Dr. Yang completed his undergraduate at UC Berkeley and received his medical degree from UCLA. He went on to complete his general surgical internship and neurosurgical residency at UCSF. After finishing his residency, Dr. Yang joined the UCLA Department of Neurosurgery and the UCLA Brain Tumor Center. Dr. Yang’s primary clinical focus has been brain tumors, including glioblastoma and skull base tumors. His research efforts have examined antigen expression and manipulation of the immune response to glioblastoma.