Evan Yu, MD
University of Washington
Seattle, WA

Evan Y. Yu, MD, is a medical oncologist specializing in prostate, bladder, and testicular cancer treatment and research. He graduated Alpha Omega Alpha from the University of Washington School of Medicine and his post-doctoral training was at Harvard Medical School. He completed an internal medicine residency at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and an oncology fellowship at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. He returned to Seattle at the end of 2004 to join the faculty at the University of Washington and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. He now is a full professor, and he is the director of the Clinical Trials Core for GU malignancies, as well as having an integral role in the Pacific Northwest Prostate Cancer SPORE.

Dr. Yu’s research focuses on testing the next wave of novel molecular targeted therapies and immunotherapy techniques, with a complementary focus on biomarkers. In addition to an active clinical and research practice, he also is the Assistant Fellowship Director and remains very active in student, resident, and fellow education. He has regularly been voted a “Top Doctor” by Castle Connolly, U.S. News and World Report, Seattle magazine, and Seattle Met magazine. He continues to serve on the National Cancer Institute Genitourinary Cancers Steering Committee.