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Specialty:: Pediatrics, Gastroenterology
Department Affiliation:: Pediatrics
Hospital Affiliation:: Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital
UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica
State License:: A109985
Phone:: 310-206-6134
Health Plans:: Accepted Plans

About Me

Other Languages Spoken:

Spanish (limited)
Mandarin (limited)

Dr. Joanna Yeh joined the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition in June of 2016. Dr. Yeh received her medical degree from the University of California, San Francisco and completed her pediatric residency training and fellowship in pediatric gastroenterology at UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital. Dr. Yeh practiced gastroenterology at the UCSF Children’s Hospital Oakland from June 2014 to May 2016. Dr. Yeh has returned to UCLA to increase the community outreach for the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Mattel Children’s UCLA.

Dr. Yeh’s clinical and research interests include general gastroenterology, nutrition, fatty liver disease/non alcoholic steatohepatitis, and obesity.

Dr. Yeh was recently nominated to the Super Doctors® Southern California Rising Stars category for 2017 and 2018.

Links

uclahealth.org/Mattel/Pediatric-Gastroenterology

Primary Office: Children's Health Center
Primary Address: 200 UCLA Medical Plaza
Suite 265
Los Angeles, California 90095
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Phone: 310-206-6134
Fax: 310-206-0203
Secondary Office: Santa Monica - Pediatrics, Primary & Specialty Care
Secondary Address: 1131 Wilshire Boulevard
Suite 202
Santa Monica, California 90401
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Medical Board Certifications: Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics, 2011
Certification 2: Pediatric Gastroenterology, American Board of Pediatrics, 2015
Fellowship: Pediatric Gastroenterology, UCLA School of Medicine, 2011-2014
Residency: Pediatrics, UCLA School of Medicine, 2008-2011
Degree: UCSF School of Medicine, MD, 2008

Research Interests

Fatty Liver Disease/Non Alcoholic Steatohepatitis
Obesity
General Gastroenterology
Nutrition

Publications

Food cravings, food addiction, and a dopamine-resistant (DRD2 A1) receptor polymorphism in Asian American college students. Yeh J, Trang A, Henning SM, Wilhalme H, Carpenter C, Heber D, Li Z. Asia Pac J Clin Nutr. 2016;25(2):424-9. doi: 10.6133/apjcn.102015.05.
Yeh J, Ngo KD, Wozniak LJ, Vargas JH, Marcus EA, McDiarmid SV, Farmer DG, Venick RS. Endoscopy following pediatric intestinal transplant: a 23 year single center experience. JPGN 2015 Dec; 61 (6): 636-40.
Yeh J, Vargas JH, Wozniak LJ, Smith JB, Boechat MI, Touma M. Massive liver mass and periumbilical venous catheter complications. Journal of Clinical Neonatology 2014 July-Sept; 3 (3):158-160.
Yeh J, Wozniak LJ, Vargas JH, Ament ME. Post infectious gastroparesis: a case series of three adolescent females. Clinical Pediatrics 2012 Feb.; 51 (2): 139-144.

Awards: Super Doctors® Southern California Rising Stars 2017, 2018

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