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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
Health Plans:: Accepted Plans

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
200 UCLA Medical Plaza
Suite 530
Los Angeles, CA 90095
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Phone: 310-825-7922
Fax: 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, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, 2004-2006
Fellowship 2: Endocrinology Diabetes & Metabolism, University of Rochester Medical Center, 1997-1999
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
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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