Dr. Joseph D Yao M.D.
Pathologist | Anatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology
200 1st St SW Rochester MN, 55905About
Dr. Joseph Yao is a pathologist practicing in Rochester, MN. Dr. Yao is a doctor who specializes in the study of bodily fluids and tissues. As a pathologist, Dr. Yao can help your primary care doctor make a diagnosis about your medical condition. Dr. Yao may perform a tissue biopsy to determine if a patient has cancer, practice genetic testing, and complete a number of laboratory examinations. Pathologists can also perform autopsies which can determine a persons cause of death and gain information about genetic progression of a disease.
Education and Training
University of Manitoba / Faculty of Medicine 1983
University of Manitoba College of Medicine 1986
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Evaluation of the TRUGENE HCV 5'NC genotyping kit with the new GeneLibrarian module 3.1.2 for genotyping of hepatitis C virus from clinical specimens.
- Need for procedural details in the protocol for specimen processing by the MagNA Pure LC Instrument.
- Multicenter evaluation of the VERSANT hepatitis B virus DNA 3.0 assay.
- Automated sample preparation for the TRUGENE HIV-1 genotyping kit using the MagNA pure LC instrument.
- Evaluation of the COBAS TaqMan HCV test with automated sample processing using the MagNA pure LC instrument.
- Evaluation of the MagNA Pure LC used with the TRUGENE HBV Genotyping Kit.
- Evaluation of the invader assay for genotyping hepatitis C virus.
- Quantification of hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA with a TaqMan HBV analyte-specific reagent following sample processing with the MagNA pure LC instrument.
- Detection of HIV-1 proviral DNA with the AMPLICOR HIV-1 DNA Test, version 1.5, following sample processing by the MagNA Pure LC instrument.
- Simplified PCR protocols for INNO-LiPA HBV Genotyping and INNO-LiPA HBV PreCore assays.
- Lyme disease followed by human granulocytic anaplasmosis in a kidney transplant recipient.
- Impact of the COBAS AmpliPrep/COBAS AMPLICOR HIV-1 MONITOR Test, Version 1.5, on clinical laboratory operations.
- Plasma load discrepancies between the Roche Cobas Amplicor human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) Monitor version 1.5 and Roche Cobas AmpliPrep/Cobas TaqMan HIV-1 assays.
- Comparison of the Abbott realtime human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) assay to the Cobas AmpliPrep/Cobas TaqMan HIV-1 test: workflow, reliability, and direct costs.
- Anomalous quantitation standard growth curves in a laboratory-developed hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA quantification assay using the TaqMan HCV analyte-specific reagent.
Fellowships
- Fellow - Infectious Diseases: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
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