Clinical Assistant Professor
Areas of Interest
Adult cardiac surgery - coronary artery bypass grafting, heart valve repair/replacement, aneurysm repair surgery, robotic-assisted/open thoracic surgery, lung cancer surgery
Biography
Yong Tan, M.D., joined the UAB Department of Surgery in September 2024. He earned his medical degree at the University of Florida. Tan completed general surgery residency at the University of South Alabama, where he also served as a surgical research fellow. He also completed a cardiothoracic surgery residency at the University of Texas Southwestern.
Selected Publications
Yong B. Tan, Lynn C. Huffman, Michael E. Jessen, N.A. Stephens. Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Following Myocardial Infarction. STS Cardiothoracic Surgery E-Book - Adult and Pediatric Cardiac Surgery. 2024.
Grant T Daly, Viktor M Pastukh, Yong B Tan, C Michael Francis, C Zack Aggen, S Chris Groark, Carson Edwards, Madhuri S Mulekar, Mohammad Hamo, Jon D Simmons, Matthew E Kutcher, Emily M Hartsell, Darrell L Dinwiddie, Zachary M Turpin, Hank W Bass, Justin T Roberts, Mark N Gillespie, Raymond J Langley. Novel attributes of cell-free plasma mitochondrial DNA in traumatic injury. Clinical and Translational Medicine. 2022 Oct;12:e1055.
Richard R Rieske, Matthew E Kutcher, Jon P Audia, Kristen T Carter, Yann-Leei Lee, Yong B Tan, Mark N Gillespie, Gina C Capley, Danielle M Tatum, Alison A Smith, Juan C Duchesne, Jon D Simmons. Analysis of Plasma Products for Cellular Contaminants: Comparing Standard Preparation Methods. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 2020 Apr; 230: 596-602.
Yong B Tan, Viktor M Pastukh, Olena M Gorodnya, Madhuri S Mulekar, Jon D Simmons, Tiago N Machuca, Thomas M Beaver, Glenn L Wilson, Mark N Gillespie. Enhanced Mitochondrial DNA Repair Resuscitates Transplantable Lungs Donated After Circulatory Death. Journal of Surgical Research. 2020 Jan; 245:273-280.
Yong B. Tan, Raymond J. Langley. Sepsis: Metabolomics and proteomics. Genomic and Precision Medicine: Inflammation and Metabolic Disease. 2019 Fourth edition.
Yong B Tan, Richard R Rieske, Jon P Audia, Viktor M Pastukh, Gina C Capley, Mark N Gillespie, Alison A Smith, Danielle M Tatum, Juan C Duchesne, Matt E Kutcher, Jeffrey D Kerby, Jon D Simmons. Plasma Transfusion Products and Contamination with Cellular and Associated Pro-Inflammatory Debris. Journal of American College of Surgeons. 2019 Apr; 229(3):252-258.
Yong B. Tan, Sujata Mulekar, Olena Gorodnya, Michael J. Weyant, Martin R. Zamora, Jon D. Simmons, Tiago Machuka, and Mark N. Gillespie. Pharmacologic Protection of Mitochondrial DNA Integrity May Afford a New Strategy for Suppressing Lung Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2017 Sep;14(Supplement_3):S210-S215.
Honors and Awards
Mark N. Gillespie, Ph.D., Clinical Translational Research Award (2017, 2018)
Excellence in Student Teaching (2015)
Howard Hughes Medical Institute Provost Scholar’s Award (2008)
Education
Medical School
University of Florida
Residency
University of South Alabama
General Surgery
Research Fellowship
University of South Alabama
Departments of Pharmacology & Surgery
Fellowship
University of Texas - Southwestern
Cardiothoracic Surgery Residency
Contact
Address
2055 E. South Blvd, Suite 603, Montgomery, AL 36116
Phone
Patient Appointments and Questions: 334-747-7070
Academic Office: 205-934-5486
Email
ybtan@uabmc.edu