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Ruifang Yang, MD, PhD
Cardiology
Specialties & Expertise
- Specialties
- Internal Medicine - Cardiovascular Disease
- Areas of Expertise
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Cardiac Electrophysiology
Affiliated Groups
- A Member of Renown Medical Group
- A Faculty Member of UNR Med School
- A Member of Western Clinical Alliance
Locations
Renown Institute for Heart & Vascular Health – Double R
Biography
Dr. Ruifang Yang is a highly trained Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiologist with a strong academic and clinical background. She graduated with honors from North China University of Science and Technology College of Medicine in 2001. She earned an M.S. in Physiology in 2004 and a Ph.D. in Pharmacology with honors in 2008, both from the Second Military Medical University in Shanghai, China.
Dr. Yang pursued postdoctoral training in Cellular and Integrative Physiology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center from 2008 to 2010. She completed her Internal Medicine Residency in 2019 at HCA Healthcare/Sunrise Health in Las Vegas, Nevada, followed by a Cardiovascular Fellowship at USF Morsani College of Medicine/HCA Healthcare Florida Brandon Hospital in 2022. She further specialized with a Cardiac Electrophysiology Fellowship at Mayo Clinic Florida, completed in 2024.
Dr. Yang is board certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in Cardiovascular Disease and Internal Medicine, as well as by the Certification Board of Nuclear Cardiology. She is also an Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine, where she contributes to advancing medical education and patient care.
Education
- Medical School
- Department of Physiology Second Military Medical University Shanghai, China
- Medical Degree
- North China University of Science & Technology, College of Medicine, Tangshan, Hebei Province, China
- Ph.D
- Department of Physiology Second Military Medical University Shanghai, China
- Postdoctoral Trainee
- Dept of Cellular & Integrative Physiology University of Nebraska Medical Center Omaha, NE
- Residency
- HCA Healthcare/Sunrise Health, Las Vegas, NV — Internal Medicine
- Fellowship
- USF Morsani College of Medicine/HCA Healthcare Florida Brandon Hospital — Cardiovascular Disease
- Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL — Cardiac Electrophysiology
Languages Spoken
- english
- chinese
Board Certifications
- American Board of Internal Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine - Cardiovascular Disease
- American Board of Internal Medicine - Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
- Board of Nuclear Cardiology