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Paul Yang, M.D., Ph.D.

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  • Chief, Paul H. Casey Ophthalmic Genetics Division
  • Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine

Expertise

  • Ophthalmology

Special focus

  • Retinal Dystrophies Congenital/Genetic Disease

Locations and contact

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About me

Dr. Paul Yang was born in Taiwan and raised in Bellevue, Washington. He received his undergraduate degrees in bioengineering and biochemistry at the University of Washington in Seattle, during which he was awarded multiple summer research grants from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, as well as the Mary Gates Endowment for Students. He received doctorates in medicine and neurophysiology at Dartmouth Medical School, which was funded by an individual M.D./Ph.D. pre-doctoral national research service award from the National Institutes of Health. He completed an internship in internal medicine at the University of Utah, and residency and fellowship in ophthalmology at the Moran Eye Center in Salt Lake City.

It was during his time at the Moran Eye Center where he first developed an interest in inflammatory eye diseases and degenerative retinal disorders under the guidance of Drs. Albert Vitale, Paul Bernstein, and Donnell Creel. Thereafter, he pursued a fellowship in ocular immunology and uveitis with Dr. Stephen Foster at the Massachusetts Eye Research and Surgery Institution in Cambridge, Massachusetts, as well as a fellowship in ophthalmic genetics and inherited retinal degenerations with Richard Weleber, M.D., and Mark Pennesi, M.D., Ph.D., at Casey Eye Institute in Portland, Oregon.

During his training at Casey Eye Institute, Dr. Yang was funded by The Foundation Fighting Blindness under the Alan Laties Career Development Program, where he conducted laboratory studies to evaluate the effectiveness of immunomodulatory therapy in reducing secondary collateral damage in retinitis pigmentosa.

Dr. Yang is chief of the Paul H. Casey Ophthalmic Genetics Division and Martha and Eddie Peterson Endowed Professor at OHSU Casey Eye Institute. He also has special interest in gene therapy associated uveitis (GTU), autoimmune retinopathy, and cataract surgery in patients with inherited retinal degenerations. The focus of his research is to better understand the mechanisms of immune-mediated damage in inherited retinal degenerations and autoimmune retinopathy. With the support of the Foundation Fighting Blindness, he is currently conducting translational research in an effort to bring new medical treatments to the clinic for patients with retinitis pigmentosa. Dr. Yang is also principal investigator on multiple industry-sponsored retinal gene therapy clinical trials for inherited retinal degenerations.

Education and training

  • Degrees

    • B.S.E., 1998, University of Washington
    • B.S., 1998, University of Washington
    • Ph.D., 2004, Dartmouth
    • M.D., 2006, Dartmouth Medical School

  • Residency

    • Ophthalmology residency – John Moran Eye Center, Salt Lake City, UT, 2010

  • Fellowship

    • Ophthalmic genetics and visual electrophysiology – Casey Eye Institute, Portland, OR, 2013

  • Certifications

    • American Board of Ophthalmology, 2013
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Ratings and reviews

Overall: 4.9 out of 5 (59 Ratings, 22 Reviews)

The patient ratings score is an average of all responses to the question "How likely would you be to recommend this provider to your family and friends (on a scale of 0 to 10)" on our nationally-recognized NRC patient surveys.

  1. Yang is always personable, listens to my concerns and asks about if I am okay

  2. Dr. Yang is impressively thorough and knowledgeable. He explains things in a way that's easy to understand. He reviewed all the diagnostic tests with me. He is clear about what will happen next. I felt very comfortable about the entire visit with him. The time spent was well worth it. I did not feel like I was rushed through the examination. He is an asset to the organization.

  3. He was very informative

  4. Dr Yang is very knowledgeable and is very caring, he explained the procedure in a great detail and explained in great detail during the procedure, I am so happy that I have such a caring doctor.

  5. Had a very good experience. He answered a lot of questions. Was thorough in explaining what we didn't understand. Asuaged some of our concerns.

  6. Dr. Paul Yang is brilliant, and watching him work through the tests and other information was amazing! He was so kind, took time to consider all options before deciding on a diagnosis, and found a solution to a different problem as well. The whole experience was so much more than I had even hoped!

  7. Dr Yang was amazing! He spent all the time that I needed to understand the results of my eye tests, scans and photographs!He was very nice and gave me peace of mind with his words.

  8. He is great at listening to you about what you are seeing change and then going over what he is seeing change in the results of your tests.

  9. Good discussion as always

  10. Paul Yang was very thorough and very knowledgeable about the disease that I have in my eyes. He was extremely patient and told us all about it.

  11. Great provider, knowledgeable (renown) , and loves to explain the issues.

  12. Dr Yang is very knowledgeable and very patient, he always explains everything very well, I also are very happy with my cataract surgery.

  13. I have been seeing Dr Yang for 14+ years and have always felt I was in good hands with him. He and his staff are always professional, caring and supportive.

  14. he was good at explaining everything

  15. Well structured and planned Great team

  16. I am always very grateful to have a doctor Yang as my medical provider and he does such a wonderful job and his care is excellent. I get a good visit there. The only issues that we've had least recently are with our scheduling appointments we seem they seem to have a little bit of a problem there. They've they've they forgot to schedule my last appointment and I had some issues trying to get in and then when I tried to leave and get a new appointment, I was told I would be called and I haven't been yet. So I know they he said they were working on that and they got some new plans going but scheduling and I know he's busy. He's really busy. He's such a wonderful man, and that's such a wonderful job and his staff is great.