Diana H Yu, MD

Education
Fellowship, 2017 - Interventional Pulmonology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Fellowship, 2016 - Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of California Los Angeles David Geffen School of Medicine
Residency, 2013 - Internal Medicine, University of California Irvine School of Medicine
MD, 2010 - , Rush University Medical College
BA, 2001 - Molecular Cell Biology and Music, University of California Berkeley
Publications

  1. Beattie, JA, Kapp, C, Thiboutot, J, Aboudara, MC, Jason Akulian, J, Argento, AC, Casal, RF, Cheng, G, Cardenas, DeMaio, A, Marta Diez-Ferrer, M, Fan, Y, Gonzales, AV, Herth, F, Husta, B, Ji, W, Kagima, JW, Keyes, C, Kim, YW, Liberman, M, Majid, A, Maldonado, F, Navani, N, Oberg, CL, Poletti, V, Seides, BJ, Silvestri, G, Momen Wahidi, M, Yu DH, Feller-Kopman, D, Yarmus, L, Gilbert, C.. "Peripheral Lung Transbronchial and EBUS Cryobiopsy for the Diagnosis of Non-Interstitial Lung Disease: A Modified Delphi Consensus Statement” CHEST 2026 "Peripheral Lung Transbronchial and EBUS Cryobiopsy for the Diagnosis of Non-Interstitial Lung Disease: A Modified Delphi Consensus Statement” CHEST 2026. 2026. PMID:


  2. Zhang JC, Weingart MF, Martinez A, Wilson M, Louie J, Wang RJ, Yu DH. "Rasmussen Unraveled: Endovascular Coil Migration after Pseudoaneurysm Embolization" American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. Jan 2025 https://doi.org/10.1093/ajrccm/aamaf129. "Rasmussen Unraveled: Endovascular Coil Migration after Pseudoaneurysm Embolization" American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2026 "Rasmussen Unraveled: Endovascular Coil Migration after Pseudoaneurysm Embolization" American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2026 2026. PMID:


  3. Rea-Moreno, M, Tian, L, Tavakol, TN, Yang, MC, Pek, N, Gulati, S, Bugacov H, Cusmai, C, Dawodu, G, Klotz, R, Garcia, IM, Chen, HY, C. Zhang, CC, Pan,H, Li, X, Wolf, AS, Huang, H, Yu DH, Ichida, JK, Sahoo, S, Cannon, PM, Que, J, Scheinin, S, Laskey, D, Vicencio, A, Januska, M, Guenthart, BA, Johnson, J, Yu, M, Gu, M, Tiozzo, C, Chen, YW.. "Unveiling Alternate Pathways for SARS-CoV-2 Infection via Extracellular Vesicle-Mediated Transfer of ACE2 and TMPRSS2" Nature Communications. 2026 "Unveiling Alternate Pathways for SARS-CoV-2 Infection via Extracellular Vesicle-Mediated Transfer of ACE2 and TMPRSS2" Nature Communications. 2026. 2026. PMID:


  4. Yu DH, Lin Q, Fan C, Skinner JT, Thiboutot JP, Yarmus LB, Johns RA. Resistin Pathway as Novel Mechanism of Post-lung Transplantation Bronchial Stenosis. Journal of bronchology & interventional pulmonology 2023. PMID: 37202855


  5. Rakocevic R, Maehara CY, Li S, Saddad N, Wallace WD, Elatre WA, Yu DH. The Unusual Suspect of Carcinoid Tumor: Salivary Gland in Airway Anyone? American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2022. PMID: 36228058


  6. Yu DH, Shafiq M, Batra H, Johnson M, Griscom B, Chamberlin J, Lofaro LR, Huang J, Bulman WA, Kennedy GC, Yarmus LB, Lee HJ, Feller-Kopman D. Comparing modalities for risk assessment in patients with pulmonary lesions and nondiagnostic bronchoscopy for suspected lung cancer. BMC pulmonary medicine 2022. PMID: 36434574


  8. Akulian J, Bedawi EO, Abbas H, Argento C, Arnold DT, Balwan A, Batra H, Uribe Becerra JP, Belanger A, Berger K, Burks AC, Chang J, Chrissian AA, DiBardino DM, Fuentes XF, Gesthalter YB, Gilbert CR, Glisinski K, Godfrey M, Gorden JA, Grosu H, Gupta M, Kheir F, Ma KC, Majid A, Maldonado F, Maskell NA, Mehta H, Mercer J, Mullon J, Nelson D, Nguyen E, Pickering EM, Puchalski J, Reddy C, Revelo AE, Roller L, Sachdeva A, Sanchez T, Sathyanarayan P, Semaan R, Senitko M, Shojaee S, Story R, Thiboutot J, Wahidi M, Wilshire CL, Yu D, Zouk A, Rahman NM, Yarmus L, Interventional Pulmonary Outcomes Group (IPOG). Bleeding risk with combination intrapleural fibrinolytic and enzyme therapy in pleural infection - an international, multicenter, retrospective cohort study. Chest 2022. PMID: 35716828


  10. Nallappa S, li S, Dasgupta R, Yu, DH. Medicine Morning Report Subspecialties, 1st Edition, Dasgupta R, Li S, Wong D, Shan HY (Ed) Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer 2022. PMID:


  11. Akulian JA, Molena D, Wahidi MM, Chen A, Yu D, Maldonado F, Lee H, Vachani A, Yarmus L, Interventional Pulmonary Outcomes Group (IPOG). A Direct Comparative Study of Bronchoscopic Navigation Planning Platforms for Peripheral Lung Navigation: The ATLAS Study. Journal of bronchology & interventional pulmonology 2021. PMID: 35730777


  12. Martinez-Zayas G, Almeida FA, Yarmus L, Steinfort D, Lazarus DR, Simoff MJ, Saettele T, Murgu S, Dammad T, Duong DK, Mudambi L, Filner JJ, Molina S, Aravena C, Thiboutot J, Bonney A, Rueda AM, Debiane LG, Hogarth DK, Bedi H, Deffebach M, Sagar AS, Cicenia J, Yu DH, Cohen A, Frye L, Grosu HB, Gildea T, Feller-Kopman D, Casal RF, Machuzak M, Arain MH, Sethi S, Eapen GA, Lam L, Jimenez CA, Ribeiro M, Noor LZ, Mehta A, Song J, Choi H, Ma J, Li L, Ost DE. Predicting Lymph Node Metastasis in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer: Prospective External and Temporal Validation of the HAL and HOMER Models. Chest 2021. PMID: 33932466


  13. Kapp CM, Akulian JA, Yu DH, Chen A, Cárdenas-García J, Molena D, Vachani A, Wahidi MM, Maldonado F, Fielding D, Yarmus LB, Lee H. Cognitive Load in Electromagnetic Navigational and Robotic Bronchoscopy for Pulmonary Nodules. ATS Scholar 2020. PMID: 33870326


  14. Becerra-Díaz M, Lerner AD, Yu DH, Thiboutot JP, Liu MC, Yarmus LB, Bose S, Heller NM. Sex differences in M2 polarization, chemokine and IL-4 receptors in monocytes and macrophages from asthmatics. Cellular immunology 2020. PMID: 33450610


  15. Shaller BD, Chen SB, Ho DY, Yu DH. Atypical Blastomycosis Masquerading as Löfgren Syndrome. American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 2020. PMID: 32516540


  16. Mallow C, Shafiq M, Thiboutot J, Yu DH, Batra H, Lunz D, Feller-Kopman DJ, Yarmus LB, Lee HJ. Impact of Video Game Cross-Training on Learning Bronchoscopy. A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. ATS Scholar 2020. PMID: 33870277


  17. Yu DH, Assis FR, Lerner AD, Tandri H, Lee H. Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transtracheal cardiac plexus neuromodulation for refractory ventricular tachycardia. HeartRhythm case reports 2020. PMID: 32695579


  18. Gilbert CR, Thiboutot J, Mallow C, Chen A, Pastis NJ, Argento AC, Millar J, Lavin RA, Lerner AD, Yu DH, Salwen B, Lunz D, Lee HJ, Yarmus LB. Assessment of Ergonomic Strain and Positioning During Bronchoscopic Procedures: A Feasibility Study. Journal of bronchology & interventional pulmonology 2020. PMID: 31524654


  19. Yu, DH, Feller-Kopman, D. Cummings Otolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery, 7th Edition Chapter 71: Tracheobronchial Endoscopy 2020. PMID:


  20. Yarmus L, Akulian J, Wahidi M, Chen A, Steltz JP, Solomon SL, Yu D, Maldonado F, Cardenas-Garcia J, Molena D, Lee H, Vachani A, Interventional Pulmonary Outcomes Group (IPOG). A Prospective Randomized Comparative Study of Three Guided Bronchoscopic Approaches for Investigating Pulmonary Nodules: The PRECISION-1 Study. Chest 2019. PMID: 31678307


  21. Assis FR, Yu DH, Zhou X, Sidhu S, Bapna A, Engelman ZJ, Misra S, Okada DR, Chrispin J, Berger R, Mandal K, Lee H, Tandri H. Minimally invasive transtracheal cardiac plexus block for sympathetic neuromodulation. Heart rhythm 2018. PMID: 30075280


  22. Yu DH, Feller-Kopman D. Interventional bronchoscopy in adults. Expert review of respiratory medicine 2018. PMID: 29343149


  23. Lee HJ, Labaki W, Yu DH, Salwen B, Gilbert C, Schneider ALC, Ortiz R, Feller-Kopman D, Arias S, Yarmus L. Airway stent complications: the role of follow-up bronchoscopy as a surveillance method. Journal of thoracic disease 2017. PMID: 29268534


  24. Arrendondo, AF, Clough, SY, Nadig, NR, Yu, DH. American Thoracic Society (ATS) Review for the Pulmonary Boards, Le T, Khosa S, Pasnick S, Wang T (Ed) Chapters 2: Critical Care 2015. PMID:


  26. Yu, DH, Jamal, MM. Recent Advances in the Pathogenesis, Prevention and Management of Type 2 Diabetes and its Complications, Zimering MB (Ed) Implications of Type II Diabetes Mellitus on Gastrointestinal Cancers 2011. PMID:


  27. Yu DH, Mace KA, Hansen SL, Boudreau N, Young DM. Effects of decreased insulin-like growth factor-1 stimulation on hypoxia inducible factor 1-alpha protein synthesis and function during cutaneous repair in diabetic mice. Wound repair and regeneration : official publication of the Wound Healing Society [and] the European Tissue Repair Society 2007. PMID: 17971008


  28. Mace KA, Yu DH, Paydar KZ, Boudreau N, Young DM. Sustained expression of Hif-1alpha in the diabetic environment promotes angiogenesis and cutaneous wound repair. Wound repair and regeneration : official publication of the Wound Healing Society [and] the European Tissue Repair Society 2007. PMID: 17971009


  29. Zhang JC, Weingart MF, Martinez A, Wilson M, Louie J, Wang RJ, Yu DH.. "Rasmussen Unraveled: Endovascular Coil Migration after Pseudoaneurysm Embolization"
    American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2026     "Rasmussen Unraveled: Endovascular Coil Migration after Pseudoaneurysm Embolization" American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. 2026 . PMID:


  30. Rea-Moreno, M, Tian, L, Tavakol, TN, Yang, MC, Pek, N, Gulati, S, Bugacov H, Cusmai, C, Dawodu, G, Klotz, R, Garcia, IM, Chen, HY, C. Zhang, CC, Pan,H, Li, X, Wolf, AS, Huang, H, Yu DH, Ichida, JK, Sahoo, S, Cannon, PM, Que, J, Scheinin, S, Laskey, D, Vicencio, A, Januska, M, Guenthart, BA, Johnson, J, Yu, M, Gu, M, Tiozzo, C, Chen, YW.. "Unveiling Alternate Pathways for SARS-CoV-2 Infection via Extracellular Vesicle-Mediated Transfer of ACE2 and TMPRSS2" Nature Communications. 2026 "Unveiling Alternate Pathways for SARS-CoV-2 Infection via Extracellular Vesicle-Mediated Transfer of ACE2 and TMPRSS2" Nature Communications. 2026 . PMID:


  31. Beattie, JA, Kapp, C, Thiboutot, J, Aboudara, MC, Jason Akulian, J, Argento, AC, Casal, RF, Cheng, G, Cardenas, DeMaio, A, Marta Diez-Ferrer, M, Fan, Y, Gonzales, AV, Herth, F, Husta, B, Ji, W, Kagima, JW, Keyes, C, Kim, YW, Liberman, M, Majid, A, Maldonado, F, Navani, N, Oberg, CL, Poletti, V, Seides, BJ, Silvestri, G, Momen Wahidi, M, Yu DH, Feller-Kopman, D, Yarmus, L, Gilbert, C.. “Peripheral Lung Transbronchial and EBUS Cryobiopsy for the Diagnosis of Non-Interstitial Lung Disease: A Modified Delphi Consensus Statement” CHEST 2026 “Peripheral Lung Transbronchial and EBUS Cryobiopsy for the Diagnosis of Non-Interstitial Lung Disease: A Modified Delphi Consensus Statement” CHEST 2026 . PMID: