Dr. Ken Yoneda reviews medical content for Healthwise, a nonprofit
organization with a mission to help people make better health decisions. Dr.
Yoneda is an internist who specializes in pulmonary disease and critical care
medicine. He was named Assistant Professor in Residence in the Division of
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at the UC Davis
School of Medicine's Department of Internal Medicine in 1997 and promoted to
Associate Professor in 2005. Prior to moving to Sacramento, he was Assistant
Professor of Medicine at the University of Nevada School of Medicine in Reno, Nevada.
Dr. Yoneda has served as Principal Investigator on several research
projects and has published a number of articles in peer-reviewed
medical journals.
Education and Training
MD: Northwestern University Medical School,
Chicago, IL, 1985
Residency in Internal Medicine: University of
Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, 1985–1988
Fellowship in
Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine: University of California Davis Medical
Center, Sacramento, CA, 1993–1996
Certifications
American Board of Internal
Medicine
Pulmonary Disease, American Board of Internal Medicine
Critical Care, American Board of Internal Medicine
Academic Appointments
University of California, Davis, School of
Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Sacramento, CA:
- Associate Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine,
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, 2003–present
- Assistant Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, 2001–2003
- Assistant Professor in Residence, Division
of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, 1997–2005
Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Nevada School of Medicine,
Reno, NV, 1988–1993
Financial Disclosure
Dr. Yoneda reports receiving honoraria from Pfizer.