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Delphine Yung, MD

On staff since March 2004

Academic Title: Assistant Professor

Research Center(s): Center for Developmental Therapeutics, Center for Clinical and Translational Research

Delphine Yung, MD, is attending cardiologist at Seattle Childrens Hospital and assistant professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Washington School of Medicine. She cares for children in the outpatient clinic in Seattle Childrens Heart Center and also attends and consults on the inpatient service. Yung received her MD from Stanford University. She completed an internship and junior residency in pediatrics at Childrens Hospital Boston and a senior residency in pediatrics at Lucile Packard Childrens Hospital at Stanford.

She completed her pediatric cardiology fellowship at Childrens Hospital of New York, Columbia University. Yung has expertise and training in all aspects of pediatric cardiology. Her clinicalandresearchinterestfocuses onpulmonary hypertension and exercisetesting.

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Board Certification(s): Pediatrics
Pediatric Cardiology
Medical/Professional School: Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford
Residency: Pediatrics, Children's Hospital, Boston
Pediatrics, Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford, Palo Alto
Fellowship: Pediatric Cardiology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgery, New York
Clinical Interests: General pediatric cardiology Pulmonary hypertension Cardiopulmonary exercise testing
Research Description: My primary research interest is in pulmonary hypertension. Our center is a member of national and international registries that seek to understand more about pediatric pulmonary hypertension. We participate in industry-sponsored clinical trials of new pulmonary hypertension medications. I have an investigator-initiated study looking at the use of inhaled iloprost in children in the critical care units.

I also collaborate with colleagues in interventional cardiology, nephrology and general pediatrics who are interested in exercise related studies.
Research Focus Area: Exercise Medicine, Pulmonary Hypertension, Cardiology

Awards and Honors

Award Name	Awarded By	Award Date
Babies Hospital Heart Fund Fellow		2000
Stanford Emge Traveling Scholars Award		1994
Stanford Medical Scholars Award		1993
Outstanding Engineering Student of the Year, University of Washington	University of Washington	1992

Publications

Upper thoracic shape in children with pectus excavatum: Impact on lung function.
Pediatric pulmonology , 2012 Aug 21

Correlating Haller Index and cardiopulmonary disease in pectus excavatum.
American journal of surgery , 2012 May: 203(5)660-4

Cardiopulmonary exercise function among patients undergoing transcatheter pulmonary valve implantation in the US Melody valve investigational trial.
American heart journal , 2012 Feb: 163(2)280-7

StepWatch stride counting: accuracy, precision, and prediction of energy expenditure in children.
Journal of pediatric rehabilitation medicine , 2012: 5(1)7-14

The impact of heart failure severity at time of listing for cardiac transplantation on survival in pediatric cardiomyopathy.
The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation , 2011 Jul: 30(7)755-60

Outcomes of children with cardiomyopathy listed for transplant: a multi-institutional study.
The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation , 2009 Dec: 28(12)1312-21

Effects of long-term bosentan in children with pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology , 2005 Aug 16: 46(4)697-704

Effects of long-term bosentan in children with pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Journal of the American College of Cardiology , 2005 Aug 16: 697-704

Outcomes in children with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Circulation , 2004 Aug 10: 110(6)660-5

Outcomes in children with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Circulation , 2004 Aug 10: 660-5

Presentations

Presentations Title	Event	Location	Date
Pulmonary hypertension	ICU fellows lecture	unknown	Nov. 3, 2009

Research Funding

Grant Title	Grantor	Amount	Award Date
National Biological Sample and Data Repository for PAH	NIH NHLBI		March 1, 2012 - 2017
Aerosol Research Laboratory Support	Pilot Study Program Center for Developmental Therapeutics	$$25,000.	July 2011 - July 2012
PROSPECT	Actelion, Inc.		Nov. 11, 2010 - 2013
FUTURE-3 and FUTURE-3 Extention	Actelion, Inc		Sept. 21, 2010 - 2014
Melody Trial	Medtronic		2008 - 2015
Effect of inhaled iloprost on nitric oxide weaning in pediatric patients	Actelion, Inc.		Dec. 13, 2007
TOPP Registry Tracking Outcomes and Practice in Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension	Association for Pediatric Pulmonary Hypertension		Oct. 30, 2007
REVEAL Registry to Evaluate Early and Long-term PAH Disease Management	Co-Therix, Inc.		Aug. 8, 2006
Oral Sildenafil Treatment of Children 1 – 16 Years with Pulmonary Hypertension	Pfizer Corporation		July 19, 2004

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Seattle Children's

RC.2.820 - Cardiology Administration
4800 Sand Point Way NE

Seattle, WA 98105

206-987-1083

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Seattle Children's

RC.2.820 - Cardiology-Heart Ctr
4800 Sand Point Way NE

Seattle, WA 98105

206-987-2015

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