Doctor's Bio
Dr. David S. Yu, MD, PhD, is a board-certified radiation oncologist in the Department of Radiation Oncology at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, GA. Dr. Yu practices general radiation oncology and specializes in the treatment of head and neck cancer and breast cancer. He treats patients at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University and Loughlin Radiation Oncology Center at Grady. Dr. Yu’s research work is focused on understanding how cells respond to DNA replication stress and, more generally DNA damage. The goal of Dr. Yu’s work is to translate insights gained from interactions with his patients and his research in the laboratory to innovative therapies to improve the quality of care for patients with cancer. He serves as Director of the Division of Cancer Biology in the Department of Radiation Oncology at Emory University School of Medicine.
Board Certifications
American Board of Radiology
Affiliations
Emory
Education & Training
- Medical School: UT Southwestern Medical Center
- Internship: Summa Health System (NEOUCOM)
- Residency: Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Locations and Directions
Radiation-Oncology Center
Phone: (404) 616-3947
Location:
145 Edgewood Ave., SE
Atlanta, GA 30303
Publications
- Optimization-based image reconstruction regularized with inter-spectral structural similarity for limited-angle dual-energy cone-beam CT.
Peng J, Wang T, Xie H, Qiu RLJ, Chang CW, Roper J, Yu DS, Tang X, Yang X
Physics in medicine and biology. 2025;
PMID: 40562072 - MRI super-resolution reconstruction using efficient diffusion probabilistic model with residual shifting.
Safari M, Wang S, Eidex Z, Li Q, Qiu RLJ, Middlebrooks EH, Yu DS, Yang X
Physics in medicine and biology. 2025;
PMID: 40460850 - Combination radiation and αPD-L1 enhance tumor control by stimulating CD8+ PD-1+ TCF-1+ T cells in the tumor-draining lymph node.
Shen Y, Connolly E, Aiello M, Zhou C, Chappa P, Song H, Tippitak P, Clark T, Cardenas M, Prokhnevska N, Mariniello A, De Bruyker I, Pagadala MS, Dhere VR, Rafiq S, Kesarwala AH, Orthwein A, Thomas SN, Zhang SL, Khan MK, Dixon JB, Lesinski GB, Lowe MC, Kissick H, Yu DS, Paulos CM, Schmitt NC, Buchwald ZS
Nature communications. 2025;16(1):3522.
PMID: 40229241 - Triad: Vision Foundation Model for 3D Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
Wang S, Safari M, Li Q, Chang CW, Qiu RL, Roper J, Yu DS, Yang X
Research square. 2025;
PMID: 40162210 - Correction: EZH2 has a non-catalytic and PRC2-independent role in stabilizing DDB2 to promote nucleotide excision repair.
Koyen AE, Madden MZ, Park D, Minten EV, Kapoor-Vazirani P, Werner E, Pfister NT, Haji-Seyed-Javadi R, Zhang H, Xu J, Deng N, Duong DM, Pecen TJ, Frazier Z, Nagel ZD, Lazaro JB, Mouw KW, Seyfried NT, Moreno CS, Owonikoko TK, Deng X, Yu DS
Oncogene. 2025;44(13):928-930.
PMID: 40097809 - MRI super-resolution reconstruction using efficient diffusion probabilistic model with residual shifting.
Safari M, Wang S, Eidex Z, Li Q, Qiu RLJ, Middlebrooks EH, Yu DS, Yang X
ArXiv. 2025;
PMID: 40093364 - A Physics-Informed Deep Learning Model for MRI Brain Motion Correction.
Safari M, Wang S, Eidex Z, Qiu R, Chang CW, Yu DS, Yang X
ArXiv. 2025;
PMID: 39990792 - Automatic medical imaging segmentation via self-supervising large-scale convolutional neural networks.
Li Y, Wynne JF, Wu Y, Qiu RLJ, Tian S, Wang T, Patel PR, Yu DS, Yang X
Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology. 2025;
PMID: 39798701 - Optimization-Based Image Reconstruction Regularized with Inter-Spectral Structural Similarity for Limited-Angle Dual-Energy Cone-Beam CT.
Peng J, Wang T, Xie H, Qiu RLJ, Chang CW, Roper J, Yu DS, Tang X, Yang X
ArXiv. 2024;
PMID: 39764397 - Exploration of an adaptive proton therapy strategy using CBCT with the concept of digital twins.
Chang CW, Tian Z, Qiu RLJ, Scott Mcginnis H, Bohannon D, Patel P, Wang Y, Yu DS, Patel SA, Zhou J, Yang X
Physics in medicine and biology. 2025;
PMID: 39761649
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