Tong Yang, MD, MS - LSUHSC School of Medicine

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	Tong Yang, MD, MS Assistant Professor of Research Statistician 2020 Gravier Street Room 715 New Orleans, LA 70112 Phone: (504) 568-2140 Fax: (504) 568-2590 tyang@lsuhsc.edu
Degrees	MD - 1994 Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, P. R. China MS Biostatistics - 2003 Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA
Bio	Tong Yang joined the Office of Medical Education Research and Development staff in September, 2003 as Research Associate. Currently, Dr. Yang serves as an Assistant Professor of Research in the Department of Internal Medicine. He holds a doctorate in Medicine from Tianjin Medical University, China. He has also received a Master of Science in Biostatistics from Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana in May, 2003. His previous background includes clinical study and epidemiological research. As a certified SAS programmer, Dr. Yang is proficient in managing and maintaining large databases and conducting statistical analysis. Dr. Yang's current research interests include: educational research study design, measurement tool development, and data analysis.
Selected Publications	Thompson JJ, Yang T, Chauvin SW. Pace: An Alternative Measure of Student Question Response Time. Applied Measurement in Education. (In process) Paige JT, Kozmenko V, Yang T, Paragi R, Hilton CW, Cohn I, Chauvin SW. High-Fidelity, Simulation-Based, Interdisciplinary Operating Room Team Training at the Point of Care. Surgery. (In process) Paige JT, Aaron DL, Yang T, Howell DS, Hilton CW, Isidore C, Chauvin SW. Implementation of a preoperative briefing protocol improves accuracy of teamwork assessment in the operating room. American Surgeon 2008; 74 (9): 817-823 Sessions BA, Hilton CW, Chauvin SW, Yang T. “Forecasting changes in Louisiana physician age cohorts: 1994 – 2020.” J La State Med Soc 158:2006. 81-84. Yang T, Chauvin SW, Scott JR. “Major Disaster Incident Response Plan (MDIRP) Train-the-Trainer program (Arkansas Department of Health): final program evaluation report.” May 2006. Technical Report. Kozmenko V, DeLanzac K, Chauvin S, Yang T, DiCarlo R, Hilton C. “Developing and implementing Human Patient Simulation curriculum for junior medical school students.” Published in the 2nd Annual Swedish-American Workshop on Modeling and Simulation manual.