John Yue, MD
Assistant Professor
Neurological Surgery
School of Medicine

Assistant Professor, UCSF Neurosurgery. Expertise in neurotrauma, neurocritical care, intracranial physiology, injury biomarkers, prognostic tools, best practices, efficacy of care pathways. Dedicated to national efforts to improve traumatic brain injury (TBI) classification and care.

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UCSF Weill Neurohub Clinician-Scientist Award (2025-2026) and Catalyst Program Award (2025-2026), Neurosurgery Research & Education Foundation Grant (2022-2023), AANS/CNS Natus Award in Neurotrauma (2021, 2023, 5/2024, 9/2024), Marmarou Award in TBI Management (National Neurotrauma Society 2024), Hanbery Award in Clinical Neurosurgery (SFNS 2025), Naffziger Award for Clinical Service and Patient Care (UCSF Neurosurgery 2025).

NINDS TBI Classification and TBI Common Data Elements Working Group Member. UCSF Institute for Health Policy Studies Affiliate Faculty. Expert Panelist for the 2024 American College of Surgeons Trauma Quality Program TBI Management Guidelines. 210+ peer-reviewed publications, 40+ oral presentations and plenary seminars, 7 textbook chapters.

Awards

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  • Sophysa Young Investigator Award (Traumatic Brain Injury / Neurocritical Care), Congress of Neurological Surgeons Foundation, 2026-2027
  • Clinician-Scientist Investigator Award, UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences, 2025-2026
  • First Place Resident Abstract Award, California Association of Neurological Surgeons, 2025
  • John Hanbery Award (Clinical Neurosurgery), San Francisco Neurological Society, 2025
  • Howard Naffziger Award for Clinical Service and Patient Care, UCSF Department of Neurosurgery, 2025
  • AANS Natus Resident/Fellow Award - Neurotrauma/Neurocritical Care, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, 2024
  • Resident Abstract Award, California Association of Neurological Surgeons, 2024
  • CNS Natus Resident Fellow Award - Neurocritical Care, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, 2024
  • Anthony Marmarou Award - Clinical Management of Traumatic Brain Injury, National Neurotrauma Society, 2024
  • AANS/CNS Cranial Trauma Top Abstract Award, National Neurotrauma Symposium, 2024
  • Cover Article - "Traumatic Brain Injury", The Lancet Regional Health - Americas, Volume 39, November 2024, 2024
  • Resident Fellow, Board of Directors, California Association of Neurological Surgeons, 2023-2024
  • Resident Abstract Award, California Association of Neurological Surgeons, 2023
  • Invited Speaker: "Neuroimaging and Biomarkers in Traumatic Brain Injury Research", Chinese Neurotrauma Scholars Association, 2023
  • CNS Natus Resident/Fellow Award - Neurotrauma, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, 2023
  • NREF & Bagan Family Foundation Research Award, Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation, 2022-2023
  • Best Operative Technique Poster - Pediatrics Section, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, 2022
  • Invited Speaker: "Updates in Acute Pediatric TBI", East Bay Trauma Symposium, 2022
  • Associate Editor, Frontiers in Neurology (Journal), 2022
  • Review Editor, Frontiers in Surgery (Journal), 2022
  • Best Oral Abstract Award, North American Brain Injury Association, 2022
  • Plenary Session (Neurotrauma) at Annual Meeting, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, 2021
  • CNS Natus Resident/Fellow Award - Traumatic Brain Injury, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, 2021
  • Invited Speaker: "The Future of Genetics in Predicting TBI Risk and Outcome", National Neurotrauma Symposium, 2021
  • CNS Best Clinical Research Award - Neurotrauma, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, 2020
  • Editorial Board Member, Trauma Care (Journal), 2020
  • Best Junior Translational Research Paper, UCSF Department of Neurosurgery, 2020
  • Top 1% Cross-Field Peer Reviewer 2019, Web of Science/Clarivate Analytics, 2019
  • AANS/CNS Trauma and Critical Care Abstract Finalist, National Neurotrauma Symposium, 2018
  • Cover Article - "Critical Care", Neurosurgical Focus, Volume 43, Issue 5, 2018
  • Top Scoring Abstract, North American Brain Injury Society, 2018
  • AANS/CNS Trauma and Critical Care Abstract Finalist, National Neurotrauma Symposium, 2017
  • AANS/CNS Trauma and Critical Care Abstract Finalist, National Neurotrauma Symposium, 2016
  • Regents' and Chancellor's Scholarship, University of California Berkeley, 2005-2009

Education & Training

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  • Resident Neurological Surgery University of California San Francisco 06/2025
  • MD Medicine University of California San Francisco 06/2018
  • BA Molecular and Cell Biology University of California Berkeley 06/2009

Grants and Projects

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  • Evaluation of Blood-Based Proteomic and RNA Biomarkers to Improve Traumatic Brain Injury Diagnosis and Prognostication, UCSF Weill Institute for the Neurosciences and UCSF Innovation Ventures Catalyst Award Grant, 2025-2026
  • Improving TBI Stratification and Prognosis Through Big Data Harmonization and Machine Learning, NREF & Bagan Family Foundation Research Award, 2022-2023

Publications (188)

Top publication keywords:
Glial Fibrillary Acidic ProteinGlasgow Outcome ScaleSpinal Cord InjuriesBrain InjuriesCervical VertebraeLength of StayRecovery of FunctionDecompression, SurgicalDecompressive CraniectomyBrain ConcussionBlood Alcohol ContentBrain Injuries, TraumaticIntracranial AneurysmGlasgow Coma ScaleSubarachnoid Hemorrhage, Traumatic

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