Holly Yang, MD
- Hospice and Palliative Medicine
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Holly Yang, MD, is a hospice and palliative medicine specialist with primary training in internal medicine. Dr. Yang strives to help patients live well by caring for the whole person.
In collaboration with other team members, she focuses on providing an extra layer of support for patients and families with consideration of their physical, emotional, social, and spiritual needs, no matter the stage or prognosis of their illness. She is always looking for ways to improve care.
She enjoys teaching and her educational focus is on physician and inter-professional training in hospice and palliative medicine in the United States and internationally. She also enjoys teaching communication skills to physicians and physician trainees. In her spare time, she enjoys surfing and traveling.
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What Is Palliative Care? (video)
What Is Palliative Care? (video)
A Scripps expert explains the difference between palliative care and hospice care.
KPBS Interviews Scripps Expert Holly Yang, MD, for Story on Palliative Care
KPBS Interviews Scripps Expert Holly Yang, MD, for Story on Palliative Care
A KPBS story explores the importance of advance health care directives, featuring Scripps palliative care specialist Dr. Holly Yang.
Scripps Partners with UCSD to Improve Hospice Care, Training and Research
Scripps Partners with UCSD to Improve Hospice Care, Training and Research
Scripps and UC San Diego Health System are partnering to improve continuity of patient care, fellowship training and hospice and palliative medicine research.
Coast News Interviews Scripps Expert on Palliative Medicine, End-of-Life Planning
Coast News Interviews Scripps Expert on Palliative Medicine, End-of-Life Planning
In an article in the Coast News, Donald Ritt, MD, discusses the importance of advance planning for patients to communicate their wishes for end-of-life care.
Scripps Hospice Physician Holly Yang, MD, Named to National Leaders List
Scripps Hospice Physician Holly Yang, MD, Named to National Leaders List
Dr. Holly Yang has been named to a national list of inspirational leaders in hospice and palliative medicine under the age of 40.
