Wei-Teng Yang, MD MPH
Infectious Diseases
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
MacGregor Infection Medicine and Travel Program
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Penn Medicine Provider

About me

  • Director of Infectious Diseases Addiction Medicine Integration
  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine (Infectious Diseases)

Education and training

  • Medical School: NKCU College of Medicine
  • Fellowship: University of Washington
  • Fellowship: Oregon Health & Science University

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Chester County Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Yang is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Yang, WT Integrating Harm Reduction and Addiction Care in HIV Prevention among Persons Who Inject Drugs in the United States -- a Narrative Review , Ther Adv Infect Dis, 1(12): 2025,20499361251380642


Nacev, EC, Prewitt, KC, Yang, WT, Sokolski, E, Winer, JM, Rodulf, V, Englander, H, Liu, P Feasibility of an Inpatient Split-Dose Rapid Methadone Induction Protocol for Pregnant Individuals , J Addict Med, 1(5): 2025,407


Yang, WT, Meisner, JA, Maguire, C, Dyer, KE, McFadden, R, Thakrar, AP, Dickinson, DT, Berg, D, Preston, A, David, MZ, Perrone, J, Talati, N, Degnan, KO. Multidisciplinary Guidance to Care for Persons With Xylazine-Associated Wounds , Open Forum Infect Dis, 12(6): 2025,ofaf299


Ladines-Lim, JB, Yang, WT, Tebas, P, O'Donnell, J, Koenig, H, Kreider, E, Dyer, K, Anwar, M, Rodriguez, E, Patel, S, Rodino, K, Glaser, L, Richterman, A. Delayed diagnosis of disseminated Mycobacterium intracellulare subsp. chimaera infective endocarditis via cell-free metagenomic next-generation sequencing: a case report , ASM Case Reports, 1(5): 2025,2996-2684


Stopka, TJ, Nance, RM, Mixson, LS, Spencer, H, Tsui, JI, Leahy, JM, Pho, MT, DeJace, J, Feinberg, J, Young, AM, Yang, WT, Baltes, A, Romo, E, Brown, RT, Nolte, K, Miller, WC, Zule, WA, Jenkins, WD, Delaney, JA, Friedmann, PD. Serious Bacterial Infections and Hepatitis C Virus Among People Who Inject Drugs: A Syndemic or Intertwined Epidemics? , Trop Med Infect Dis, 10(1): 2025,17


Liu, AW, Yang, WT, Glick, SN, Kim, HN, Beieler, AM, Lan, KF, Dhanireddy, S, Tsui, JI. Stimulant Co-use Is Associated With Patient-directed Discharges in Hospitalized Patients with Opioid Use and Injection Drug Use Related Infections , J Addict Med, 17(6): 2023,646-647


Yang WT, Dombrowski JC, Glick SN, Kim HN, Beieler AM, Lan KF, Dhanireddy S. Partial-Oral Antibiotic Therapy for Bone and Joint Infections in People With Recent Injection Drug Use , Open Forum Infect Dis, 10(1): 2023,5


Shivakoti R, Ewald ER, Gupte N, Yang WT, Kanyama C, Cardoso SW, Santos B, Supparatpinyo K, Badal-Faesen S, Lama JR, Lalloo U, Zulu F, Pawar JS, Riviere C, Kumarasamy N, Hakim J, Pollard R, Detrick B, Balagopal A, Asmuth DM, Semba RD, Campbell TB, Golub J, Gupta A; NWCS 319 and ACTG PEARLS Study Team. Effect of baseline micronutrient and inflammation status on CD4 recovery post-cART initiation in the multinational PEARLS trial , Clin Nutr, 38(3): 2019,1303-1309


Yang WT, Grant M. Actinomyces neuii: a case report of a rare cause of acute infective endocarditis and literature review , BMC Infect Dis, 19(1): 2019,511


Tenforde MW, Yadav A, Dowdy DW, Gupte N, Shivakoti R, Yang WT, Mwelase N, Kanyama C, Pillay S, Samaneka W, Santos B, Poongulali S, Tripathy S, Riviere C, Berendes S, Lama JR, Cardoso SW, Sugandhavesa P, Christian P, Semba RD, Campbell TB, Gupta A; NWCS319 and ACTG 5175 study team. Vitamin A and D Deficiencies Associated With Incident Tuberculosis in HIV-Infected Patients Initiating Antiretroviral Therapy in Multinational Case-Cohort Study , J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr, 75(3): 2017,e71-e79