine Residency The Johns Hopkins Hospital 06/2014
• M.D. Wayne State University School of Medicine 06/2011
• Sc.B. Brown University 05/2004

Publications (41)

Top publication keywords:
Coronary DiseaseProteomeHemostatic TechniquesCell Culture TechniquesTissue EngineeringAortic ValveHeart Valve DiseasesTranscatheter Aortic Valve ReplacementStem Cell TransplantationRenal Insufficiency, ChronicGlomerular Filtration RateVascular Closure DevicesRegenerative MedicineTemperatureEpithelium, Corneal

• Intracoronary Imaging and Physiology to Guide PCI: Are We Ready for a Class I Guideline Recommendation?
  Current cardiology reports 2023 Ya'Qoub L, Basir MB, Soni K, Zimmet J, Yang J, Shunk K, Elgendy IY, Mahtta D
• Through the Bullseye of a StarClose: 1 Catheter Forward, 2 Catheters Back.
  JACC. Cardiovascular interventions 2022 Fuh E, Yang J
• Modification of the Single-Access High-Risk PCI Technique for 3 Catheters: 9 + 4 + 6 = 14.
  JACC. Cardiovascular interventions 2021 Teng AE, Yang J, Zimmet JM, Shunk KA
• Impact of Kidney Function on the Blood Proteome and on Protein Cardiovascular Risk Biomarkers in Patients With Stable Coronary Heart Disease.
  Journal of the American Heart Association 2020 Yang J, Brody EN, Murthy AC, Mehler RE, Weiss SJ, DeLisle RK, Ostroff R, Williams SA, Ganz P
• Veterans Affairs Heart Team Experience With Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement and Minimally Invasive Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement.
  The Journal of invasive cardiology 2019 Liang NE, Wisneski AD, Wang SX, Shunk KA, Wozniak CJ, Yang J, Zimmet JM, Ge L, Tseng EE

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• Evolution of Veterans Affairs Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Program: The First 100 Patients.
  The Journal of heart valve disease 2018 Yang J, Zimmet JM, Ponna VM, Ma F, Wozniak CJ, Ge L, Shunk KA, Tseng EE
• The late presenting STEMI: How ECG scores can be used to estimate event time.
  Journal of electrocardiology 2016 Loring Z, Cohen JK, Morgan J, Yang J, Zimmet J
• In vivo 3D analysis with micro-computed tomography of rat calvaria bone regeneration using periosteal cell sheets fabricated on temperature-responsive culture dishes.
  Journal of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine 2010 Uchiyama H, Yamato M, Sasaki R, Sekine H, Yang J, Ogiuchi H, Ando T, Okano T
• Preparation of keratinocyte culture medium for the clinical applications of regenerative medicine.
  Journal of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine 2010 Takagi R, Yamato M, Murakami D, Kondo M, Yang J, Ohki T, Nishida K, Kohno C, Okano T
• Tissue engineering using laminar cellular assemblies.
  Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) 2009 Yang J, Yamato M, Sekine H, Sekiya S, Tsuda Y, Ohashi K, Shimizu T, Okano T
• Histological evaluation of mechanical epithelial separation in epithelial laser in situ keratomileusis
  J Cataract Refract Surg 2009 Soma T, Nishida K, Yamato M, Kosaka S, Yang J, Hayashi R, Sugiyama H, Maeda N, Okano T, and Tano Y.
• Transplantation of tissue-engineered retinal pigment epithelial cell sheets in a rabbit model.
  Biomaterials 2008 Yaji N, Yamato M, Yang J, Okano T, Hori S
• Human adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells as a novel feeder layer for epithelial cells.
  Journal of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine 2008 Sugiyama H, Maeda K, Yamato M, Hayashi R, Soma T, Hayashida Y, Yang J, Shirakabe M, Matsuyama A, Kikuchi A, Sawa Y, Okano T, Tano Y, Nishida K
• Endothelial cell coculture within tissue-engineered cardiomyocyte sheets enhances neovascularization and improves cardiac function of ischemic hearts.
  Circulation 2008 Sekine H, Shimizu T, Hobo K, Sekiya S, Yang J, Yamato M, Kurosawa H, Kobayashi E, Okano T
• Subcutaneous transplantation of autologous oral mucosal epithelial cell sheets fabricated on temperature-responsive culture dishes.
  Journal of biomedical materials research. Part A 2008 Obokata H, Yamato M, Yang J, Nishida K, Tsuneda S, Okano T
• Functional closure of visceral pleural defects by autologous tissue engineered cell sheets.
  European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery 2008 Kanzaki M, Yamato M, Yang J, Sekine H, Takagi R, Isaka T, Okano T, Onuki T
• CD61 enriches long-term repopulating hematopoietic stem cells.
  Biochemical and biophysical research communications 2007 Umemoto T, Yamato M, Shiratsuchi Y, Terasawa M, Yang J, Nishida K, Kobayashi Y, Okano T
• Reconstruction of functional tissues with cell sheet engineering.
  Biomaterials 2007 Yang J, Yamato M, Shimizu T, Sekine H, Ohashi K, Kanzaki M, Ohki T, Nishida K, Okano T
• Temperature-responsive cell culture surfaces for regenerative medicine with cell sheet engineering
  Prog Polym Sci 2007 Yamato M, Akiyama Y, Kobayashi J, Yang J, Kikuchi A, and Okano T.
• Dynamic sealing of lung air leaks by the transplantation of tissue engineered cell sheets.
  Biomaterials 2007 Kanzaki M, Yamato M, Yang J, Sekine H, Kohno C, Takagi R, Hatakeyama H, Isaka T, Okano T, Onuki T
• Engineering functional two- and three-dimensional liver systems in vivo using hepatic tissue sheets.
  Nature medicine 2007 Ohashi K, Yokoyama T, Yamato M, Kuge H, Kanehiro H, Tsutsumi M, Amanuma T, Iwata H, Yang J, Okano T, Nakajima Y
• Expression of Integrin beta3 is correlated to the properties of quiescent hemopoietic stem cells possessing the side population phenotype.
  Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) 2006 Umemoto T, Yamato M, Shiratsuchi Y, Terasawa M, Yang J, Nishida K, Kobayashi Y, Okano T
• Development of transplantable genetically modified corneal epithelial cell sheets for gene therapy.
  Biomaterials 2006 Watanabe K, Yamato M, Hayashida Y, Yang J, Kikuchi A, Okano T, Tano Y, Nishida K
• N-Cadherin is expressed by putative stem/progenitor cells and melanocytes in the human limbal epithelial stem cell niche.
  Stem cells (Dayton, Ohio) 2006 Hayashi R, Yamato M, Sugiyama H, Sumide T, Yang J, Okano T, Tano Y, Nishida K
• The effect of micropores in the surface of temperature-responsive culture inserts on the fabrication of transplantable canine oral mucosal epithelial cell sheets.
  Biomaterials 2006 Murakami D, Yamato M, Nishida K, Ohki T, Takagi R, Yang J, Namiki H, Okano T
• Pulsatile myocardial tubes fabricated with cell sheet engineering.
  Circulation 2006 Sekine H, Shimizu T, Yang J, Kobayashi E, Okano T
• Cell delivery in regenerative medicine: the cell sheet engineering approach.
  Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society 2006 Yang J, Yamato M, Nishida K, Ohki T, Kanzaki M, Sekine H, Shimizu T, Okano T
• Treatment of oesophageal ulcerations using endoscopic transplantation of tissue-engineered autologous oral mucosal epithelial cell sheets in a canine model.
  Gut 2006 Ohki T, Yamato M, Murakami D, Takagi R, Yang J, Namiki H, Okano T, Takasaki K
• Tissue engineered epithelial cell sheets for the creation of a bioartificial trachea.
  Tissue engineering 2006 Kanzaki M, Yamato M, Hatakeyama H, Kohno C, Yang J, Umemoto T, Kikuchi A, Okano T, Onuki T
• Transplantable retinal pigment epithelial cell sheets for tissue engineering.
  Biomaterials 2006 Kubota A, Nishida K, Yamato M, Yang J, Kikuchi A, Okano T, Tano Y
• Transplantation of tissue-engineered epithelial cell sheets after excimer laser photoablation reduces postoperative corneal haze.
  Investigative ophthalmology & visual science 2006 Hayashida Y, Nishida K, Yamato M, Yang J, Sugiyama H, Watanabe K, Hori Y, Maeda N, Kikuchi A, Okano T, Tano Y
• Polysurgery of cell sheet grafts overcomes diffusion limits to produce thick, vascularized myocardial tissues.
  FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 2006 Shimizu T, Sekine H, Yang J, Isoi Y, Yamato M, Kikuchi A, Kobayashi E, Okano T
• Corneal epithelial stem cell delivery using cell sheet engineering: not lost in transplantation.
  Journal of drug targeting 2006 Yang J, Yamato M, Nishida K, Hayashida Y, Shimizu T, Kikuchi A, Tano Y, Okano T
• Fabrication of transplantable human oral mucosal epithelial cell sheets using temperature-responsive culture inserts without feeder layer cells.
  Journal of artificial organs : the official journal of the Japanese Society for Artificial Organs 2006 Murakami D, Yamato M, Nishida K, Ohki T, Takagi R, Yang J, Namiki H, Okano T
• Functional human corneal endothelial cell sheets harvested from temperature-responsive culture surfaces.
  FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 2005 Sumide T, Nishida K, Yamato M, Ide T, Hayashida Y, Watanabe K, Yang J, Kohno C, Kikuchi A, Maeda N, Watanabe H, Okano T, Tano Y
• p57Kip2 is expressed in quiescent mouse bone marrow side population cells.
  Biochemical and biophysical research communications 2005 Umemoto T, Yamato M, Nishida K, Yang J, Tano Y, Okano T
• Rat limbal epithelial side population cells exhibit a distinct expression of stem cell markers that are lacking in side population cells from the central cornea.
  FEBS letters 2005 Umemoto T, Yamato M, Nishida K, Kohno C, Yang J, Tano Y, Okano T
• Cell sheet engineering: recreating tissues without biodegradable scaffolds.
  Biomaterials 2005 Yang J, Yamato M, Kohno C, Nishimoto A, Sekine H, Fukai F, Okano T
• Limbal epithelial side-population cells have stem cell-like properties, including quiescent state.
  Stem cells (Dayton, Ohio) 2005 Umemoto T, Yamato M, Nishida K, Yang J, Tano Y, Okano T
• Cell-sheet engineering using intelligent surfaces
  MRS Bulletin 2005 Yang J, Yamato M, and Okano T.
• Improved planar amperometric nitric oxide sensor based on platinized platinum anode. 2. Direct real-time measurement of NO generated from porcine kidney slices in the presence of l-arginine, l-arginine polymers, and protamine.
  Analytical chemistry 2004 Lee Y, Yang J, Rudich SM, Schreiner RJ, Meyerhoff ME