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Specialty:
Medicine, Endocrinology - Diabetes and Metabolism
Department Affiliation:
Medicine
Hospital Affiliation:
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
State License:
A88195
Phone:
310-825-7922
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About Me

Run Yu, MD, PhD, received his MD degree from Peking Union Medical College in Beijing and his PhD degree in pharmacology from University of Rochester in New York. Dr. Yu completed an endocrine research fellowship, an internal medicine residency, and a clinical endocrinology fellowship at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

Dr. Yu’s clinical and research interests include diabetes, thyroid, and endocrine tumors and syndromes.

Dr. Yu enjoys describing novel clinical findings in endocrinology.

Links
uclahealth.org/weight-management
uclahealth.org/endocrinology
Primary Office
Gonda Diabetes Center
Primary Address
200 UCLA Medical Plaza
Suite 530
Los Angeles, California 90095
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Phone
310-825-7922
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310-267-1899
Medical Board Certifications
Internal Medicine, American Board of Internal Medicine, 2004
Certification 2
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, American Board of Internal Medicine, 2005
Fellowship
Endocrinology Diabetes & Metabolism, University of Rochester Medical Center, 1997-1999
Fellowship 2
Endocrinology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 2004-2006
Residency
Internal Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 2002-2004
Degree
Peking Union Medical College, MD, 1992
University of Rochester Medical Center, PhD, 1997
Interests
  • Diabetes

    Diagnosing Diabetes

    According to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases: People over age 45 should be tested for prediabetes or diabetes. If the first blood glucose test is normal, they should be retested every 3 years. If you are younger, you should be tested if you are at high risk.
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  • Endocrine Syndromes

    Home Page - Endocrinology

    The endocrine system is a complex collection of hormone-producing glands that control basic body functions such as metabolism, growth, and sexual development. 
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  • Endocrine Tumors

    Parathyroid Tumor

    The parathyroid glands are 4 small, pea-sized glands located in your neck near the thyroid gland. A parathyroid tumor is a growth inside a parathyroid gland. Most parathyroid tumors are benign (noncancerous) adenomas. Parathyroid cancers are very rare.
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  • General Endocrinology

    Hormones and the Endocrine System

    The endocrine system uses hormones to control and coordinate your body's internal metabolism (or homeostasis) energy level, reproduction, growth and development, and response to injury, stress, and environmental factors.
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  • Thyroid

    Thyroid Gland

    Detailed information on the thyroid gland, including anatomy and function
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