Gordon Yu, MD
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Pathology and Laboratory Medicine HUP
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
My education and training
- Medical School: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
- Residency: University of Pennsylvania Health System
- Fellowship: University of Texas - MD Anderson Cancer Center
Spoken languages
English
English
Insurance accepted
Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.
- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
- Clover Health Choice
- Clover Health Choice Value PPO
- Clover Health Classic HMO
- Clover Health Value
- Devoted Health Choice Giveback Pennsylvania (PPO)
- Devoted Health Choice Pennsylvania (PPO)
- Devoted Health Choice Plus Pennsylvania (PPO)
- Devoted Health Core Pennsylvania (HMO)
- Devoted Health Dual Plus Pennsylvania (HMO D-SNP)
- Devoted Health Giveback Pennsylvania (HMO)
Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Qualifications and experience
- Cytopathology
- Pathology - Anatomic Pathology, 1993
- American Society of Clinical Pathologists, National
- American Society of Cytopathology, National
- Papanicolaou Society of Cytopathology, International
- Pathology Society of Philadelphia, Local
- United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, National
- Recognized annually in Philadelphia magazine's Top Docs issue from 2023 through 2024
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Yu GH, Gustafson KS, Pan S-T, Wetherington RW Peripheral endothelial cells are not reliable in differentiating primary benign and malignant hepatocellular lesions in fine needle aspirates of the liver , Cytopathology , 13: 2002,145-151
Saqi A, McGrath CM, Skovronsky D, Yu GH Cytomorphologic features of fine-needle aspiration of metastatic and recurrent melanoma , Diagn Cytopathol , 27: 2002,286-290
Saqi A, Pasha TL, McGrath CM, Yu GH, Zhang P, Gupta P Overexpression of p16INK4A in liquid-based specimens (SurePathTM) as marker of cervical dysplasia and neoplasia , Diagn Cytopathol , 27: 2002,365-370
Yu GH, Gustafson KS, Sturgis CD Fine needle aspiration , In: Gynecology & Obstetrics, 2nd edition. Philadelphia: 2002
Yu GH, Nayar R, Furth EE Adenocarcinoma in colonic brushing cytology: high-grade dysplasia as a diagnostic pitfall , Diagn Cytopathol , 24: 2001,364-368
Yu GH, Soma L, Hahn S, Friedberg JS The changing clinical course of patients with malignant mesothelioma: implications for FNA cytology and utility of immunocytochemical staining , Diagn Cytopathol , 24: 2001,322-327
Gelfand JM, Mirza N, Kantor J, Yu G, Reale D, Bondi E, Junkins-Hopkins JM Nodular fasciitis , Arch Derm , 137: 2001,719-721