ELAINE YONG, MD, FRCP(C)

GASTROENTEROLOGIST
THERAPEUTIC ENDOSCOPIST
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

SUNNYBROOK HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE

Dr. Elaine Yong is a gastroenterologist and is the Division Head of Gastroenterology (GI) (Department of Medicine), and the Medical Director of Endoscopy at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre.

CLINICAL EXPERTISE

Dr. Yong’s main areas of clinical expertise are in pancreatic and biliary diseases, advanced endoscopy and oncology. She performs the following procedures: gastroscopy (EGD), banding, colonoscopy, enteroscopy, polypectomy, endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR), endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), biliary stenting, luminal stenting, endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) and fine needle aspiration (FNA)/biopsy (FNB), fiducial placement, cystgastrostomy, wireless capsule endoscopy (WCE), argon plasma coagulation (APC).

EDUCATION

• Doctor of Medicine, Queen’s University
• Internal Medicine Residency, University of Toronto
• Gastroenterology Residency, University of Toronto
• Therapeutic Endoscopy Fellowship, St. Michael’s Hospital, University of Toronto
• Endoscopic Ultrasound Fellowship, Johns Hopkins Hospital
• Certificate of Master Teacher, University of Toronto
• Certificate of New and Emerging Academic Leaders (NEAL), University of Toronto

UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO

Dr. Yong is an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine. She is a member of the Division of Gastroenterology and is the past Director of the GI Fellowship Program.

She is involved in teaching of medical students, general internal medicine residents, gastroenterology residents, and therapeutic endoscopy fellows. She was the recipient of the Sunnybrook Department of Medicine Ambulatory Teaching Award in 2014.

ACADEMIC PROJECTS

Dr. Yong collaborates in clinical research and conducts academic projects in education and quality improvement.

Most Recent Publications:

1. Proof of concept for stereotactic body radiation therapy in the treatment of functional neuroendocrine neoplasms

2. Impact of experience on self-assessment accuracy of clinical colonoscopy competence

3. A prospective comparison of live and video-based assessments of colonoscopy performance

4. Reliability of EUS indices to detect inflammation in ulcerative colitis

5. Regional differences in use of endoscopic ultrasonography in Ontario: a population-based retrospective cohort study

6. Progressive Learning in Endoscopy Simulation Training Improves Clinical Performance: A Blinded Randomized Trial.
7. Colonic stents for colorectal cancer are seldom used and mainly for palliation of obstruction: A population-based study.
8. Impact of a simulation training curriculum on technical and nontechnical skills in colonoscopy: a randomized trial.
9. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Competency Assessment Tool: reliability and validity evidence.

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