Drexel University College of Medicine

Dr. Erika Yoo is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in internal medicine, pulmonary medicine, and critical care. She sees patients at the Drexel Pulmonology office in Center City Philadelphia.

Dr. Yoo is actively involved with the Inpatient Pulmonary Service Rounds, Fellows' Chest Continuity Clinic, and Critical Care Service Rounds at Drexel University College of Medicine/Hahnemann University Hospital.

Awards and Honors

• Phi Beta Kappa (2000)

Memberships

• California Thoracic Society (2008-Present)
• American Thoracic Society (2008-Present)
• American College of Chest Physicians (2011-Present)

Professional Affiliations

• Chairperson, California Hospital Assessment and Reporting Taskforce ICU Committee (2009-2011)

Selected Publications

"Evaluating telemedicine in the ICU" (Editorial)
E.J. Yoo and R.A. Dudley
JAMA, 23;302(24):2705-6 (December 2009)

Selected Abstracts

"Impact of emergency department admission time on clinical outcomes among critically-ill patients in the medical intensive care unit"
E.J. Yoo, C. Salvit, P. Factor and J.A. Cunningham
American Thoracic Society, Poster presentation session (May 2007)

"Intensive care unit mortality risk prediction and quality measurement: The impact of code status and sepsis as risk adjustors"
E.J. Yoo, M.L. Dean, T. Clay and R.A. Dudley
American Thoracic Society, Poster presentation session (May 2010)

"Thoracic splenosis after remote trauma: A noninvasive diagnosis"
E.J. Yoo, N. Roubinian, M.J. McCowin and S. Kim
American Thoracic Society, Poster presentation session (May 2010)

"Chance and continuity in the public reporting of intensive care unit mortality rates over time"
E.J. Yoo, M.L. Dean, T. Clay and R.A. Dudley
American Thoracic Society, Poster discussion session (May 2011)

Dr. Yoo has been an assistant professor of medicine at Drexel University College of Medicine since August 2011.

• Pulmonary Medicine
• Critical Care

• Critical care
• Endobronchial ultrasound
• General pulmonary
• ICU outcomes
• Thoracic oncology

• Internal Medicine - New York Presbyterian Hospital - Columbia (2005-2008)

• Pulmonary & Critical Care - University of California, San Francisco (2008-2011)

Selected Speaking Engagements

"Improving ICU Care: Measuring and Reducing Mortality and Length of Stay"
Pulmonary Research Conference, UCSF (February 2011)

"ICU Performance Measurement: The Limitations of Risk-adjusted Mortality"
Pulmonary Grand Rounds, UCSF (February 2010)