Kimberly Yan, MD

Had an amazing time at AHA this year with all the @UCSFCardiology 1st year fellows! @TheSurajKannan @aamirjavaidmd @melideg92 @BannaSoumya @BretPinsker @IvanKuznet #AHA25

New paper❗️How is body comp (I.e. BMI, BF%, LBM) associated with mortality in patients with🫀CAD participating in cardiac rehab? There are sex differences! 🏃🏃🏻‍♀️ Check out our paper in @JAHA_AHA with @tamarahorwich #GoRedforWomen doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.1…

The @UCSFHospitals team completed the first Balloon Pulmonary Angioplasty treatment for patients with Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension.  We are excited to offer this important treatment as part of the Pulmonary Hypertension Center of Excellence. #UCSFCardiology

We are thrilled to introduce the incredible cohort of cardiology fellows joining us at @UCSF in 2025. We look forward to working with these talented individuals. #Match2024 #MatchDay #WomenInCardiology @UCSFHospitals @aamirjavaidmd @melideg92 @KimYanMD @TheSurajKannan

🔥‼️🫀 proud to report our amazing team implanted the first ever total artificial heart (TAH) @UCSFHospitals recently with excellent results. Leading the way in transplant and MCS! @UCSFSurgery @UCSFCTSurgery @SynCardia

Congratulations to Dr. Teresa De Marco for receiving the Longitudinal Subspecialty Clinic Preceptor Award from the internal medicine residents at @UCSF! 🌟 #WomeninCardiology #UCSFCardiology @UCSFMedicine @UCSFDOM

Congratulations to Dr. Sanket Dhruva on being selected as the recipient of the Research Mentoring Award by our @UCSF Internal Medicine Residents.🌟🧪 🏆@UCSFMedicine @UCSF_HVC @SFVAMC

@jcenzhang Wow thanks for sharing!

Love natural experiments like this! Next best thing we have to an RCT Ultimately, a strong argument to think hard before nonchalantly carpetbombing our anaerobes, especially since CTX and Cefepime have decent anaerobic coverage (except B. fragilis!)

@rachechang CONGRATS! amazing soon to be cardiology extraordinaire

Thank you to Dr. Matthew Freiberg and Dr. Priscilla Hsue for their support…honored to be a part of such an important project!

@EmilyMarogi @DanbocMD @UCSFIMChiefs The best humans! Woo hoooo 👏

Also HUGE thanks to @DanbocMD and future ID doc @UCSFIMChiefs Jack McGregor for helping organize/lead!!

Incredible CP Solvers Journal Club presented by current intern Scott Swartz with special appearances by our newly matched @UCSFIMChiefs interns! Huge thanks to our expert discussant pulm/crit care extraordinaire @LekshmiMD!!

An AMAZING @UCSFIMChiefs annual WiLD (Women in leadership and development) symposium’s community engagement across SF. Thank you to all the wonderful IM residents who volunteered + @ProjectOpenHand, @parks4all , and @SFMFoodBank for having us! Co-hosted by @KarishmaPatelMD

Check out our case of acute radiation-induced pericarditis complicated by polymicrobial infectious pericarditis in a patient with mediastinal sarcoma: academic.oup.com/ehjcr/article/… Mentored by the amazing @baik_alan #CardioOnc #UCSFCardiology

Night shift workers usually sleep 1 to 4 hours less per day than daytime workers. A new infographic from the CHEST Sleep Medicine Network outlines strategies for before, during, and after your shift to maximize quality sleep. hubs.la/Q02lmvHX0 #CHESTSleep #SleepMedicine

Case report describes a patient in their 60s with gastroesophageal reflex disease who presented to the emergency department after loss of consciousness during dinner and daily intermittent chest discomfort. ja.ma/3TZ93nk

What would you do next? A 60y patient presenting with syncope develops ST elevations and monomorphic VT on telemetry. Check out our @JAMAInternalMed Challenges in Clinical ECG case! @rob_short3 #NoraGoldschlager #ecg #CardioEd jamanetwork.com/journals/jamai…

How to diagnose PAH (WHO Group 1 PH)? #BackToBasics🫀 1️⃣ Via finding pre-capillary PH on right heart cath - mPAP > 20 mmHg - PVR > 2 WU - wedge < 15 mmHg 2️⃣ and ruling out other causes (PFTs, chest imaging, V/Q scan for CTEPH) PAH is rare and a dx of exclusion☝️

New #JACC Scientific Statement spanning remote monitoring to integrated mgmt of #HeartFailure. Updates in physiology of congestion, monitoring signals, & #DigitalHealth tech will support clinical teams to connect circles of care/self-care of #HF at home! bit.ly/3OYkoBH

Pragmatic guidance for treating #HFpEF. Great algorithmic figures for diagnosis and management. bit.ly/3AOBp9l #JACCHF #CardioTwitter @akshaydesaimd @lamcardio

Cardio-oncologists should be more involved in the care of #sarcoma patients treated with #anthracyclines. Read why in this excellent #JACCCardioOnc editorial: bit.ly/40pGwb0 #CardioOnc #CardioTwitter #HeartFailure