Ming Yang, MD
Pediatric Endocrinologist
Assistant Professor at UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Languages Spoken:
- English
Biography
Ming Yang, M.D., is a pediatric endocrinologist at Children’s Health and an assistant profess at UT Southwestern Medical Center. She is researching the link between obesity and metabolic health and the hyposialylation of immunoglobulin G in adolescent patients.
Dr. Yang earned her medical degree at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. She completed her residence any fellowship at UT Southwestern/Children's Medical Center.
Dr. Yang is a member of several professional medical organizations, including American Academy of Pediatrics, Pediatric Endocrine Society and Endocrine Society.
She was named D Magazine’s Best Doctor in 2022 and Best Pediatric Specialist in 2021.
Education and Training
- Medical School
- University of Texas HSC at San Antonio (2012)
- Residency
- UT Southwestern - Children's Medical Center (2015), Pediatrics
- Fellowship
- UT Southwestern - Children's Medical Center (2018), Pediatric Endocrinology
- Board Certification
- American Board of Pediatrics/Endocrinology
Conditions
- 22q deletion syndrome (DiGeorge syndrome VCFS)
- Addison's disease (hypocortisolism)
- Adrenal carcinomas
- Adrenal disorders
- Adrenal mass
- Anaplastic thyroid cancer
- Androgen insensitivity syndrome (AIS)
- Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome (BWS)
- Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH)
- Constitutional growth delay
- Cushing's syndrome
- Delayed puberty
- Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA)
- Familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP)
- Follicular thyroid cancer (FTC)
- Graves' disease
- Growth hormone deficiency
- Hyperaldosteronism
- Hyperglycemia (high blood sugar)
- Hyperparathyroidism
- Hyperthyroidism
- Hypoglycemia (low blood sugar)
- Hypogonadism
- Hypothyroidism
- Klinefelter syndrome (KS)
- Li-Fraumeni syndrome (LFS)
- Mature onset diabetes of the young (MODY)
- McCune-Albright syndrome (MAS)
- Medullary thyroid cancer (MTC)
- Multinodular goiter (MNG)
- Multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN)
- Papillary thyroid cancer (PTC)
- Parathyroid Mass
- Pheochromocytoma
- Pituitary lesions
- Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS)
- Pre-diabetes
- Precocious puberty (early puberty)
- Short stature
- Thyroid carcinoma (cancer)
- Thyroid nodules
- Thyroiditis (Hashimoto's disease)
- Turner syndrome (TS)
- Type 1 diabetes
- Type 2 diabetes
Treatments
Departments and Programs
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Research Interests
- Adrenal disorders
- Relationship between obesity and metabolic health and hyposialylation of IgG in adolescent patients
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Publications
- Risk factors for hospitalization of children with congenital adrenal hyperplasia. Yang M, White PC Clinical endocrinology 2017 Feb
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Professional Activities
- American Academy of Pediatrics (2012)
- Pediatric Endocrine Society (2015)
- Endocrine Society (2016)
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Awards and Honors
- D Magazine Best Pediatric Specialists (2021)
- American Diabetes Association Focus on Fellows Travel Award (2018)
- Endocrine Society Early Career Forum Travel Award (2018)
- Pediatric Endocrine Society Travel Award (2017)
- Phi Lambda Upsilon National Chemistry Honor Society (2008)
- Medical School President's Council Scholarship (2008)
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