Yvette Leung

Dr. Yvette Leung

St. Paul’s Hospital

About

Dr. Yvette Leung

St Pauls Hospital

Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia

770-1190 Hornby Street

Vancouver BC

telephone 604 688 6332

fax 604 689 2004

Profile

Dr. Yvette Leung went to medical school at the University of Calgary and completed her medical residency at the University of British Columbia. She went on to complete her Gastroenterology Fellowship at the University of Calgary and an Advanced IBD Fellowship at the University of Chicago prior to becoming faculty as an Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of Calgary. In 2016 she joined Pacific Gastroenterology Associates and is clinical faculty at UBC. Her main clinical focus is Inflammatory Bowel Disease and the safety of biologics during pregnancy.

Research Interests

Her research interests include: pregnancy and IBD, impact of subclinical inflammation on perinatal outcomes, and the psychosocial impact of IBD on young adults.

Teaching

As an active member of the clinical faculty she is involved in teaching medical students, residents, gastroenterology trainees and gastroenterologists doing advanced training in IBD.

Memberships

She is co-chair of the Maternofetal Outcomes and Research Canadian Registry – IBD (MORe CaRe).

Publications

  1. Ma C, Fedorak RN, Kaplan GG, Dieleman LA, Devlin SM, et al. Long-term Maintenance of Clinical, Endoscopic, and Radiographic Response to Ustekinumab in Moderate-to-Severe Crohn's Disease: Real-world Experience from a Multicenter Cohort Study. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2017 May;23(5):833-839. PubMed PMID: 28328624.
  2. Gasia MF, Ghosh S, Panaccione R, Ferraz JG, Kaplan GG, et al. Targeted Biopsies Identify Larger Proportions of Patients With Colonic Neoplasia Undergoing High-Definition Colonoscopy, Dye Chromoendoscopy, or Electronic Virtual Chromoendoscopy. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2016 May;14(5):704-12.e4. PubMed PMID: 26804384.
  3. Nguyen GC, Seow CH, Maxwell C, Huang V, Leung Y, et al. The Toronto Consensus Statements for the Management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Pregnancy. Gastroenterology. 2016 Mar;150(3):734-757.e1. PubMed PMID: 26688268.
  4. Singh S, Al-Darmaki A, Frolkis AD, Seow CH, Leung Y, et al. Postoperative Mortality Among Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Population-Based Studies. Gastroenterology. 2015 Oct;149(4):928-37. PubMed PMID: 26055136.
  5. Coward S, Heitman SJ, Clement F, Hubbard J, Proulx MC, et al. Ulcerative colitis-associated hospitalization costs: a population-based study. Can J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2015 Oct;29(7):357-62. PubMed PMID: 26079072; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4610645.
  6. Coward S, Heitman SJ, Clement F, Negron M, Panaccione R, et al. Funding a smoking cessation program for Crohn's disease: an economic evaluation. Am J Gastroenterol. 2015 Mar;110(3):368-77. PubMed PMID: 25350768.
  7. Leung YP, Kaplan GG, Coward S, Tanyingoh D, Kaplan BJ, et al. Intrapartum corticosteroid use significantly increases the risk of gestational diabetes in women with inflammatory bowel disease. J Crohns Colitis. 2015 Mar;9(3):223-30. PubMed PMID: 25576754.
  8. Kaplan GG, Lim A, Seow CH, Moran GW, Ghosh S, et al. Colectomy is a risk factor for venous thromboembolism in ulcerative colitis. World J Gastroenterol. 2015 Jan 28;21(4):1251-60. PubMed PMID: 25632199; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4306170.
  9. Leung Y, Panaccione R, Ghosh S, Seow CH. Management of the pregnant inflammatory bowel disease patient on anti-tumour necrosis factor: state of the art and future directions. Can J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2014 Oct;28(9):505-9. PubMed PMID: 25101334; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4205908.
  10. Leung Y, Panaccione R. Update on ustekinumab for the treatment of Crohn's disease. Gastroenterol Clin North Am. 2014 Sep;43(3):619-30. PubMed PMID: 25110262.
  11. Coleman BI, Skillman KM, Jiang RH, Childs LM, Altenhofen LM, et al. A Plasmodium falciparum histone deacetylase regulates antigenic variation and gametocyte conversion. Cell Host Microbe. 2014 Aug 13;16(2):177-86. PubMed PMID: 25121747; NIHMSID: NIHMS616559; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4188636.
  12. Leung Y, Kaplan GG, Rioux KP, Hubbard J, Kamhawi S, et al. Assessment of variables associated with smoking cessation in Crohn's disease. Dig Dis Sci. 2012 Apr;57(4):1026-32. PubMed PMID: 22311366.
  13. Leung Y, Heyman MB, Mahadevan U. Transitioning the adolescent inflammatory bowel disease patient: guidelines for the adult and pediatric gastroenterologist. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2011 Oct;17(10):2169-73. PubMed PMID: 21910179; NIHMSID: NIHMS339240; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3320668.
  14. Leung Y, Sparrow MP, Schwartz M, Hanauer SB. Long term efficacy and safety of allopurinol and azathioprine or 6-mercaptopurine in patients with inflammatory bowel disease. J Crohns Colitis. 2009 Sep;3(3):162-7. PubMed PMID: 21172265.
  15. Kaplan GG, Panaccione R, Hubbard JN, Nguyen GC, Shaheen AA, et al. Inflammatory bowel disease patients who leave hospital against medical advice: predictors and temporal trends. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2009 Jun;15(6):845-51. PubMed PMID: 19130616.
  16. Cohen JS, Leung Y, Fahey M, Hoyt L, Sinha R, et al. The happy docs study: a Canadian Association of Internes and Residents well-being survey examining resident physician health and satisfaction within and outside of residency training in Canada. BMC Res Notes. 2008 Oct 29;1:105. PubMed PMID: 18957136; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2588451.
  17. Leung Y, Panaccione R, Hemmelgarn B, Jones J. Exposing the weaknesses: a systematic review of azathioprine efficacy in ulcerative colitis. Dig Dis Sci. 2008 Jun;53(6):1455-61. PubMed PMID: 17932752.
  18. Leung Y, Panaccione R. Anti-adhesion molecule strategies for Crohn disease. BioDrugs. 2008;22(4):259-64. PubMed PMID: 18611068.
  19. Myers RP, Leung Y, Shaheen AA, Li B. Validation of ICD-9-CM/ICD-10 coding algorithms for the identification of patients with acetaminophen overdose and hepatotoxicity using administrative data. BMC Health Serv Res. 2007 Oct 2;7:159. PubMed PMID: 17910762; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2174469.
  20. Leung Y, Urbanski SJ, Schindel L, Myers RP. Ischemic colitis during pegylated interferon-alpha and ribavirin therapy for chronic hepatitis C. Can J Gastroenterol. 2006 Oct;20(10):661-3. PubMed PMID: 17066158; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2660795.
  21. Cheung J, Wong W, Zandieh I, Leung Y, Lee SS, et al. Acute management and secondary prophylaxis of esophageal variceal bleeding: a western Canadian survey. Can J Gastroenterol. 2006 Aug;20(8):531-4. PubMed PMID: 16955150; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2659936.
  22. Leung Y, Chan JI, Yoshida E, Wu HX, Daly PC. A cross-sectional analysis of acute hepatitis B virus reported to the Vancouver Coastal Health Authority from 2000 to 2003. Can J Gastroenterol. 2006 Jul;20(7):471-4. PubMed PMID: 16858499; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2659914.
  23. Yan B, Leung Y, Urbanski SJ, Myers RP. Rofecoxib-induced hepatotoxicity: a forgotten complication of the coxibs. Can J Gastroenterol. 2006 May;20(5):351-5. PubMed PMID: 16691302; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2659894.