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• Acoustic Neuromas

  Acoustic Neuroma

  Acoustic neuroma is a rare noncancerous tumor. It affects hearing and balance when the tumor presses on the nerves in the inner ear.
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• Anaplastic Astrocytoma (Grade III Glioma)

  Anemia Overview

  Anemia is a common blood disorder. It occurs when you have fewer red blood cells than normal, or not enough hemoglobin in your blood. Hemoglobin is the iron-rich protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen from your lungs to all parts of your body. When you have anemia, your blood can’t carry enough oxygen to your body. Without enough oxygen, your body can’t work as well as it should.
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• Anaplastic Astrocytoma (Grade III Glioma)

  Anemia Overview

  Anemia is a common blood disorder. It occurs when you have fewer red blood cells than normal, or not enough hemoglobin in your blood. Hemoglobin is the iron-rich protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen from your lungs to all parts of your body. When you have anemia, your blood can’t carry enough oxygen to your body. Without enough oxygen, your body can’t work as well as it should.
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• Astrocytoma (Grade II Gliomas)
• Brain Injury

  Traumatic Brain Injury

  A traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a type of brain injury caused by a blow or jolt to, or penetration of the head. A TBI can occur during a car accident, from being tackled during a football game, or from a combat-related wound.
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• Brain Stem Gliomas
• Brain Tumor

  Brain Tumors: Introduction

  A brain tumor is an abnormal growth of tissue in the brain. There are 2 main types of brain tumors - Primary tumor starts in the brain. The Secondary (metastatic) tumor is from a cancer that starts in another part of the body, then spreads to the brain.
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• Cavernous Angiomas
• Chiari Malformation
• Chondrosarcomas

  Chondrosarcoma

  Chondrosarcoma is a malignant type of bone cancer that primarily affects the cartilage cells of the femur, arm, pelvis, knee, and spine. Chondrosarcoma is the second most common type of primary bone cancer.
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• Chordomas

  Skull Base Chordoma

  A chordoma is a form of bone cancer that can occur anywhere along the length of the spine, from the base of the skull to the lower back. When it occurs at the base of the skull, it is known as skull base chordoma. Because of its location in the base of the skull, it commonly affects vital structures. 
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• CNS Lymphoma
• Concussion

  Concussion

  A blow or a jolt to the head can cause a concussion or traumatic brain injury (TBI). The injury keeps the brain from working normally. Symptoms of a concussion may last less than a day or may linger for months, or longer.
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• Craniopharyngiomas

  Craniopharyngioma in Children

  A craniopharyngioma is a benign tumor that is found near the pituitary gland. The pituitary gland is under the brain but directly connected to it. It controls the production of many hormones in the body.
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• Dermoid Cysts

  Dermoid Cyst in Children

  A dermoid cyst is a collection of tissue under the skin. It may contain hair follicles, oil, and sweat glands.
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• Ependymoma

  Ependymoma

  Ependymoma is a rare type of tumor of the brain or spinal cord. It can happen in both children and adults. In children, these tumors tend to be in the brain. In adults, they are often in the spinal cord.
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• Epidermoid Tumors
• Facial Pain
• Facial/Hemifacial Spasms
• Gangliomas
• General Neurosurgery

  Neurological Surgery

  Neurological surgery is used to treat disorders of the brain, spine, and nerves. The healthcare provider who specializes in neurological surgery is called a neurosurgeon or neurological surgeon.
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• Gliobastoma (Grade IV Glioma)
• Glomus jugulare tumors
• Head Trauma

  Head Injury

  A head injury is a broad term that describes many injuries that occur to the scalp, skull, brain, and underlying tissue and blood vessels in the head. Head injuries are also commonly referred to as brain injury, or traumatic brain injury (TBI), depending on the extent of the head trauma.
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• Head Trauma

  Head Injury

  A head injury is a broad term that describes many injuries that occur to the scalp, skull, brain, and underlying tissue and blood vessels in the head. Head injuries are also commonly referred to as brain injury, or traumatic brain injury (TBI), depending on the extent of the head trauma.
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• Intracerebral Hemorrhage
• Intracerebral Hemorrhage
• Lipoma

  Other Benign Skin Growths in Children

  Detailed information on benign skin growths, including dermatofibromas, dermoid cyst, freckles, keloids, lipomas, moles, atypical moles, pyogenic granulomas
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• Medulloblastomas

  Spinal Cord Tumor Overview

  Spinal cord tumors are fairly uncommon. It's much more common to develop a brain tumor than a tumor on the spinal cord. A spinal cord tumor may form inside the spinal cord itself or around the bones that make up the spine.
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• Medulloblastomas

  Spinal Cord Tumor Overview

  Spinal cord tumors are fairly uncommon. It's much more common to develop a brain tumor than a tumor on the spinal cord. A spinal cord tumor may form inside the spinal cord itself or around the bones that make up the spine.
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• Meningiomas

  Meningioma

  A meningioma is a type of tumor that grows in the meninges, which are layers of tissue that cover the brain and spinal cord. Technically, a meningioma is not a brain tumor because it does not arise from brain tissue. But, it's often referred to as a brain tumor.
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• Metastatic Cancer - Brain Cancer from other organs
• Microvascular Surgery
• Minimally Invasive Surgery

  Methods of Surgery

  An "open" surgery means cutting the skin and tissues so that the surgeon has a full view of the structures or organs involved. Minimally invasive surgery is a relatively new approach that allows the patient to recuperate faster with less pain. Not all conditions are suitable for this type of surgery.
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• Muscle Biopsy

  Muscle Biopsy

  A muscle biopsy is a procedure used to diagnose diseases involving muscle tissue. Your healthcare provider will remove tissue and cells from a specific muscle and view them microscopically. Your provider will only need to remove a small piece of tissue from the designated muscle.
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• Nerve Tumor

  Neurological Disorders

  Here is a list of nervous system disorders that require clinical care by a physician or other healthcare professional.
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• Oligodendroglioma

  Oligodendroglioma in Children

  The brain is part of the central nervous system (CNS). The CNS also includes the spinal cord. A tumor is an abnormal growth of tissue. An oligodendroglioma is a type of CNS tumor called a glioma.
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• Oncology

  Cancer Overview

  Cancer cells don't function properly, and they can spread to many areas of the body. Tumors are clusters of cells that are capable of growing and dividing uncontrollably; their growth is not regulated.
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• Optic Nerve gliomas
• Petrous Apex Cholesterol Granuloma
• Pilocytic Astrocytoma (Grade I Glioma)

  Pilocytic Astrocytoma

  Pilocytic astrocytoma (PA) is a slow-growing type of brain tumor. These tumors are often benign or noncancerous. This means that the growth doesn't spread to other parts of the body.
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• Pineal Tumor/Cyst

  Pineal Tumor

  A pineal tumor is a tumor of the pineal gland in your brain.This gland secretes a substance called melatonin that affects your sleep-wake cycles. These are very rare tumors. They happen most often to children and adults younger than 40.
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• Skull Base Tumors

  Anatomy of the Skull Base

  At the base of the skull is bone that supports 4 brain components - the frontal lobe, temporal lobe, brain stem, and cerebellum. The skull base offers support from the bottom of the brain. Think of it as the floor of the skull, where the brain sits. Five bones make up the skull base. From front to back they are: Frontal, Ethmoid, Sphenoid, Temporal and Occipital.
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• Spinal Cord Tumors

  Spinal Cord Tumor Overview

  Spinal cord tumors are fairly uncommon. It's much more common to develop a brain tumor than a tumor on the spinal cord. A spinal cord tumor may form inside the spinal cord itself or around the bones that make up the spine.
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• Spine / Back Surgery
• Spine Surgery Instrumentation
• SSCD (Superior Semicircular Canal Dehiscence)
• SSCD (Superior Semicircular Canal Dehiscence)
• Stereotactic Biopsy

  Breast Biopsy

  A breast biopsy is a small piece of breast tissue that is removed and checked in a lab. This is done to see if cancer or other abnormal cells are present.
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• Stereotactic Biopsy

  Breast Biopsy

  A breast biopsy is a small piece of breast tissue that is removed and checked in a lab. This is done to see if cancer or other abnormal cells are present.
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• Stereotactic Radiosurgery

  Gamma Knife Radiosurgery

  Gamma Knife uses very precise beams of gamma rays to treat an area of disease (lesion) or growth (tumor). It’s most often used in the brain.
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• Stereotactic Radiosurgery

  Gamma Knife Radiosurgery

  Gamma Knife uses very precise beams of gamma rays to treat an area of disease (lesion) or growth (tumor). It’s most often used in the brain.
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• Syringomyelia
• Syringomyelia
• Tic Douloureux

  Trigeminal Neuralgia

  Trigeminal neuralgia is a type of nerve pain that affects your face.
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• Tic Douloureux

  Trigeminal Neuralgia

  Trigeminal neuralgia is a type of nerve pain that affects your face.
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• Trigeminal Neuralgia

  Trigeminal Neuralgia

  Trigeminal neuralgia is a type of nerve pain that affects your face.
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• Trigeminal Neuralgia

  Trigeminal Neuralgia

  Trigeminal neuralgia is a type of nerve pain that affects your face.
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• Vascular Tumors

  Brain Tumors: Introduction

  A brain tumor is an abnormal growth of tissue in the brain. There are 2 main types of brain tumors - Primary tumor starts in the brain. The Secondary (metastatic) tumor is from a cancer that starts in another part of the body, then spreads to the brain.
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Link to my PubMed publications >

1. Berg J, Chandrasoma S, Yang I, Lynch JB, Walling A. Learning about bioterrorism and chemical warfare - Medical students explore key threats. Western Journal of Medicine, 2002. 176 (1): p. 58-59.
2. Liau LM and Yang I. Microarrays and the genetic analysis of brain tumors. Current Genomics, 2002. 3 (1): p. 33-41
3. Thakur A, Yang I, Lee MY, Goel A, Ashok A, and Fonkalsrud EW. Increasing social capital via local networks: Analysis in the context of a surgical practice. American Surgeon, 2002. 68 (9): p. 776-9. PMID: 12356148
4. Thakur A, Yang I, Lin A, Buchmiller-Crair T, Fonkalsrud EW. Management of ovarian cysts in women undergoing restorative proctocolectomy for ulcerative colitis. American Surgeon, 2003. 69 (4): p. 339-42. PMID: 12716094
5. Yang I, Kremen TJ, Giovannone A, Paik E, Odesa SK, Prins RM, and Liau LM. Modulation of major histocompatibility class I molecules and MHC-bound immunogenic peptides by interferon-a and interferon-? treatment of human glioblastomas. Journal of Neurosurgery, 2004. 100: p. 310-319. PMID: 15086239
6. Bergsneider M, Yang I, Hu X, McArthur DL, Cook SW, and Boscardin WJ. Relationship between valve opening pressure, body position, and intracranial pressure in normal pressure hydrocephalus: Paradigm for selection of programmable valve pressure setting. Neurosurgery, 2004. 55 (4): p. 851-859. PMID: 15458593
7. Boudreau C, Yang I, and Liau LM. Gliomas: Advances in molecular analysis and characterization. Surgical Neurology, 2005. 64 (4): p. 286-294. PMID: 16229087
8. Yang I, Barbaro NM. Advances in the radiosurgical treatment of epilepsy. Epilepsy Currents, 2007. 7 (2): p. 31-35. PMID: 17505557
9. DeIpolyi AR, Yang I, Buckley A, Larson DA, Smith V, Barbaro NM, Cheung SW, Parsa AT. Fluctuating response of a cystic vestibular schwannoma to radiosurgery. Neurosurgery, 2008. 62(5):p. 1164-5. PMID: 18580785
10. Yang I, Lawton MT. Clipping of complex aneurysms with fenestration tubes: application and assessment of three types of clip techniques. Neurosurgery, 2008. 62 ONS (2): p. 371-9. PMID: 18596517
11. Yang I, DeIpolyi A, Rubenstein J, Bolen A, Parsa AT. Sarcoidosis of the pineal gland with granulomatous inflammation. Journal of Neuro-Oncology, 2009. 91(1): p. 113-6. PMID: 18759061
12. Yang I, Aranda D, Han SJ, Chennupati S, Sughrue ME, Cheung SW, Pitts LH, Parsa AT Hearing preservation after stereotactic radiosurgery for vestibular schwannoma: A systematic review. J Clin Neurosci. 2009 Jun;16(6):742-7. PMID: 19303780
13. Han S, Yang I, Tihan T, Chang SM, Parsa AT. Secondary gliosarcoma: a review of clinical features and pathological diagnosis. J Neurosurg. 2009 May 1. [Epub] PMID: 19408981
14. Yang I, Sughrue ME, Han S, Fang S, Aranda D, Cheung SW, Pitts LH, Parsa AT. Facial nerve preservation after vestibular schwannoma Gamma Knife radiosurgery. J Neurooncol. 2009. May93(1): p. 41-8. PMID: 19430881
15. Sughrue ME, Yang, I, Aranda D, Lobo K, Pitts LH, Cheung SW, Parsa AT. The natural history of untreated sporadic vestibular schwannomas: A comprehensive review of hearing outcomes. J Neurosurg. 2009 Jun 19. PMID: 19538047
16. Han S, Yang I, Tihan T, Prados MD, Parsa AT. Primary Gliosarcoma: Key clinical and pathologic distinctions from glioblastoma with implications as a unique oncologic entity. J Neurooncol. 2009 Jul 18. PMID: 19618114
17. Yang I, Sughrue ME, Aranda D, Han S, Chennupati S, Cheung SW, Pitts LH, Parsa AT. A Comprehensive analysis of hearing preservation after radiosurgery for vestibular schwannoma. J Neurosurg. 2009 Sep 11. PMID: 19747043
18. Chou D, Eltgroth M, Yang I, Lu D, Manley GT. Rib head disarticulation for multi-level transpedicular thoracic corpectomies and expandable cage reconstruction technical note. Neurol India. 2009 Jul-Aug;57(4):469-74. PMID: 19770550
19. Bloch O, Jian B, Yang I, Han SH, Aranda D, Ahn B, Parsa AT. A systematic review of intracranial chondrosarcoma and survival. J Clin Neurosci. 2009 Sep 29. PMID: 19796952
20. Yang I, Aghi M. New advances that enable identification of glioblastoma recurrence. Nat Rev Clin Oncol. 2009 Oct 6. PMID: 19806145
21. Sughrue ME, Yang I, Kane AJ, Rutkowski MJ, Fang S, James CD, Parsa AT. Immunological considerations of modern animal models of malignant primary brain tumors. J Transl Med. 2009 Oct 8;7(1):84.PMID: 19814820
22. Han S, Yang I, Otero JJ, Ahn BJ, Tihan T, McDermott MW, Berger MS, Chang SM, Parsa AT. Secondary gliosarcoma after diagnosis of glioblastoma: clinical experience with 30 consecutive patients. J Neurosurg. 2009 Oct 9. [Epub] PMID: 19817543
23. Yang I, Paik E, Huh NG, Parsa AT, Ames CP. Giant thoracic schwannoma presenting with abrupt onset of abdominal pain: a case report. J Med Case Reports. 2009 Oct 30; 3(88) PMID: 19946504
24. Yang I, Han SJ, Parsa AT. Heat shock protein vaccines as active immunotherapy against human gliomas. Expert Rev Anticancer Ther. 2009 Nov. 9 (11) p. 1577-1582. PMID: 19895242
25. Han SJ, Ahn BJ, Waldron JS, Yang I, Fang S, Crane CA, Pieper RO, Parsa AT. Gamma interferon-mediated superinduction of B7-H1 in PTEN-deficient glioblastoma patients: A paradoxical mechanism of immune evasion. NeuroReport. 2009 Oct 28. PMID: 19875977
26. Yang I, Han SJ, Kaur G, Crane C, Parsa AT. The Role of microglia in central nervous system immunity and glioma immunology. J Clin Neurosci. 2009 Nov 17. PMID: 19926287
27. Kane A, Yang I. Interferon gamma in brain tumor immunotherapy. Neurosurg Clin N Am. 2010 Jan;21(1):77-86.PMID: 19944968
28. Yang I, Huh NG, Smith ZA, Han SJ, Parsa AT. Distinguishing glioma recurrence from treatment effect after radiochemotherapy and immunotherapy. Neurosurg Clin N Am. 2010 Jan;21(1):181-6.PMID: 19944976
29. Jian B, Yang I, Parsa AT. Monitoring immune responses after glioma vaccine immunotherapy. Neurosurg Clin N Am. 2010 Jan;21(1):195-9.PMID: 19944978
30. Kaur G, Han SJ, Yang I, Crane CA. Microglia and central nervous system immunity. Neurosurg Clin N Am. 2010 Jan;21(1):43-51.PMID: 19944965
31. Yang I, Fang S, Parsa AT. Heat shock proteins in glioblastomas. Neurosurg Clin N Am. 2010 Jan;21(1):111-23.PMID: 19944971
32. Han SJ, Kaur G, Yang I, Lim M. Biologic principles of immunotherapy for malignant gliomas. Neurosurg Clin N Am. 2010 Jan;21(1):1-16.PMID: 19944962
33. Sughrue ME, Yang I, Aranda D, Rutowski M, Fang S, Cheung SW, Parsa AT. Beyond audiofacial morbidity after vestibular schwannoma surgery. J Neurosurg. 2009 Nov 27. PMID: 19943734
34. Sughrue ME, Yang I, Han SJ Aranda D Kane AJ, Amolis M, Smith Z. Parsa AT. Non-audiofacial morbidity after Gamma Knife radiosurgery for vestibular schwannoma: A Comprehensive Review of the Literature. Neurosurg Focus. 2009 Dec;27(6):E4.PMID: 19951057
35. Jian B, Bloch O, Yang I, Han SJ, Aranda D, Parsa AT. Adjuvant radiation therapy and chondroid chordoma subtype are associated with a lower tumor recurrence rate of cranial chordoma. Journal of Neurooncology 2009. Dec 2 PMID: 19953297
36. Han SJ, Yang I, Ahn BJ, Ortero JJ, Tihan T, McDermott MW, Berger MS, Prados MD, Parsa AT. Clinical characteristics and outcomes for a modern series of primary gliosarcoma patients. Cancer. 2010 Jan 5. PMID: 20052717
37. Clark AJ, Ivan M, Sughrue ME, Yang I, Aranda D, Han SJ, Kane AJ, Parsa AT. Tumor control after surgery and radiotherapy for pineocytoma. J Neurosurg. 2010. PMID: 20136388
38. Yang I, Sughrue ME, Rutkowski MJ, Kaur R, Ivan ME, Aranda D, Barani IJ, Parsa AT. Craniopharyngioma: a comparison of tumor control with various treatment strategies. Neurosurg Focus. 2010 Apr

More information on Dr. Yang

• Cutting-Edge Skull Surgery for Rare Condition (The Doctors, April 2015)
• Special Olympics Athlete Gives Surgeon His Gold Medal After Life-Saving Brain Surgery (People, July 2016)
• ‘Gracias a mi doctor pude competir en las Olimpiadas Especiales’ (2016) - Note: article in Spanish
• Woman Who Could Hear Her Own Body Sounds Get Life Back (ABC’s Good Morning America, September 2015)
• Indiana woman, has op to cure condition that meant she could hear mechanics of her body (UK's Daily Mail, September 2015)
• Indiana woman who suffered for seven months with a rare disorder that constantly broadcast into her ears the sounds of her eyeballs moving, heart beating, footsteps echoing and food digesting (Fox News 11, September 2015)
• UCLA doctors perform life-changing surgery on woman plagued by internal sounds of her body (UCLA Newsroom, September 2015)
• UCLA Doctors Treat Woman Who Can Hear Her Body Working Due to Rare Condition (KTLA 5, September 2015)
• WEIRD SCIENCE: Woman Can Hear Her Body Working (Bill Carroll Show, September 2015)
• Internal Hearing Surgery (KCBS/KCAL, September 2015)
• Lodi’s Isaac Yang receives award for medical, teaching excellence (lodinews.com, March 2015)
• Nationally lauded medical educator invests in success of his students (newsroom.ucla.edu, February 2015)
• UCLA Students rally against Alzheimer's (Aging Today, Jul-Aug 2011)
• Dr. Yang to receive award (Daily Bruin, April 2011)
• About Dr. Yang (Korea Times, PDF in Korean language, April 2011) Note: article in Korean
• UCSF recognizes exceptional physicians (UCSF, May 2010)
• Neurosurgery chief resident receives UCSF Medical Center Exceptional Physician Award (UCSF, April, 2010)
• Winners of 62nd Annual Meeting of the SF Neurological Society in Sonoma, CA San Francisco Neurological Society, February 2010)
• Dr. Isaac Yang honored for breakthrough research (LodiNews.com, May 2009)
• Brain tumor research earns young doctor honors (RecordNet.com, May 2009)
• Live-Tweet Surgery (headandnecksurgery.ucla.edu)

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• UCLA Gold Humanism Honor Society Inaugural Selection Committee 2015
• UCLA AMSA Faculty Mentor Award 2015
• National Golden Apple Excellence in Teaching Award, AMSA 2015
• Presented at the 65th national AMSA meeting Washington D.C.
• UCLA Neurosurgery Batzdorf Resident Teaching Award 2014
• UCLA DGSOM Outstanding PBL Tutor Award 2014
• UCLA DGSOM Tow Humanism in Medicine Award 2014
• Southern California Super Doctors® 2014
• American Association of Neurological Surgeons CME Award 2014
• UCLA AMSA Golden Apple Award 2014
• UCLA Neurosurgery Batzdorf Resident Teaching Award 2013
• Southern California Super Doctors® Rising Stars 2013
• NIH Early Career Reviewer for Center for Scientific Review 2013
• AANS/CNS Scientific Program Chair Tumor and Meningioma Symposium 2013
• Jacob David Glezer Memorial Brain Tumor Research Award 2013
• David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA 2013
• Excellence in Education Award                                                      
• STOP CANCER Research Career Development Award 2013
• UCLA AMSA Advisor Award 2013
• UCLA National Society of Collegiate Scholars Distinguished Member 2013
• UCLA Neurosurgery Batzdorf Resident Teaching Award 2012
• Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) 2012
• Synthes Skull Base Research Award
• National Society of Collegiate Scholars Distinguished Honorary Inductee 2012
• Korean American Spine Society Presentation Scholarship 2012
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Young Leader Award Nominee 2012
• UCLA Honberger Endowment Brain Tumor Research Seed Grant 2012
• UC Berkeley Mark Bingham Alumni Award Nominee 2012
• UCLA Mortar Board Honor Society Honorary Inductee 2012
• UCLA DGSOM AMSA 2012 Golden Apple Award 2012
• American Association Neurological Surgeons 2012
• American Brain Tumor Association Young Investigator Award 
• Technology Review TR35 Innovator Nomination 2012
• UCLA AMSA Foundation Award 2012
• STOP CANCER Jason Dessel Memorial Seed Grant 2012

• UCLA Neurosurgery Batzdorf Silver Teaching Award 2011
• UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center 2011
• UCLA Scholars in Translational Medicine Program Award 2011
• American Association Neurological Surgeons Ronald Bittner Award for Best Brain Tumor Research Abstract Paper 2011
• Stein Oppenheimer UCLA Endowment Award 2011
• American Medical Student Association Excellence in Mentorship Award 2011
• UCLA Golden Key Honor Society Honorary Inductee along with Chancellor Gene Block 2011
• Western Neurosurgical Society Basic Science Research Award 2010
• UCSF Department of Neurological Surgery 2010 Howard Naffzigger Resident of the Year Award
• San Francisco State University Cellular Neuroscience 2010 Spring 2010 Teaching Award
• UCSF Department of Neurological Surgery 2010 Susan Eastwood Memorial Award
• American Medical Student Association 2010 Golden Apple Award
• University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Medical Center 2010 2010 Exceptional Physician Award
• University of California San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine 2010 Clinical & Translational Science Resident Research Award
• American Association Neurological Surgeons 2010 Integra Foundation Brain Tumor Research Award
• San Francisco Neurological Society 2010 Edwin F. Boldrey Award for Basic Science Research
• American Medical Student Association 2009 Golden Scalpel Award
• American College of Surgeons 2009 National Resident Teaching Finalist
• University of California San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine 2009 Outstanding Teaching Award
• American Academy of Neurological and Orthopedic Surgeons 2009 Resident Research Award
• University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Dept of Surgery 2009 Englebert Dunphy Resident Research Selection
• San Francisco Neurological Society 2009 Kaiser Award for Clinical Research
• Neurosurgery Clinics of North America 2009 Guest Editor
• American Association Neurological Surgeons 2009 Leksell Radiosurgery Award
• University of California San Francisco Brain Tumor Research Center 2009 Clinical and Translational Scientist Training Research Award
• NIH Research Training Grant (NINDS) F32 CA132489-01A1 2008 Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA)
• Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS) 2007 Dandy Clinical Research Fellowship Award
• American Medical Student Association 2005 Distinguished Mentor Award
• UCLA School of Medicine Dean’s Scholar Outstanding Thesis Award 2004
• Lasky Memorial Research Award of the UCLA School of Medicine 2004
• Alpha Omega Alpha (AOA) Medical Honor Society 2003
• American Medical Student Association (AMSA) Golden Apple Award 2001,2003
• Letters of Distinction at UCLA School of Medicine 2001-2002
• UC Berkeley Social Welfare Scholastic Award 2000
• UC Berkeley Academic Senate Outstanding Graduate Instructor 1999
• Phi Beta Kappa (Alpha of California Chapter) 1999
• UC Berkeley McLaughlin-Willits Scholarship 1998-1999
• UC Berkeley Chemistry Dept. Outstanding GSI Teaching Award 1997,1998
• UC Berkeley Michael J. Koll Scholarship 1997-1999

• Grant: NCI F32CA132489-01A1 Title: PI(3)K/Akt/mTOR pathway activation and immunoresistance Principle Investigator: Yang I Sponsor: Parsa AT Total Project Period: 7/2008-6/2009 Amount of annual direct support : $45,000.00 Specific Aims: To evaluate PI3K mediated immunoresistance in glioma
• Grant: UCSF Clinical and Translational Scientist Training Award Title: Treatment for vestibular schwannomas Principle Investigator: Yang I Sponsor: Parsa AT Total Project Period: 11/2008-12/2009 Amount of annual direct support : $2,000.00 Specific Aims: To evaluate surgical and radiosurgical treatment of vestibular schwannomas
• Grant: Congress of Neurological Surgeons Dandy Clinical Research Award Title: Immunologic markers in patients with glioblastoma Principle Investigator: Yang I Sponsor: Parsa AT Total Project Period: 07/2007-06/2008 Amount of annual direct support : $25,000.00 Specific Aims: To evaluate and analyze immunologic markers and T cell infiltrates in patients with glioma

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