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Minkyoung Yoo, PhD

Languages spoken: English, Korean

Academic Information

Departments Primary - Internal Medicine

Divisions: Epidemiology

Academic Office Information

Minkyoung.Yoo@utah.edu

Education History

Undergraduate Konkuk University
 BA
Undergraduate University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
 Visiting Scholar
Graduate Training Washington University in St. Louis
 MA
Doctoral Training Rutgers University
 PhD
Postdoctoral Fellowship University of Utah College of Pharmacy, Pharmacotherapy Outcomes Research Center
 Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Nelson RE, O'Neil B, Kirchhoff AC, Huber J, Yoo M, Mooney (2026). The Impact of an Oncology Hospital at Home Program on Health Care Costs. Medical care, 64(9), 559-565.
  2. Liu M, Yoo M, Tan CH, Lowrie LN, Mian ZN, Vemulapalli VK, Nelson RE, Werner L, Mamalis (2026). Estimated Medicare Part D Ocular Drug Savings with a Direct-to-Consumer Pharmacy. Ophthalmology, 133(9), 1170-1172.
  3. Hayes H, Yoo M, Nelson (2026). Cost-Effectiveness of Postacute Stroke Rehabilitation From a US Health Care Payer Perspective: Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities Versus Skilled Nursing Facilities. Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation,
  4. Yoo M, Chapman AB, Suo Y, Byrne T, Montgomery AE, Nelson R (2026). Differential Impact of the Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) Program on Veterans Affairs Healthcare Utilization and Costs Among Rural and Urban Veterans Experiencing Housing Instability. The Journal of rural health, 42(2), e70167.
  5. Dougherty M, Wu YP, Kolp L, Brady HL, Stump TK, Kuzmenko TV, Yoo M, Chipman J, Del Fiol G, Kaphingst KA, Hersh AL, Lundberg KJ, Orleans B, Wirth J, Wetter DW, Nelson R (2026). Cost-effectiveness analysis of a text message system for COVID-19 testing for K-12 school communities. Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, 15(1),
  6. Kelley AT, Yoo M, Suo Y, Nelson RE, Gordon AJ, Jones A (2025). Changes in healthcare utilization and costs following enrollment in an interprofessional primary care clinic designed to address clinical and social vulnerabilities. Journal of interprofessional care, 1-11.
  7. Mau M, Thorne T, Yoo M, Soule S, Nelson RE, Torrez T, Amick M, Gates K, Sato E, Rothberg DL, Marchand L (2025). Value driven outcome (VDO) assessment for the treatment of olecranon fractures. European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology, 35(1), 52.
  8. Rogers MJ, Nishimoto J, Yoo M, Presson AP, Stephens AR, Kazmers N (2025). Evaluating the Performance of an Automated Patient-Reported Outcomes Collection Platform in a Postoperative Hand Surgery Population. The Journal of hand surgery, 50(1), 100.e1-100.e10.
  9. Rogers MJ, Roca H, Yoo M, Maughan G, Nelson RE, Federer A, Kazmers N (2025). Evaluating the Optimal Treatment Pathway for Volar Wrist Ganglia: A Cost-Minimization Analysis. Plastic and reconstructive surgery,
  10. Willis C, Hejazi A, Williams VL, Comperatore C, Tantravahi S, Ali NA, Gilreath J, Kovacsovics T, Au T, Tan M, Brendle M, Komrokji R, Yoo M, Ashraf M, Khakwani A, Iorga ¿R, Sadek I, Sallman DA, Stenehjem (2025). Treatment Patterns and Outcomes of Patients With Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS) by IPSS-R Scores at Academic Cancer Centers. Advances in hematology, 2025, 9924808.
  11. Mooney K, Yoo M, Sloss ES, Nicholson B, Alekhina NS, Iacob E, Nelson (2025). Cost-Effective Components of a Patient-Reported Symptom Monitoring System for Chemotherapy. JAMA network open, 8(11), e2542289.
  12. Da Silva AZ, Mizels J, Clinker CE, Yoo M, Nelson R, Joyce C, Tashjian RZ, Chalmers P (2024). Cost analysis of dermal allograft patch utilization in rotator cuff repair. JSES reviews, reports, and techniques, 5(1), 40-45.
  13. Yoo M, Nelson RE, Cutshall Z, Dougherty M, Kohli (2023). Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Six Immunotherapy-Based Regimens and Sunitinib in Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Public Payer Perspective. JCO oncology practice, 19(3), e449-e456.
  14. Rogers MJ, Belton M, Randall D, Yoo M, Presson AP, Wang A, Kazmers N (2023). Patient Satisfaction with Virtual Clinic Encounters: Analysis of Factors that Impact the Press Ganey Survey in the Hand Surgery Population. Journal of hand surgery global online, 5(3), 325-331.
  15. Federer AE, Yoo M, Stephens AS, Nelson RE, Steadman JN, Tyser AR, Kazmers N (2023). Minimizing Costs for Dorsal Wrist Ganglion Treatment: A Cost-Minimization Analysis. The Journal of hand surgery, 48(1), 9-18.
  16. Yoo M, Nelson RE, Haaland B, Dougherty M, Cutshall ZA, Kohli R, Beckstead R, Kohli (2023). Cost-effectiveness analysis of 7 treatments in metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer: a public-payer perspective. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 115(11), 1374-1382.
  17. Yoo M, Buys MJ, Nelson RE, Patel S, Bayless KM, Anderson Z, Hales JB, Brooke B (2023). Effect of Multidisciplinary Transitional Pain Service on Health Care Use and Costs Following Orthopedic Surgery. Federal practitioner, 40(12), 418-425.
  18. Mondal A, Yoo M, Tuttle S, Mah D, Nelson R, Sachse FB, Hitchcock R, Kaza A (2023). Cost of Pacing in Pediatric Patients With Postoperative Heart Block After Congenital Heart Surgery. JAMA network open, 6(11), e2341174.
  19. Marchand WR, Zhang C, Hamilton C, Presson AP, Nelson R, Yoo M, Garland EL, Nazarenko E, Herrmann (2022). Utilization and outcomes of a Whole Health model of care by Veterans with psychiatric illness. Complementary therapies in medicine, 71, 102884.
  20. Wolpert KH, Kestle R, Weaver N, Huynh K, Yoo M, Nelson R, Lane R (2022). Reducing Admission for Anaphylaxis in a Pediatric Emergency Department Using a Clinical Decision Support Tool. Pediatric quality & safety, 7(5), e590.
  21. Hubbard JC, Zhang Y, Qiu Y, Yoo M, Stephens AR, Zeidan M, Kazmers N (2022). Establishing the Substantial Clinical Benefit in a Non-Shoulder Hand and Upper Extremity Population for the QuickDASH and PROMIS Upper Extremity and Physical Function Computer Adaptive Tests. The Journal of hand surgery, 47(4), 358-369.e3.
  22. Yoo M, Madaras-Kelly K, Nevers M, Fleming-Dutra KE, Hersh AL, Ying J, Haaland B, Samore M, Nelson R (2022). A Veterans' Healthcare Administration (VHA) antibiotic stewardship intervention to improve outpatient antibiotic use for acute respiratory infections: A cost-effectiveness analysis. Infection control and hospital epidemiology, 43(10), 1389-1395.
  23. Rogers MJ, Stephens AR, Yoo M, Nelson RE, Kazmers N (2021). Optimizing Costs and Outcomes for Carpal Tunnel Release Surgery: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis from Societal and Health-Care System Perspectives. The Journal of bone and joint surgery. American volume,
  24. Kazmers NH, Qiu Y, Yoo M, Stephens AR, Zeidan M, Zhang (2021). Establishing the Minimal Clinically Important Difference for the PROMIS Upper Extremity Computer Adaptive Test Version 2.0 in a Nonshoulder Hand and Upper Extremity Population. The Journal of hand surgery, 46(10), 927.e1-927.e10.
  25. Pinto NM, LuAnn Minich L, Yoo M, Floyd A, Wilkes J, VanDerslice J, Yamauchi M, Nelson (2021). Influence of Geographic Access on Surgical Center Readmissions After Index Congenital Heart Surgery. The Journal of pediatrics, 234, 195-204.e3.
  26. Biskupiak J, Unni S, Telford C, Yoo M, Ye X, Deka R, Brixner D, Stenehjem (2021). Estimation of healthcare-related charges in women with BRCA mutations and breast cancer. BMC health services research, 21(1), 58.
  27. Yoo M, Nelson RE, Illing DA, Martin BI, Tyser AR, Kazmers N (2020). Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Comparing Proximal Row Carpectomy and Four-Corner Arthrodesis. JB & JS open access, 5(2), e0080.
  28. Makarewich CA, Stotts AK, Yoo M, Nelson RE, Rothberg D (2020). Inpatient Versus Outpatient Treatment of Gartland Type II Supracondylar Humerus Fractures: A Cost and Safety Comparison. Journal of pediatric orthopedics, 40(5), 211-217.
  29. Kazmers NH, Qiu Y, Yoo M, Stephens AR, Tyser AR, Zhang (2020). The Minimal Clinically Important Difference of the PROMIS and QuickDASH Instruments in a Nonshoulder Hand and Upper Extremity Patient Population. The Journal of hand surgery, 45(5), 399-407.e6.
  30. Chalmers PN, Uffman W, Christensen G, Greis P, Aoki S, Nelson R, Yoo M, Tashjian R (2020). A single-institution analysis of factors affecting costs in the arthroscopic treatment of glenohumeral instability. JSES international, 4(2), 297-301.
  31. Willis C, Menon J, Unni S, Au T, Yoo M, Biskupiak J, Brixner D, Ndife B, Joseph G, Bonifacio G, Stein E, Tantravahi S, Shami PJ, Kovacsovics T, Stenehjem (2019). Clinical and economic analysis of patients with acute myeloid leukemia by FLT3 status and midostaurin use at a Comprehensive Cancer Center. Leukemia research, 87, 106262.
  32. Uffmann WJ, Christensen GV, Yoo M, Nelson RE, Greis PE, Burks RT, Tashjian RZ, Chalmers P (2019). A Cost-Minimization Analysis of Intraoperative Costs in Arthroscopic Bankart Repair, Open Latarjet, and Distal Tibial Allograft. Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine, 7(11), 2325967119882001.
  33. McAdam-Marx C, Tak C, Petigara T, Jones NW, Yoo M, Briley MS, Gunning K, Gren (2019). Impact of a guideline-based best practice alert on pneumococcal vaccination rates in adults in a primary care setting. BMC health services research, 19(1), 474.
  34. Chalmers PN, Kahn T, Broschinsky K, Ross H, Stertz I, Nelson R, Yoo M, Tashjian R (2019). An analysis of costs associated with shoulder arthroplasty. Journal of shoulder and elbow surgery, 28(7), 1334-1340.
  35. Buss BA, Baures TJ, Yoo M, Hanson KE, Alexander DP, Benefield RJ, Spivak E (2018). Impact of a Multiplex PCR Assay for Bloodstream Infections With and Without Antimicrobial Stewardship Intervention at a Cancer Hospital. Open forum infectious diseases, 5(10), ofy258.
  36. Karns MR, Jones DL, Todd DC, Maak TG, Aoki SK, Burks RT, Yoo M, Nelson RE, Greis P (2018). Patient- and Procedure-Specific Variables Driving Total Direct Costs of Outpatient Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction. Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine, 6(8), 2325967118788543.
  37. Han DH, Yoo M, Renshaw PF, Petry N (2018). A cohort study of patients seeking Internet gaming disorder treatment. Journal of behavioral addictions, 7(4), 930-938.
  38. Chalmers PN, Granger E, Nelson R, Yoo M, Tashjian R (2018). Factors Affecting Cost, Outcomes, and Tendon Healing After Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair. Arthroscopy, 34(5), 1393-1400.
  39. Biltaji E, Yoo M, Jennings BT, Leiser JP, McAdam-Marx (2017). Outcomes Associated with Pharmacist-Led Diabetes Collaborative Drug Therapy Management in a Medicaid Population. Journal of pharmaceutical health services research, 8(1), 59-62.
  40. Stenehjem DD, Yoo M, Unni SK, Singhal M, Bauer H, Saverno K, Quah C, Masaquel A, Brixner D (2014). Assessment of HER2 testing patterns, HER2+ disease, and the utilization of HER2-directed therapy in early breast cancer. Breast cancer (Dove Medical Press), 6, 169-77.