Dr. Run Yu MD
Endocrinology-Diabetes | Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
8700 Beverly Blvd. Los Angeles CA, 90051About
Run Yu, MD, PhD is the Co-Director of the Carcinoid and Neuroendocrine Tumor Program at Cedars-Sinai and Associate Professor of Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, ...
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Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
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