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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

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

Selected Publications

Journal Article

  1. Liu M, Yoo M, Tan CH, Lowrie LN, Mian ZN, Vemulapalli VK, Nelson RE, Werner L, Mamalis N (2026). Estimated Medicare Part D Ocular Drug Savings with a Direct-to-Consumer Pharmacy. Ophthalmology, 133(9), 1170-1172.
  2. Nelson RE, ONeil B, Kirchhoff AC, Huber J, Yoo M, Mooney K (2026). The Impact of an Oncology Hospital at Home Program on Health Care Costs. Med Care, 64(9), 559-565.
  3. Hayes H, Yoo M, Nelson R (2026). Cost-Effectiveness of Postacute Stroke Rehabilitation From a US Health Care Payer Perspective: Inpatient Rehabilitation Facilities Versus Skilled Nursing Facilities. Arch Phys Med Rehabil.
  4. Yoo M, Chapman AB, Suo Y, Byrne T, Montgomery AE, Nelson RE (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. J 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 RE (2025). Cost-effectiveness analysis of a text message system for COVID-19 testing for K-12 school communities. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc, 15(1).
  6. Rogers MJ, Roca H, Yoo M, Maughan G, Nelson RE, Federer A, Kazmers NH (2025). Evaluating the Optimal Treatment Pathway for Volar Wrist Ganglia: A Cost-Minimization Analysis. Plast Reconstr Surg.
  7. 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 D (2025). Treatment Patterns and Outcomes of Patients With Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS) by IPSS-R Scores at Academic Cancer Centers. Adv Hematol, 2025, 9924808.
  8. Mooney K, Yoo M, Sloss ES, Nicholson B, Alekhina NS, Iacob E, Nelson R (2025). Cost-Effective Components of a Patient-Reported Symptom Monitoring System for Chemotherapy. JAMA Netw Open, 8(11), e2542289.
  9. Kelley AT, Yoo M, Suo Y, Nelson RE, Gordon AJ, Jones AL (2025). Changes in healthcare utilization and costs following enrollment in an interprofessional primary care clinic designed to address clinical and social vulnerabilities. J Interprof Care, 1-11.
  10. Mau M, Thorne T, Yoo M, Soule S, Nelson RE, Torrez T, Amick M, Gates K, Sato E, Rothberg DL, Marchand LS (2025). Value driven outcome (VDO) assessment for the treatment of olecranon fractures. Eur J Orthop Surg Traumatol, 35(1), 52.
  11. Rogers MJ, Nishimoto J, Yoo M, Presson AP, Stephens AR, Kazmers NH (2023). Evaluating the Performance of an Automated Patient-Reported Outcomes Collection Platform in a Postoperative Hand Surgery Population. J Hand Surg Am, 50(1), 100.e1-100.e10.
  12. Da Silva AZ, Mizels J, Clinker CE, Yoo M, Nelson R, Joyce C, Tashjian RZ, Chalmers PN (2024). Cost analysis of dermal allograft patch utilization in rotator cuff repair. JSES Rev Rep Tech, 5(1), 40-45.
  13. Yoo M, Buys MJ, Nelson RE, Patel S, Bayless KM, Anderson Z, Hales JB, Brooke BS (2023). Effect of Multidisciplinary Transitional Pain Service on Health Care Use and Costs Following Orthopedic Surgery. Fed Pract, 40(12), 418-425.
  14. Yoo M, Nelson RE, Haaland B, Dougherty M, Cutshall ZA, Kohli R, Beckstead R, Kohli M (2023). Cost-effectiveness analysis of 7 treatments in metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer: a public-payer perspective. J Natl Cancer Inst, 115(11), 1374-1382.
  15. Mondal A, Yoo M, Tuttle S, Mah D, Nelson R, Sachse FB, Hitchcock R, Kaza AK (2023). Cost of Pacing in Pediatric Patients With Postoperative Heart Block After Congenital Heart Surgery. JAMA Netw Open, 6(11), e2341174.
  16. Rogers MJ, Belton M, Randall D, Yoo M, Presson AP, Wang A, Kazmers NH (2023). Patient Satisfaction with Virtual Clinic Encounters: Analysis of Factors that Impact the Press Ganey Survey in the Hand Surgery Population. J Hand Surg Glob Online, 5(3), 325-331.
  17. Yoo M, Nelson RE, Cutshall Z, Dougherty M, Kohli M (2023). Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Six Immunotherapy-Based Regimens and Sunitinib in Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Public Payer Perspective. JCO Oncol Pract, 19(3), e449-e456.
  18. Federer AE, Yoo M, Stephens AS, Nelson RE, Steadman JN, Tyser AR, Kazmers NH (2022). Minimizing Costs for Dorsal Wrist Ganglion Treatment: A Cost-Minimization Analysis. J Hand Surg Am, 48(1), 9-18.
  19. Marchand WR, Zhang C, Hamilton C, Presson AP, Nelson R, Yoo M, Garland EL, Nazarenko E, Herrmann T (2022). Utilization and outcomes of a Whole Health model of care by Veterans with psychiatric illness. Complement Ther Med, 71, 102884.
  20. Yoo M, Madaras-Kelly K, Nevers M, Fleming-Dutra KE, Hersh AL, Ying J, Haaland B, Samore M, Nelson RE (2021). A Veterans' Healthcare Administration (VHA) antibiotic stewardship intervention to improve outpatient antibiotic use for acute respiratory infections: A cost-effectiveness analysis. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol, 43(10), 1389-1395.
  21. Wolpert KH, Kestle R, Weaver N, Huynh K, Yoo M, Nelson R, Lane RD (2022). Reducing Admission for Anaphylaxis in a Pediatric Emergency Department Using a Clinical Decision Support Tool. Pediatr Qual Saf, 7(5), e590.
  22. Hubbard JC, Zhang Y, Qiu Y, Yoo M, Stephens AR, Zeidan M, Kazmers NH (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. J Hand Surg Am, 47(4), 358-369.e3.
  23. Kazmers NH, Qiu Y, Yoo M, Stephens AR, Zeidan M, Zhang Y (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. J Hand Surg Am, 46(10), 927.e1-927.e10.
  24. Rogers MJ, Stephens AR, Yoo M, Nelson RE, Kazmers NH (2021). Optimizing Costs and Outcomes for Carpal Tunnel Release Surgery: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis from Societal and Health-Care System Perspectives. J Bone Joint Surg Am.
  25. Pinto NM, LuAnn Minich L, Yoo M, Floyd A, Wilkes J, VanDerslice J, Yamauchi M, Nelson R (2021). Influence of Geographic Access on Surgical Center Readmissions After Index Congenital Heart Surgery. J Pediatr, 234, 195-204.e3.
  26. Biskupiak J, Unni S, Telford C, Yoo M, Ye X, Deka R, Brixner D, Stenehjem D (2021). Estimation of healthcare-related charges in women with BRCA mutations and breast cancer. BMC Health Serv Res, 21(1), 58.
  27. Yoo M, Nelson RE, Illing DA, Martin BI, Tyser AR, Kazmers NH (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 DL (2019). Inpatient Versus Outpatient Treatment of Gartland Type II Supracondylar Humerus Fractures: A Cost and Safety Comparison. J Pediatr Orthop, 40(5), 211-217.
  29. Kazmers NH, Qiu Y, Yoo M, Stephens AR, Tyser AR, Zhang Y (2020). The Minimal Clinically Important Difference of the PROMIS and QuickDASH Instruments in a Nonshoulder Hand and Upper Extremity Patient Population. J Hand Surg Am, 45(5), 399-407.e6.
  30. Chalmers PN, Uffman W, Christensen G, Greis P, Aoki S, Nelson R, Yoo M, Tashjian RZ (2020). A single-institution analysis of factors affecting costs in the arthroscopic treatment of glenohumeral instability. JSES Int, 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 D (2019). Clinical and economic analysis of patients with acute myeloid leukemia by FLT3 status and midostaurin use at a Comprehensive Cancer Center. Leuk Res, 87, 106262.
  32. Uffmann WJ, Christensen GV, Yoo M, Nelson RE, Greis PE, Burks RT, Tashjian RZ, Chalmers PN (2019). A Cost-Minimization Analysis of Intraoperative Costs in Arthroscopic Bankart Repair, Open Latarjet, and Distal Tibial Allograft. Orthop J Sports Med, 7(11), 2325967119882001.
  33. McAdam-Marx C, Tak C, Petigara T, Jones NW, Yoo M, Briley MS, Gunning K, Gren L (2019). Impact of a guideline-based best practice alert on pneumococcal vaccination rates in adults in a primary care setting. BMC Health Serv Res, 19(1), 474.
  34. Chalmers PN, Kahn T, Broschinsky K, Ross H, Stertz I, Nelson R, Yoo M, Tashjian RZ (2019). An analysis of costs associated with shoulder arthroplasty. J Shoulder Elbow Surg, 28(7), 1334-1340.
  35. Han DH, Yoo M, Renshaw PF, Petry NM (2018). A cohort study of patients seeking Internet gaming disorder treatment. J Behav Addict, 7(4), 930-938.
  36. Buss BA, Baures TJ, Yoo M, Hanson KE, Alexander DP, Benefield RJ, Spivak ES (2018). Impact of a Multiplex PCR Assay for Bloodstream Infections With and Without Antimicrobial Stewardship Intervention at a Cancer Hospital. Open Forum Infect Dis, 5(10), ofy258.
  37. Karns MR, Jones DL, Todd DC, Maak TG, Aoki SK, Burks RT, Yoo M, Nelson RE, Greis PE (2018). Patient- and Procedure-Specific Variables Driving Total Direct Costs of Outpatient Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction. Orthop J Sports Med, 6(8), 2325967118788543.
  38. Chalmers PN, Granger E, Nelson R, Yoo M, Tashjian RZ (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 C (2016). Outcomes Associated with Pharmacist-Led Diabetes Collaborative Drug Therapy Management in a Medicaid Population. J Pharm Health Serv Res, 8(1), 59-62.
  40. Stenehjem DD, Yoo M, Unni SK, Singhal M, Bauer H, Saverno K, Quah C, Masaquel A, Brixner DI (2014). Assessment of HER2 testing patterns, HER2+ disease, and the utilization of HER2-directed therapy in early breast cancer. Breast Cancer (Dove Med Press), 6, 169-77.