Dr. Michael Yeh CV

Office Address

Section of Endocrine Surgery, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine

10833 Le Conte Ave., 72-250 CHS

Box 956904

Los Angeles, CA 90095

Tel: (310) 267-7838

Citizenship: USA

Licensure:

Board certification: General Surgery 02/06; Re-certification 12/16

Foreign Language Proficiency: Mandarin Chinese, Spanish

Google Scholar ID: sygREb4AAAAJ 

2023 h-index: 45

Education

9/89 - 6/93 Stanford University, B.S. Biology with honors and distinction

9/93 - 6/97 Harvard Medical School, M.D. Cum Laude

6/97 - 6/04 Resident in general surgery, University of California, San Francisco

7/00 - 7/02 Research fellow, Endocrine Surgery Laboratory, UCSF

7/00 - 7/02 Critical care fellow (non-ACGME), California Pacific Medical Center, San Francisco

8/04 - 7/05 T. S. Reeve International Fellow in Endocrine Surgery, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia

1/12 Value-Based Health Care Delivery Intensive Seminar, Harvard Business School

8/12-8/13 Executive training: UCLA Health Leadership Academy, Center for Creative Leadership

9/13-8/16 Executive coaching: Center for Creative Leadership

Professional Experience

6/04 - 8/04 Staff surgeon, Surgical Services, San Francisco VA Medical Center

8/05 - 12/05 Staff surgeon, Surgical Services, San Francisco VA Medical Center

1/06 - 6/11 Assistant Professor of Surgery, UCLA Division of General Surgery and Program Director, Endocrine Surgery

1/08 - 6/11 Assistant Professor of Medicine, UCLA Division of Endocrinology

7/11 -6/15 Associate Professor of Surgery, UCLA Division of General Surgery

7/11 -6/15 Associate Professor of Medicine, UCLA Division of Endocrinology

7/11 - Chief, Section of Endocrine Surgery, UCLA Division of General Surgery

7/11 - 10/20 Medical Director of Optimal Care, UCLA Hospital System

7/15 - 6/17 Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine

7/15 - Professor of Surgery, UCLA Division of General Surgery

7/15 - Professor of Medicine, UCLA Division of Endocrinology

12/15 - Medical Director, UCLA Endocrine Center

7/17 - 7/20 Dean’s office, Medical student research and scholarship

8/18 - International Physician Advisor, UCLA Health

11/20 - Surgical Director of Operative Services, UCLA Health

Professional Activities

Committee Service (University)

2000-2 Surgical Research/Education Committee and Medical Training Staff Committee, UCSF

2001-3 Founder and co-chair, RN/MD Collaborative Group, UCSF

2002-4 Clinical information services steering committee, UCSF

2006-8 Value analysis committee, UCLA Medical Center

2006-8 Operating room efficiency committee, UCLA Medical Center

2007-9 Clinical education taskforce, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine

2007-12 Surgical education committee, UCLA Dept. of Surgery

2008- Credentials committee, UCLA Medical Center

2009-17 Industry relations committee, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine

2009-10 Clinical information systems committee

2010-11 Clinical care strategy design team, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine

2011-19 Chair, Surgical Patient Progression, UCLA Health

2011-15 CareConnect MyChart Work group

2011-15 CareConnect Research Work Group

2011-15 CareConnect Physician Advocate Council

2011-15 CareConnect Physician Advisory Group

2011-16 UCLA Health System Care Transformation Council

2011-16 UCLA Health System Innovation Leadership Council

2012-16 UCLA Health System xDR Oversight Board

2012-16 UCLA Faculty Practice Group quality officer

2012- UCLA Division of General Surgery Quality Board

2013-16 UCLA Centers of Excellence Design Team

2013-17 Geffen Scholars selection committee, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine

2017-19 Chair, Admissions Policy and Oversight Committee, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine

2019-20 Admissions Policy and Oversight Committee, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine

Committee Service (Scholarly Societies)

2008-12 American Association of Endocrine Surgeons, Web Committee

2008-15 American College of Surgeons Women in Surgery Committee

2009-15 American College of Surgeons, Health Information Technology Committee

2009-11 Association for Academic Surgery, Information Technology Committee

2011-13 American Thyroid Association, Surgical Affairs Committee

2011-13 American Thyroid Association, Workgroup on outpatient thyroidectomy

2012-15 American Association of Endocrine Surgeons, Membership Committee

2012-15 American Association of Endocrine Surgeons, Executive Council

2012-13 American Thyroid Association, Chair, Workgroup on Pre-operative Imaging for Thyroid Cancer Surgery

2012-13 Vice chair, American College of Surgeons Women in Surgery Committee

2013-17 American Thyroid Association, Program Committee

2014 NIH/NIA study section: Grants for Grants for Early Medical/Surgical Specialists’ Transition to Aging Research

2014- American Association of Endocrine Surgeons, Fellowship Committee

2016-19 American Thyroid Association, Awards Committee

2017-18 American Association of Endocrine Surgeons, Guidelines Taskforce

2017-18 American Association of Endocrine Surgeons, Local arrangements chair

2020-21 Co-chair, American Thyroid Association Spring 2021 meeting program committee

2020- American Thyroid Association, Centennial Task Force

2020- American Thyroid Association thyroid nodules guidelines taskforce

2020- National Comprehensive Cancer Network thyroid carcinoma panel

2020-22 International workshop of hypoparathyroidism and primary hyperparathyroidism: Taskforce on surgical aspects of primary hyperparathyroidism

Professional Associations and Scholarly Societies

Member, Howard C. Naffziger Surgical Society, 06/04

Member, Association for Academic Surgery, 7/06

Fellow, American College of Surgeons, 10/07

Member, International Association of Endocrine Surgeons, 02/08

Member, American Association of Endocrine Surgeons, 04/08

Member, International Society of Surgery, 04/08

Member, American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, 04/08

Member, Pacific Coast Surgical Association, 02/10

Member, Endocrine Society, 01/11

Member, American Thyroid Association, 01/11

Member, Society of University Surgeons, 2/11

Fellow, American College of Endocrinology, 5/12

Member, Surgical Biology Club II, 10/14

Member, American Surgical Association, 4/19

Member, International thyroid oncology group 10/22

Editorial Boards

2013- Thyroid

2013-5 Surgical Neurology International

2014- World Journal of Surgery

2014- VideoEndocrinology

2015- Annals of Surgical Oncology

2016-20 Clinical Thyroidology

Editorial Services

2004- Reviewer, World Journal of Surgery

2004- Reviewer, Future Oncology

2007- Reviewer, Thyroid

2007- Reviewer, Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology

2007- Reviewer, Journal of Endocrinological Investigation

2008- Reviewer, European Journal of Cancer

2008- Reviewer, Clinical Medicine & Research

2008- Reviewer, Therapeutics and Clinical Risk Management

2009- Reviewer, Annals of Surgical Oncology

2009- Reviewer, The Oncologist

2010- Reviewer, Journal of Surgical Oncology

2013- Reviewer, Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

2016- Reviewer, JAMA Surgery

Consulting Activities

2002 Consultant and speaker, Èlan Pharmaceuticals

2008-10 Speaker’s bureau, Genzyme Corporation

2008- Medical Education Speakers Network

2015 Speaker and consultant, Veracyte Inc.

2015 Consultant, Genzyme Corporation

2017 Sanofi Genzyme Global Advisory Board

Community Service

2001-03 Invited speaker and mentor, American College of Surgeons student program

2001-04 Career day advisor, South San Francisco and Redwood City School districts

2004-11 National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine, Advisory Board

2006-11 National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine, clinical experience coordinator

Honors and Special Awards

1990 President's Award for Academic Excellence, Stanford University

1991, 1992 Hartford Foundation Scholarship, American Geriatrics Society 

1992, 1993 Initiation speaker and member, Phi Beta Kappa, Stanford University

2001, 2004 Housestaff teaching award, UCSF Medical School, honorable mention

2004 Haile T. Debas teaching award, given by the UCSF Department of Surgery

2005 Housestaff teaching award, UCSF Medical School

2005 Royal Australasian College of Surgeons best paper in endocrine surgery

2007 UCLA Dept of Surgery Golden Scalpel teaching award

2008 UCLA Dept of Surgery Golden Scalpel teaching award

2009 Best Doctors in America

2009 American Association of Endocrine Surgeons best poster award

2010 UCLA Medical School Alpha Omega Alpha faculty inductee

2011 UCLA Health System Teaching Humanism Award

2012 Visiting Professor, Edmonton Hospital Research Day

2014 UCLA Dept of Surgery Golden Scalpel teaching award

2015 Harbor-UCLA Department of Surgery Clinical Mentor of the Year

2018 Excellence in Education Award, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine

2021 Enrico G. Bartolucci, MD Lectureship in Endocrine Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center