Palliative Care Physician, Scripps Mercy Hospital
HPM Fellowship Program Co-Director at Scripps Mercy Hospital for the UCSD/Scripps Health HPM Fellowship Program
| Years (ex 1993-1997) | Position and institute (ex Director, Beth Israel Hospital) |
Holly Yang, MD, is a hospice and palliative medicine specialist with primary training in internal medicine. Dr. Yang strives to help patients live well by caring for the whole person.
In collaboration with other team members, she focuses on providing an extra layer of support for patients and families with consideration of their physical, emotional, social, and spiritual needs, no matter the stage or prognosis of their illness. She is always looking for ways to improve care.
She enjoys teaching and her educational focus is on physician and inter-professional training in hospice and palliative medicine in the United States and internationally. She also enjoys teaching communication skills to physicians and physician trainees. In her spare time, she enjoys surfing and traveling.