{{Short description|American internist and academic administrator}} {{Infobox scientist | name = Yoon Kang | fields = Internal medicine, medical simulation | workplaces = Washington University in St. Louis<br>Cornell University | alma_mater = University of Pennsylvania<br>Washington University in St. Louis }}
'''Yoon Kang''' is an American internist and academic administrator specializing in medical simulation. She is the Richard P. Cohen, M.D. Professor of Medical Education and the senior associate dean for education at Weill Cornell Medicine.
== Life == Kang completed a B.S., summa cum laude, in economics with a concentration in finance from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 1991.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Kang, Yoon |url=https://vivo.weill.cornell.edu/display/cwid-yok2006 |access-date=2024-01-20 |website=vivo.weill.cornell.edu |archive-date=2024-01-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240120050521/https://vivo.weill.cornell.edu/display/cwid-yok2006 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=":2" /> She earned a M.D. from the Washington University School of Medicine in 1995.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Yoon Kang {{!}} Weill Cornell Medicine |url=https://directory.weill.cornell.edu/person/profile/yok2006 |access-date=2024-01-20 |website=directory.weill.cornell.edu}}</ref> Kang completed an internal medicine residency and served as chief resident at Barnes-Jewish Hospital.<ref name=":2" />
Kang worked as the director of standardized patient programs at the Washington University School of Medicine.<ref name=":2" /> She joined the Weill Cornell Medicine in 2003 as an assistant professor of medicine.<ref name=":0" /> She specializes in medical simulation and technology-based education innovation.<ref name=":2" /> She led the simulation education program and became the founding director of the Margaret and Ian Smith Clinical Skills Center in 2006.<ref name=":2" /> Kang was promoted to assistant professor in 2009 and an associate professor later that year.<ref name=":0" /> In 2015, she became the first assistant dean of clinical curriculum. She was promoted to associate dean for program development and operations (medical education), and associate dean for program development, operations, and continuous quality improvement.<ref name=":0" /> She became the acting senior associate dean of education in January 2019, succeeding Barbara L. Hempstead.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=December 18, 2019 |title=Dr. Yoon Kang Appointed Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education |url=https://news.weill.cornell.edu/news/2019/12/dr-yoon-kang-appointed-senior-associate-dean-for-medical-education |access-date=2024-01-20 |website=WCM Newsroom |language=en}}</ref> She formally assumed the role on December 9, 2019.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":0" /> In 2023, she became the Richard P. Cohen, M.D. Professor of Medical Education and a professor of medicine.<ref name=":0" />
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