Andrew Yu, M.D. Titles and Appointments Program Director, Pediatric Residency Assistant Professor School Medical School Department Pediatrics You have reached the Academic Profile. For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile. Biography Dr. Andrew Yu is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at UT Southwestern Medical Center. He devotes his clinical time as a Pediatric Hospitalist to the care of hospitalized children at the Children’s Medical Center of Dallas and is passionate about providing high-quality, family-centered care. Dr. Yu is highly invested in medical education and serves as the Program Director of the Pediatric Residency Program at UT Southwestern / Children’s Health. His areas of focus include bedside teaching, clinical reasoning, and skills development. Dr. Yu holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology from Yale University. He has experience in healthcare consulting. He received his M.D. from UT Southwestern Medical School, where he also completed his pediatric residency and served as a Pediatric Chief Resident. Education Medical School UT Southwestern Medical School (2014) Residency UT Southwestern/Children's Medical Center (2017), Pediatrics Chief Resident UT Southwestern/Children's Medical Center (2018), Pediatrics Research Interest Health Services Research Medical Education Publications Featured Publications Hospital-Level Neighborhood Opportunity and Rehospitalization for Common Diagnoses at U.S. Children's Hospitals. Yu AG, Hall M, Agharokh L, Lee BC, Zaniletti I, Wilson KM, Williams DJ, Acad Pediatr 2022 Jun Trends in Respiratory Pathogen Testing at US Children's Hospitals. Molloy MJ, Hall M, Markham JL, Cotter JM, McCoy E, Tchou MJ, Collins ME, Steiner MJ, Stephens JR, Yu AG, Ugalde IT, Morse RB, Goyal MK, House SA, JAMA Netw Open 2025 Mar 8 3 e250160 Hospital costs and reimbursement for short-stay inpatient versus observation status hospitalizations for children with medical complexity. Arar S, Hall M, Johnson K, Katragadda H, Martinez K, Dadwani A, Chen CN, Devarakonda A, Gribbons M, Challa L, Gupta AT, Patel A, Solomon C, Nunneley CE, Lee BC, Yu AG, J Hosp Med 2024 Jun Outcomes associated with initial narrow-spectrum versus broad-spectrum antibiotics in children hospitalized with urinary tract infections. Markham JL, Burns A, Hall M, Molloy MJ, Stephens JR, McCoy E, Ugalde IT, Steiner MJ, Cotter JM, House SA, Collins ME, Yu AG, Tchou MJ, Shah SS, J Hosp Med 2024 May Lower opportunity ZIP code is associated with worse outcomes after listing in pediatric heart transplantation. Kim HA, Yu AG, Kim NP, Iqbal MS, Butts R, J Heart Lung Transplant 2024 May Pharmacologic Restraint Use During Mental Health Admissions to Children's Hospitals. Masserano B, Hall M, Wolf R, Diedrich A, Gupta A, Yu AG, Johnson K, Mittal V, Pediatrics 2023 Dec Cachexia, chorea, and pain in chronic nonbacterial osteitis and inflammatory bowel disease: a case report. Agharokh L, Mamola K, Yu AG, Medina AL, Gurram B, Fuller J, Park JY, Chen W, Rajaram V, Hammer MR, Waugh JL, J Med Case Rep 2023 May 17 1 237 National cross-sectional study on cost consciousness, cost accuracy, and national medical waste reduction initiative knowledge among pediatric hospitalists in the United States. Lee BC, Hall M, Agharokh L, Yu AG, Parikh K, Shah SS, PLoS One 2023 18 4 e0284912 Trends in Pediatric Rhabdomyolysis and Associated Renal Failure: A 10-Year Population-Based Study. Agharokh L, Zaniletti I, Yu AG, Lee BC, Hall M, Williams DJ, Wilson KM, Hosp Pediatr 2022 Aug 12 8 718-725 Regulation of Nod1 and Nod2 in first trimester trophoblast cells. Mulla MJ, Yu AG, Cardenas I, Guller S, Panda B, Abrahams VM Am. J. Reprod. Immunol. 2009 Apr 61 4 294-302 Results 1-10 of 11 1 2 Next Last Honors & Awards Advocacy AwardUT Southwestern Pediatric Residency Program (2016) Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society (2014) Pediatric Society of Greater DallasAward for Excellence in Pediatric Medicine (2014) Professional Associations/Affiliations American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on Hospital Medicine Association of Pediatric Program Directors Texas Pediatric Society
