Paul Yong

Dr.

Paul Yong

M.D.

Associate Professor

Division of Gynaecologic Specialties, Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility

Portrait photo of Paul Yong

Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA)

BC Women's Hospital

paul.yong@vch.ca

work phone: 6048752534

Overview
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Biography

Dr. Paul Yong (MD, PhD, FRCSC) is the Research Director and a Gynaecologist at the BC Women’s Centre for Pelvic Pain & Endometriosis. Dr. Yong completed a MD/PhD degree in Experimental Medicine and a Residency in Obstetrics & Gynaecology, followed by a Clinical Fellowship in Endometriosis, Pelvic Pain, & Advanced Laparoscopy in 2012, at the University of British Columbia.

https://med-fom-yonglab.sites.olt.ubc.ca/

Teaching

Dr. Yong teaches undergraduate and graduate courses at UBC. He provides research supervision for undergraduate students, graduate students, residents, clinical fellows and post-doctoral fellows.  

He is the Director of the UBC Obstetrics and Gynaecology Residency Rotation in Minimally Invasive Surgery.

 

Research Interests/Skills

Dr. Yong’s research interests are in endometriosis and pelvic pain, and his translational research interests include bio-banking of endometriosis, gene sequencing in endometriosis, and investigating nerve formation in the pelvis as a cause of pain.

Publications
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Publications

A full list of publications can be found here: https://yonglab.med.ubc.ca/publications/

 

Grants
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Grants

Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR) Pathways 2 Patient Oriented Research

Endocation: A pilot randomized controlled trial of endometriosis education program for secondary school (2019-2020)

CO-PI’s: Paul Yong & Endometriosis Research Patient Advisory Board

Trainee: Kate Wahl

 

Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR) Reach Award

Knowledge translation for a new understanding of sexual pain in endometriosis (2019-2020)

CO-PI’s: Paul Yong, Jessica Sutherland & Endometriosis Patient Advisory Board

Trainee: Natasha Orr

 

Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR) Health Professional-Investigator Program

Sexual Pain in Endometriosis: Role of Somatic Mutations and Local Neurogenesis (2018-2022)

PI: Paul Yong

 

Canadian Institute for Health Research (CIHR) Project Grant

Multimodal imaging of the fallopian tubes (2017-2020)

PI: Lane, P

CO-I’s: Lee, A; MacAulay, C; McAlpine, J, Miller, D

Collaborator: Yong, PJ

 

Canadian Institute for Health Research (CIHR) Project Grant

Sexual Pain in Endometriosis: Role of Somatic Mutations and Local Neurogenesis (2018-2022)

PI: Yong, PJ

CO-I’s: Anglesio, M; Gilks, B; Howard, F; Bedaiwy, M; Albert, A; Huntsman, D; Lee, A; Lisonkova, S

Collaborators: Allaire, C; Bridge-Cook, P; Greaves, E; Hoodless, P; Noga, H; Hummelshoj, L; Williams, C

 

Projects
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Projects

Awards
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Awards

Top 5 abstract and Runner-up for Best e-poster, Canadian Society for Advancement in Gynecologic Excellence (CanSAGE), Sept 2018 meeting.  (Presented by N. Orr; Senior author P. Yong)

Top 5 abstract for oral presentation, Canadian Society for Advancement in Gynecologic Excellence (CanSAGE), Sept 2018 meeting.  (Presented by K. Arion; Senior author P. Yong)

UBC Great Supervisor 2018, UBC Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies

https://www.grad.ubc.ca/researcher/13944-yong

Top 5 abstract and Runner-up for Best oral presentation, Canadian Society for Advancement in Gynecologic Excellence (CanSAGE), Sept 2017 meeting.  (Presented by P. Yong)

2017 World Congress of Endometriosis.  Best scientific presentation, 1st runner-up.

Top 5 abstract, Canadian Society for Advancement in Gynaecologic Excellence (CanSAGE), Sept 2017. (To be presented by T. Aksoy, clinical fellow. P. Yong senior author)

Co-applicant on successful application (led by D. Huntsman) for OVCARE to be designed a VCHRI Research Centre (2017).

Top 3 abstracts chosen for oral plenary presentation at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the International Pelvic Pain Society, Chicago, IL. (Presented by A. McPeak, MPH student. P. Yong, senior author).