Paul N. Yu

Who was Paul N. Yu?

Paul N. Yu was an American cardiologist, physician-scientist and educator of Chinese descent, and a product of Chinese, British and American medical education. Over a career spanning several decades he trained numerous individuals in clinical cardiology who went on to leadership positions in academia throughout this country. Yu performed pioneering research in cardiac physiology, making seminal observations about the pulmonary circulation in health and disease, and the relationship to ventricular function, and key observations about the care of patients with coronary artery disease. He cared for prominent individuals such as the Taiwanese president Chiang Kai Shek and his family. He served in numerous leadership roles during his career, including a term as President of the American Heart Association. Subsequently he was awarded the American Heart Association's prestigious James Bryan Herrick Award for distinguished service to clinical cardiology during the course of his career.