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Paul Yong

Associate Professor
Academic Appointment
Associate Professor
Research Focus
Men's and Women's Health Cancers
Degrees / Designations

Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Endometriosis and Pelvic Pain, MD, PhD, FRCSC

Contact Info
paul.yong@vch.ca
DrPaulYong

Biography

Dr. Paul Yong, MD, PhD, FRCSC is an active staff gynaecologist at Vancouver General Hospital, associate professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of British Columbia (UBC), research director at the BC Women's Centre for Pelvic Pain and Endometriosis and principal investigator for the UBC Endometriosis and Pelvic Pain Laboratory.

Dr. Yong’s clinical practice is focused on pelvic pain, with a particular interest in endometriosis, painful periods, sexual pain, co-existing bladder and bowel problems, and pain related to the musculoskeletal system. His clinical 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.

News and Awards

Ask an expert: Is my menstrual pain normal, or could I have endometriosis?

Mar 16, 2023

Giving voice to women’s silent health issues

Jul 20, 2018

Listening to the silent pain of endometriosis

Jun 10, 2018

Ask our experts: What do you wish people knew about clinical trials?

May 2, 2018

Investigator Awards 2015 Recipients

Feb 20, 2015

Publications

  • The New England journal of medicine -

    Cancer-Associated Mutations in Endometriosis without Cancer.

    Anglesio MS, Papadopoulos N, Ayhan A, Nazeran TM, Noë M, Horlings HM, Lum A, Jones S, Senz J, Seckin T, Ho J, Wu RC, Lac V, Ogawa H, Tessier-Cloutier B, Alhassan R, Wang A, Wang Y, Cohen JD, Wong F, Hasanovic A, Orr N, Zhang M, Popoli M, McMahon W, Wood LD, Mattox A, Allaire C, Segars J, Williams C, Tomasetti C, Boyd N, Kinzler KW, Gilks CB, Diaz L, Wang TL, Vogelstein B, Yong PJ, Huntsman DG, Shih IM
  • Human reproduction (Oxford, England) -

    Role of interleukin-1β in nerve growth factor expression, neurogenesis and deep dyspareunia in endometriosis.

    Peng B, Alotaibi FT, Sediqi S, Bedaiwy MA, Yong PJ
  • Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) -

    Nerve Growth Factor Is Associated With Sexual Pain in Women With Endometriosis.

    Peng B, Zhan H, Alotaibi F, Alkusayer GM, Bedaiwy MA, Yong PJ
  • American journal of obstetrics and gynecology -

    Chronic pelvic pain in an interdisciplinary setting: 1-year prospective cohort.

    Allaire C, Williams C, Bodmer-Roy S, Zhu S, Arion K, Ambacher K, Wu J, Yosef A, Wong F, Noga H, Britnell S, Yager H, Bedaiwy MA, Albert AY, Lisonkova S, Yong PJ
  • American journal of obstetrics and gynecology -

    Multifactorial contributors to the severity of chronic pelvic pain in women.

    Yosef A, Allaire C, Williams C, Ahmed AG, Al-Hussaini T, Abdellah MS, Wong F, Lisonkova S, Yong PJ
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