Ep16: Peter Yu, MD
How to Operate on Life
This episode is with Dan's Best friend, Dr. Peter T. Yu! We discuss "How to Operate on Life" which encompasses everything from diet and exercise to learning how to align your goals.
Dr. Peter Yu is an accomplished pediatric surgeon with education and training from the finest institutions in the United States. This background and experience has translated into high-quality, effective care with a patient-centered and data-driven approach. He strongly believes that the key factors in an excellent surgical outcome are compassion, technical excellence and clear communication with patients, their families, his surgical team and referring physicians.
Dr. Yu hails from St. Louis. He earned an undergraduate degree in psychology from Stanford University with an additional master’s degree in biology coursework at Washington University in St. Louis. His medical education was completed at the University of Missouri, Columbia. His internship, residency and research fellowship in general surgery were completed at UC San Diego, where he also served as chief resident. Dr. Yu also completed fellowships at Boston Children’s Hospital and The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. He is board-certified in three specialties: general surgery, surgical critical care and pediatric surgery.
In addition to his clinical practice, Dr. Yu has secured research grants and has an extensive list of publications with a focus on outcomes research. He consistently presents lectures at national conferences and is a member of several professional associations dedicated to the advancement of surgical care for children. He completed a master’s degree of public health from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Dr. Yu is a compassionate physician dedicated to working together with community pediatricians to treat and heal the children of Orange County and beyond. His inpatient expertise spans the breadth of pediatric surgery, including fetal surgery, neonatal surgery and trauma, and his outpatient expertise includes thoracic surgery, abdominal surgery, minimally invasive surgery, tumors, pediatric hernias, hydrocele and circumcision.
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