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Emi J. Yoshida, M.D.

Assistant Professor
Department of Radiation Oncology

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Meet Dr. Yoshida

I am motivated by patients, colleagues, friends, family who exemplify diligence, commitment, and courage, and who give meaning to my work.

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Dr. Emi Yoshida is a radiation oncologist who specializes in the treatment of gynecologic and breast malignancies with expertise in HDR brachytherapy. Her clinical and research focus is on radiation-related toxicity and methods of improving the therapeutic ratio. She is particularly interested in incorporating patient reported quality-of-life outcomes into routine clinical practice and into clinical research endpoints.

Dr. Yoshida earned her medical degree from the University of California Davis where she was awarded a medical student research fellowship and medical scholars award. She completed an internal medicine internship at Kaiser Oakland. She then completed residency at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center where she was awarded International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Ambassadorship and the Leo G. Rigler award for outstanding academic achievement.

She serves as the Medical Director of the UCSF – Washington Hospital Radiation Oncology Center where she treats patients who have malignancies of all disease sites. She is actively building the UCSF – Washington Cancer Center clinical trials program, and is developing a stereotactic radiosurgery and stereotactic body radiotherapy program.

Education

2004	University of California, Los Angeles	BA	Business-Economics, Sociology
2008	Columbia University	Postbacclaureate	Medical Sciences
2013	University of California, Davis	MD	Medicine
2013-2014	Kaiser Permanente, Oakland	Internship	Internal Medicine
2014-2018	Cedars-Sinai Medical Center	Residency	Radiation Oncology
2017-2018	Cedars-Sinai Medical Center	Chief Resident	Radiation Oncology

Professional Experience

2018-Present

University of California, San Francisco

Assistant Professor

Radiation Oncology

Awards & Honors

2010	Medical Scholars Award, Emory University
2010	Medical Student Research Fellowship, UC Davis
2011	Research Travel Award, UC Davis
2013	Outstanding Student in Radiation Oncology, UC Davis
2014	Travel Award and Ambassadorship, Hiroshima International Council for Health Care/International Atomic Energy Agency Conference
2017	Toscano Fund Grant, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Department of Radiation Oncology
2018	Leo G. Rigler, MD Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
2019	Gynecologic Oncology Group Foundation Young Investigator Travel Award
2019-2021	Gynecologic Oncology Group Foundation New Investigator Award

Research

NIH: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/myncbi/1ToKp_bFJCwkV3/bibliography/public/

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=6GfDx2IAAAAJ&hl=en