{"id":5444,"date":"2025-01-21T10:11:15","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T15:11:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/geriatrics\/?post_type=ud_entry&#038;p=5444"},"modified":"2025-09-24T12:17:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T16:17:40","slug":"emmy-yang-md","status":"publish","type":"ud_entry","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/geriatrics\/people\/emmy-yang-md\/","title":{"rendered":"Emmy Yang, MD"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Emmy Yang completed her internal medicine training at UNC and previously served as the service line co-lead for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/geriatrics\/patient-care\/inpatient-services\/\">inpatient geriatric service<\/a> at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uncmedicalcenter.org\/uncmc\/hospitals-locations\/profile\/unc-hospitals-hillsborough-campus\/\">UNC Hillsborough<\/a>. She is originally from Atlanta. Emmy went to Yale where she majored in molecular biophysics and biochemistry, graduating magna cum laude. 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