Qingyang (Kristy) Yuan, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology
Department: Neurology
Contact information
Department of Neurology
3400 Spruce Street, 3 Gates
Philadelphia, PA 19104
3400 Spruce Street, 3 Gates
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-662-3606
Education:
BS (Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics; Minor, Spanish Language)
University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 2006.
MD
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 2011.
BS (Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics; Minor, Spanish Language)
University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 2006.
MD
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 2011.
Post-Graduate Training
HHMI Med Fellow, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Neurology & Neurosurgery Dept, 2009-2010.
Medicine Internship, Barnes Jewish Hospital/Washington University, St. Louis MO, 2011-2012.
Neurology Residency , Barnes Jewish Hospital/Washington University, 2012-2015.
Vascular Neurology Fellowship, UCSF Medical Center, 2015-2016.
NIH StrokeNet Research Fellow, UCSF Medical Center, Neurovascular Division, 2016-2017.
HHMI Med Fellow, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Neurology & Neurosurgery Dept, 2009-2010.
Medicine Internship, Barnes Jewish Hospital/Washington University, St. Louis MO, 2011-2012.
Neurology Residency , Barnes Jewish Hospital/Washington University, 2012-2015.
Vascular Neurology Fellowship, UCSF Medical Center, 2015-2016.
NIH StrokeNet Research Fellow, UCSF Medical Center, Neurovascular Division, 2016-2017.
Certifications
Neurology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 2015.
Vascular Neurology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology , 2016.
Permanent linkNeurology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 2015.
Vascular Neurology, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology , 2016.
Selected Publications
SELECT 2 investigators: Trial of Endovascular Thrombectomy for Large Ischemic Strokes. NEJM 388(14), 2023 Notes: I enrolled patients in this clinical trial and was a sub-investigator citedSTROKE-AF investigators : Predictors of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With Stroke Attributed to Large- or Small-Vessel Disease: A Prespecified Secondary Analysis of the STROKE AF Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Neurology 80(1), 2023 Notes: I enrolled patients in this clinical trial and was a sub-investigator cited.
Tropea T, Fuentes A, Roberts Z, Spindler M, Yuan K, Perrone C, Do D, Jacobs D, Wechsler, L: Provider experience with teleneurology in an academic Neurology department. Telemed J E Health 28(3): 374-383, March 2022.
Meredith Spindler, Dina Jacobs, Kristy Yuan, Thomas Tropea, Clare W. Teng, Christopher Perrone, David Do, Lawrence Wechsler: A department approach to teleneurology. Telemed J E Health 27(9), September 2021.
STROKE-AF investigators: Effect of Long-term Continuous Cardiac Monitoring vs Usual Care on Detection of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With Stroke Attributed to Large- or Small-Vessel Disease: The STROKE-AF Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA 325(21), 2021 Notes: I enrolled patients in this clinical trial and was a sub-investigator cited.
Meisel K, Yuan K, Fang Q, Bibby D, Lee R, Schiller NB.: Embolic stroke of undetermined source: A population with left atrial dysfunction. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis 28(7): 1891-1896, July 2019.
SHINE investigators: Intensive vs Standard Treatment of Hyperglycemia and Functional Outcome in Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke: The SHINE Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA 322(4), 2019 Notes: I enrolled patients in this clinical trial and was a sub-investigator cited.
Yuan, K and Kasner, SE. : Patent foramen ovale and cryptogenic stroke: diagnosis and and updates in secondary stroke prevention. Stroke Vasc Neurol 3(2): 84-91, June 2018.
POINT investigators: Clopidogrel and Aspirin in Acute Ischemic Stroke and High-Risk TIA. NEJM 379(3), 2018 Notes: I enrolled patients in this clinical trial and was a sub-investigator cited.
Dhar R, Yuan K [co-first author], Kulik T, Chen Y, Heitsch L, An H, Ford A, Lee JM: CSF volumetric analysis for quantification of cerebral edema after hemispheric infraction. Neurocritical Care 24(3): 420-7, June 2016.