Dr. Alan C. Yeung
A Loyal and Dependable Friend
Dr. Alan C. Yeung (USA) is a Professor at Stanford University School of Medicine, holding the Li Ka Shing Professorship in Cardiology. Specializing in TAVR, complex coronary interventions for CTO, and heart valve disease, his research focuses on coronary physiology, endothelial dysfunction, and atherosclerosis treatments. With over 300 publications, he has been a key figure in TAVR research and has contributed to numerous studies. Actively involved with TCTAP, he was honored with the “Master of the Masters” Award at TCTAP in 2022.
You had an economy of motion and a fluidity that was just beautiful to watch and then over the years, I came to appreciate how creative you are in the lab. You are an inventor in your own right. You invent on a case-by-case basis, which is very cool. I guess the other thing I’d say is how unusual, it is for someone with your level of clinical mastery to be an effective administrator. Stanford Cardiology thrived under your leadership as Chief. (Paul Yock) Alan has been a mentor and a friend. When I came down in the early 90s, I was not even close to being as skilled as Alan, but he helped me. He was always there if I needed a lending hand, needed how to progress on a specific coronary artery, or even take care of a particular patient with cardiovascular disease. (Peter J. Fitzgerald) I first met you when you were a cardiology fellow at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in the late 1980s. I was your attending physician, and I am proud to say I also became your research mentor. The audience should know that I as well as many of my faculty colleagues thought of you as the best cardiology fellow who worked in the Brigham for many years in the cath lab. (Peter Ganz) You added so much to the field of interventional cardiology, and it has been my pleasure and my honor to have been on your side for the last decades learning from you and from your vision. (Eberhard Grube)
Worldwide, the interventional cardiology community knows of you as a superb clinician with amazing technical skills and an unparalleled fund of knowledge, who is also a gifted educator and researcher. But few have had the good fortune of working side by side and learning from you for the past 26 years like I have. You always put your junior colleagues first and promote them ahead of yourself. (William F. Fearon) I always found Alan to be a clear thinker and outstanding physician educator who helps to put our therapies and our choices into context. He has been a great bridge from the United States and all of the Asia for many of these years, and through that has to the dissemination of tremendous skills and knowledge throughout the world. (David Joel Cohen)
A memory I cherish is knowing Alan for nearly 30 years. He attended our TCTAP meetings without missing a single year, even during the SARS epidemic. He has provided invaluable academic support, particularly in FFR, TAVR, and other cutting-edge topics. I would like to take this opportunity to share with him: “Alan, you are a true friend, and I hope our friendship and mentorship continue to flourish in the years to come.”
Dr. Alan C. Yeung (USA) is a Professor at Stanford University School of Medicine, holding the Li Ka Shing Professorship in Cardiology. Specializing in TAVR, complex coronary interventions for CTO, and heart valve disease, his research focuses on coronary physiology, endothelial dysfunction, and atherosclerosis treatments. With over 300 publications, he has been a key figure in TAVR research and has contributed to numerous studies. Actively involved with TCTAP, he was honored with the “Master of the Masters” Award at TCTAP in 2022.
You had an economy of motion and a fluidity that was just beautiful to watch and then over the years, I came to appreciate how creative you are in the lab. You are an inventor in your own right. You invent on a case-by-case basis, which is very cool. I guess the other thing I’d say is how unusual, it is for someone with your level of clinical mastery to be an effective administrator. Stanford Cardiology thrived under your leadership as Chief. (Paul Yock) Alan has been a mentor and a friend. When I came down in the early 90s, I was not even close to being as skilled as Alan, but he helped me. He was always there if I needed a lending hand, needed how to progress on a specific coronary artery, or even take care of a particular patient with cardiovascular disease. (Peter J. Fitzgerald) I first met you when you were a cardiology fellow at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in the late 1980s. I was your attending physician, and I am proud to say I also became your research mentor. The audience should know that I as well as many of my faculty colleagues thought of you as the best cardiology fellow who worked in the Brigham for many years in the cath lab. (Peter Ganz) You added so much to the field of interventional cardiology, and it has been my pleasure and my honor to have been on your side for the last decades learning from you and from your vision. (Eberhard Grube)
Worldwide, the interventional cardiology community knows of you as a superb clinician with amazing technical skills and an unparalleled fund of knowledge, who is also a gifted educator and researcher. But few have had the good fortune of working side by side and learning from you for the past 26 years like I have. You always put your junior colleagues first and promote them ahead of yourself. (William F. Fearon) I always found Alan to be a clear thinker and outstanding physician educator who helps to put our therapies and our choices into context. He has been a great bridge from the United States and all of the Asia for many of these years, and through that has to the dissemination of tremendous skills and knowledge throughout the world. (David Joel Cohen)
A memory I cherish is knowing Alan for nearly 30 years. He attended our TCTAP meetings without missing a single year, even during the SARS epidemic. He has provided invaluable academic support, particularly in FFR, TAVR, and other cutting-edge topics. I would like to take this opportunity to share with him: “Alan, you are a true friend, and I hope our friendship and mentorship continue to flourish in the years to come.”