Faculty Title

• Director of Craniofacial Center
• Milford B. Hatcher Professor of Surgery

Dental Degree

• University of Pennsylvania - 1985
• University of Pennsylvania, D.M.D. - 1982

Internship

• General Surgery, Hospital of University of Pennsylvania, 1991

Residency

• Plastic Surgery, Hospital of University of Pennsylvania, 1993

Fellowship

• Craniofacial Surgery, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 1994

Research

• How to maximize the beneficial effects of whole body vibration? The recent realization that bone actually is also an endocrine organ has permitted the design and gradual implementation of protocols to leverage this property. Our research group is also focused on the harvesting and enrichment of adult mesenchymal stem cells from common sources such as fat for therapeutic uses. In particular, the healing and repair of complex wounds.

Languages

• English
• Mandarin

Board Info

• American Board of Surgery - Certified - 1993
• American Board of Surgery - Certified

"America's Top Doctors" - 2010

Eighteen GRHealth physicians have been selected for inclusion in “2010 America’s Top Doctors,” a national patient reference guide published by Castle Connolly Medical Ltd.  The book, which identifies the top 1 percent of physicians in the nation, helps patients find the top specialists in any given medical field.

Dr. Jack C. Yu, Pediatric Plastic Surgery.  Dr. Yu is Professor and Chief of the Section of Plastic Surgery. His clinical interests include traditional aesthetic surgeries such as facelift, blepharoplasties, lip augmentations, and rhinoplasties. His research interests focus on cyclic stimulation of the musculo-skeletal system to prevent age-related bone and muscle loss.