Areas of Interest:

• Surgery
• Burn treatment

CIMIT Responsibilities:

• Research Associate

Institution: MGH

• Assistant professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
• Visiting Scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Background:
Dr. Yu holds a BS from Peking University in biology, a medical degree from Peking Union medical college, and a PhD in nutritional biochemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He has been working at the Massachusetts General Hospital since 1980, when he joined the MGH as a surgical research fellow. He has also has spent time at MIT, where he has worked as a postdoctoral research associate (1987-1991), and as a visiting scientist (1991-present). In 1995, Dr. Yu was made an Assistant Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School. He now spends the majority of his time doing research at MGH ’s Shriners Burns Hospital.