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Yao Sun, MD, PhD

NeonatologyChief, Neonatology
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Yao Sun, MD, PhD

NeonatologyChief, Neonatology

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About me

Dr. Yao Sun, chief of Neonatology, is medical director of the William H. Tooley Intensive Care Nursery at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital. His expertise includes medical informatics, a field that combines medicine and computer science, which he uses to keep the intensive care nursery on the cutting edge. Sun came to UCSF from Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara Medical Center, where he was director of neonatology.

Sun earned his medical degree at UCLA and a doctorate in computer science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He completed a residency in pediatrics and a fellowship in neonatology at Boston Children's Hospital.

Education & training

Board certification

  • Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, American Board of Pediatrics

Fellowship

  • Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine, Childrens Hospital of Boston - GME

Residency

  • Pediatrics, Childrens Hospital of Boston - GME

Internship

  • Pediatrics, Childrens Hospital of Boston - GME

Degree

  • MD, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine

My expertise

  • Specialties
    • Neonatology
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