Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Associate Professor of Medicine (Gastroenterology)
- Associate Professor of Epidemiology in Biostatistics and Epidemiology
My education and training
- Medical School: New York University Medical Center
- Residency: University of Pennsylvania Health System
- Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania Health System
Spoken languages
English
English
中文 / 普通话
Chinese - Mandarin
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)
- Americhealth Caritas of PA VIP - LGH Only
- Amerihealth Caritas (Transplant patients only)
- Amerihealth Caritas of PA - LGH Only
- 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
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.
Qualifications and experience
- Gastroenterology, 2003
- American College of Epidemiology, National
- American College of Gastroenterology, National
- American College of Physicians, National
- American Gastroenterological Association, National
- International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology, International
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Wang L, Tate J, Skanderson M, Hauser R, Brandt C, Yang YX, Justice A. Leveraging the Electronic Health Record for Early Detection of Pancreatic Cancer among 9.4 million US Veterans , Clin Transl Gastroenterol: 2026
Peerless Y, Strauss G, Margalit O, Shacham-Shmueli E, Yang YX, Boursi B. The effect of metformin exposure on colorectal cancer incidence according to tumor sidedness , Cancer Epidemiol: 2026
Levinson RN, Bushman R, Tate JP, Skanderson M, Mezzacappa C, Park LS, Brandt CA, Schuster KM, Ketwaroo GA, Yang YX, Justice AC, Wang LL. Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma After Hepatitis C Infection , JAMA Netw Open, 8: 2025,e2543701
Khan AN, Jones RB Jr, Khan N, Yang YX, Adler RA. Trends in hip fracture rates in US male veterans. , Osteoporos Int., 35(12): 2024,2137-2144
Kanwal F, Kramer JR, Li L, Yang YX, Cao Y, Yu X, Samuel R, Ali B, Desiderio R, Cholankeril G, Bajaj M, El-Serag HB, Asch SM. GLP-1 Receptor Agonists and Risk for Cirrhosis and Related Complications in Patients With Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease. , JAMA Intern Med., 184(1): 2024,1314-1323
Brown TJ, Gimotty PA, Mamtani R, Karasic TB, Yang YX. Classification and Regression Trees to Predict for Survival for Patients With Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treated With Atezolizumab and Bevacizumab. , JCO Clin Cancer Inform, 8: 2024,e2300220
Tobi M, Pascua M, Rodriguez R, Yang YX, Lieb J, Weinstein D, Kaplan DE Prospective Visual Inspection of the Ventrum of Tongue (VIVOT) Vasculature Predicts the Presence of Esophageal Varices , Gastrointest Disord, 6(1): 2024,230-240
Wang L, Rahimi Larki N, Dobkin J, Salgado S, Ahmad N, Kaplan DE, Yang W, Yang YX. A Clinical Prediction Model to Assess Risk for Pancreatic Cancer Among Patients With Acute Pancreatitis , Pancreas, 53(3): 2024,e254-e259
Mezzacappa C, Larki NR, Skanderson M, Park LS, Brandt C, Hauser RG, Justice A, Yang YX, Wang L. Development and Validation of Case-Finding Algorithms to Identify Pancreatic Cancer in the Veterans Health Administration , Dig Dis Sci, 69(4): 2024,1507-1513
Kurlander JE, Laine L, Kim HM, Roberts CB, Saffar D, Myers A, Holleman R, Gao Y, Shank M, Nelson R, Forman J, Helfrich CD, Krein SL, Saini SD, Yang YX Impact of large scale, multicomponent intervention to reduce proton pump inhibitor overuse in integrated healthcare system: difference-in-difference study , BMJ, 385: 2024,e076484