Brian Yim Young, M.D., F.A.S.N.
Health Sciences Clinical Professor of Medicine
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Locations and Contact
Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center
General Internal Medicine
4860 Y St.
Sacramento, CA 95817
Phone: 916-734-2737
Additional Numbers
Physician Referrals
Clinical Interests
Dr. Young is interested in providing excellent care to adults with kidney disease. This includes those with reduced kidney function, electrolyte imbalance, hypertension, as well as patients requiring long-term kidney replacement therapy such as dialysis. Dr. Young also helps train medical students, residents, and fellows into our future kidney doctors.
Division
Nephrology
Undergraduate School
B.A., Harvard University, Cambridge MA 1998
Medical School
M.D., UC Los Angeles / Drew School of Medicine, Los Angeles CA 2002
Internship
Internal Medicine, UC Los Angeles School of Medicine, Los Angeles CA 2002-2003
Residency
Internal Medicine, UC Los Angeles School of Medicine, Los Angeles CA 2002-2005
Fellowship
Nephrology, UC Los Angeles School of Medicine, Los Angeles CA 2005-2007
UC Davis Department of Internal Medicine Outstanding Clinician Award, 2024,
UC Davis School of Medicine, Dean's Award for Excellence in Team Inclusion, 2022,
UC Davis Department of Internal Medicine Specialty Teaching Award, 2019,
Stanford Nephrology Division Teaching Attending of the Year 2012, 2014, 2015,
UCLA Internal Medicine Residency Program Teaching Fellow of the Year, 2007,
Yuan CM, Young BY, Watson MA, Sussman AN. Protected Time for Program Administration among Nephrology Program Leadership in the United States. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2024 May 1;19(5):583-590. doi: 10.2215/CJN.0000000000000412. PMID: 38190147.
Yuan CM, Young BY, Watson MA, Sussman AN. Programmed to Fail: The Decline of Protected Time for Training Program Administration. J Grad Med Educ. 2023 Oct;15(5):532-535. doi: 10.4300/JGME-D-23-00263.1. PMID: 37781435.
Panchal H, Ali S, Hallett R, Young B, Wiegley N. Successful Prolonged Desensitization to Epoetin-Alfa Hypersensitivity in an Adult Patient With Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease. Cureus. 2023 Jun 14;15(6):e40424. doi: 10.7759/cureus.40424. PMID: 37456430.
Yuan CM, Young BY, Watson MA, Sussman AN. Nephrology Program Director Protected Time for Program Administration in the United States. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2022 Dec;17(12):1775-1782. doi: 10.2215/CJN.09050822. PMID: 36288933.
Goodson DA, Chalupsky MR, Wiegley N, Huang Y, Chiu M, Bang H, Roshanravan B, Young BY, Chen LX. GFR Estimation in Potential Living Kidney Donors: Race- and Nonrace-based Equations and Measured GFR. Kidney Med. 2022 Oct 14;4(12):100558. doi: 10.1016/j.xkme.2022.100558. PMID: 36471819.
Cruz-Whitley J, Giehl N, Jen KY, Young B. Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis Associated with Nivolumab Therapy. Case Rep Nephrol. 2020 Feb 24;2020:2638283. doi:10.1155/2020/2638283. PMID:32257470.
Nguyen MH, Davis MR, Wittenberg R, Mchardy I, Baddley JW, Young BY, Odermatt A, Thompson GR. Posaconazole Serum Drug Levels Associated With Pseudohyperaldosteronism. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 Jun 10;70(12):2593-2598. doi: 0.1093/cid/ciz741. PMID:31403165.
Rope R, Merrell SB, Stedman M, Young B. Education in consultation: A comparative survey-based assessment of perceived educational effectiveness within a university and community-based internal medicine residency. MedEdPublish (2016). 2017 Sep 4:6:153. doi: 10.15694/mep.2017.000153. PMID: 38406436.
Zaritsky J, Young B, Gales B, Wang HJ, Rastogi A, Westerman M, Nemeth E, Ganz T, Salusky IB. Reduction of serum hepcidin by hemodialysis in pediatric and adult patients. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2010 Jun;5(6):1010-4. doi:10.2215/CJN.08161109. Epub 2010 Mar 18. PMID:20299375.
Young B, Zaritsky J. Hepcidin for clinicians. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2009 Aug;4(8):1384-7. doi:10.2215/CJN.02190309. Epub 2009 Jun 25. PMID:19556376.