Monica Yang, MD
Assistant Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

Dr. Monica Yang is a rheumatologist with a clinical focus on patients with systemic sclerosis and connective tissue associated interstitial lung disease. She currently practices at the UCSF Scleroderma clinic where she also manages the Scleroderma Patient Registry and Biorepository.

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Dr. Yang's research interest is to understand the disease pathogenesis and heterogeneity that exists among SSc patients, especially those with ILD. Her work leverages novel experimental and computational genomic technologies to elucidate molecular phenotypes within the disease. One area of focus is the role of telomere dysfunction and aberrant aging in promoting skin and lung fibrosis.

Awards

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  • Scientist Development Award, Rheumatology Research Foundation, 2023-2026
  • Distinguished Fellow Award, American College of Rheumatology, 2023
  • Marcus Award Seeding Bold Ideas, UCSF, 2021-2022
  • Ephraim Engleman Endowed Resident Research Preceptorship, Rheumatology Research Foundation, 2018-2020

Education & Training

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  • Rheumatology University of California, San Francisco 2023
  • Internal Medicine Northwestern University McGaw Medical Center 2020
  • MD Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine 2017
  • BA Northwestern University 2013

Publications (15)

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Education, Medical, UndergraduateEyeIdiopathic Pulmonary FibrosisScleroderma, SystemicEarLung Diseases, InterstitialClinical ClerkshipEye DiseasesMentoringStudents, MedicalAlveolitis, Extrinsic AllergicVital CapacityMyalgiaPainEar Diseases

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