Young-sup Yoon, M.D., Ph.D.

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Dr. Yoon is Professor of Medicine and Biomedical Engineering, and Director of Stem Cell Biology at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Yoon’s research focus is cardiovascular regeneration with stem cells and bioengineering.

Dr. Yoon published more than 100 papers in high profile journals including Nature Medicine, JCI, Circulation, Circulation Research, JACC, and ACS Nano. Dr. Yoon received many awards over the past decade. Dr. Yoon was a finalist in both AHA and ACC Young Investigator Awards. Dr. Yoon is Fellow of AHA, a chartered member of NIH study section, and a member of editorial boards of Circulation Research, Regenerative Medicine, PLOS One, and others. He also received several awards from Emory University including Faculty Excellence in 2014, Innovation of 2012 Award, and Outstanding Basic Research Citation Award in 2011. He was also elected as prestigious member of American Society for Clinical Investigation as the first Korean medical school graduates.

The goal of his laboratory is to develop a strategy for regenerating cardiovascular diseases using stem cells and tissue engineering technologies. Dr. Yoon’s laboratory has focused on generating stem or progenitor cells including induced pluripotent stem cells, multipotent bone marrow cells, and angio-vasculogenic cells, and developing various methods to differentiate these cells into endothelial cells and cardiomyocytes. His laboratory investigates their therapeutic utility in cardiovascular diseases such as peripheral vascular disease including diabetic complications, myocardial infarction, lymphedema and diabetic neuropathy. Mechanistically, the research focuses on angiogenesis, vasculogenesis, lymphangiogenesis and cardiomyogenesis. Recently, his research is extended into bioengineering of stem cells, reprogramming of somatic cells into target cells and restoring the function of damaged stem or progenitor cells by epigenetic modifications.

Education
1989 M.D., Yonsei University, College of Medicine, Korea
1998 Ph.D., Yonsei University, Graduate School of Medicine, Medical Science (Cardiovascular Biology)
1996 ECFMG certified

Postgraduate Training
1989 – 1990 Internship Yonsei University Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
1990 – 1994 Residency (Internal Medicine) Department of Internal Medicine, Yonsei University Medical Center,
Seoul, Korea
1997 – 1999 Fellowship (Cardiology) Division of Cardiology, Yonsei University Medical Center, Seoul, Korea
2000 – 2002 Postdoctoral Fellow Division of Cardiovascular Research, St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center,
Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, USA

Academic Appointments
2002 – 2003 Investigator, Caritas St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, Division of Cardiovascular Research,
Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, USA
2003 – 2007 Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
2006 – 2008 Director of Stem Cell Biology at Caritas St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center
2007 – 2008 Associate Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA
2008 – 2013 Associate Professor of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
2013 – present Professor of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA

Honors and Awards
2000 American Heart Association Fellowship Grant Award (New England Affiliate)
2000 Young Investigator Award, Finalist, at International Session of Annual Scientific Meeting of
the Japanese Society of Circulation
2002 Young Investigator Award, Finalist, at 13th Annual Meeting of Society for Vascular Medicine and Biology,
Boston, USA
2003 Scientist Development Grant, American Heart Association, National Center
2003 Earl Charlton Research Award for new faculty, Tufts University School of Medicine
2003 Melvin Marcus Young Investigator Award, Finalist, American Heart Association
2004 Young Investigator Award in Physiology, Pharmacology and Pathology, Finalist, American College of Cardiology
2006 Winner (Fellow, Hyun-Jai Cho), Basic Science Award, Caritas St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center Annual Research Day
2007 Winner (Fellow, Bianling Liu), Basic Science Award, Caritas St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center Annual Research Day
2010 American Heart Association-ATVB Travel Award for post-doc fellow (Changwon Park)
2010 Superior Reviewer Award for the journal Circulation Research
2011 Outstanding Basic Research Citation Award, Department of Medicine, Emory University
2011 Superior Reviewer Award for the journal Circulation Research
2013 Emory University’s Innovation of 2012 award

Editorships and Editorial Boards
2005 – present Editorial board, Regenerative Medicine
2005 – present Editorial board, Current Stem Cell Research and Therapy
2009 – 2010 Editorial board, Stem Cell Review Letters
2010 – present Editorial board, Circulation Research
2011 – present Editorial board, PLOS One