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Tracy Lynnette Yarbrough, M.D., Ph.D., M.A.Ed.
Associate Chair, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Director, Nuclear Medicine Fellowship
Director, Nuclear Medicine/Diagnostic Radiology Residency Program
International Medical Graduates Program Director
Clinical Professor, Department of Radiology
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Locations and Contact
UC Davis Medical Center
UC Davis Medical Center
2315 Stockton Blvd.
Sacramento, CA 95817
Additional Numbers
Physician Referrals
Philosophy of Care
Dr. Yarbrough's philosophy is to approach each patient and their health with individualized care and compassion.
Clinical Interests
Dr. Yarbrough is a clinical nuclear medicine physician offering the gamut of diagnostic and therapeutic nuclear medicine and molecular imaging procedures. She has special clinical interest and expertise in nuclear cardiology.
Research/Academic Interests
Dr. Yarbrough's research focuses on the development and assessment of critical reasoning at all levels of medical education, with particular emphasis on educational equity and human development. In addition, she is also interested in the use of noninvasive imaging to examine the intersections between inflammation, neurodegenerative and cardiovascular diseases.
Division
Nuclear Medicine
Undergraduate School
B.S., Biomedical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles CA 1995
Medical School
M.D., University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City IA 2004
Other School
M.A.Ed., Education and Human Development, George Washington University, Washington DC 2017
Other School
Ph.D., Physiology and Biophysics, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City IA 2004
Internship
Family Medicine, Broadlawns Medical Center, Des Moines IA 2004-2005
Residency
Nuclear Medicine, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore MD 2005-2007
M2 Teacher of the Year, California Northstate University College of Medicine, 2021
Hyman-Ghesani RAD-AID SMNNI Global Health Scholarship, Aga Khan Hospital—Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), 2018
Fellowship, American College of Nuclear Medicine (ACNM), 2018
President’s Award, American College of Nuclear Medicine (ACNM), 2017
Yarbrough, TL. An Overview of Nuclear Medicine in the Assessment of Infection and Inflammation. Radiology Resident Core Curriculum Lecture Series. 2021. Available online at: https://radiologyresidentcorelectures.com/nuclear-medicine-courses/.
Kile S, Au W, Parise C, Sohi J, Yarbrough T, Czeszynski A, Johnson K, Redline D, Donnel T, Hankins A, Rose K. Reduction of Amyloid in the Brain and Retina After Treatment With IVIG for Mild Cognitive Impairment. Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen. 2020 Jan-Dec;35:1533317519899800. doi:10.1177/1533317519899800. PMID:32048858.
Komarraju A, Bartel TB, Dickinson LA, Grant FD, Yarbrough TL. Implementation of a Flipped Classroom for Nuclear Medicine Physician CME. J Contin Educ Health Prof. 2018 Summer;38(3):198-204. doi:10.1097/CEH.0000000000000204. PMID:29933263.
Bartel TB, Yarbrough TL, Antoniou A, Flynt L, Ahmed R, Alfaham Z, Cohen E, Jafari L, Marcus C, Ram R, Subramanian R. ACNM Education Committee. QEVLAR NucCore Question Bundle, Montpellier, France: IMAIOS SAS. Original publication 2015; Most recent update 16 November, 2018 with authors Bartel TB, Odom C, Yarbrough TL, Cohen EJ, Flynt L, Osmany S, Wachsmann J, Ahmed R, Alfaham Z, Jafari L, Marcus C, Ram R, Subramanian R). Available online at: https://www.imaios.com/en/QEVLAR-app-for-Core-Exam-prep/Start-QEVLAR-Quiz/NucCore-Bundle.
Alapati S, Bartel TB, Hoque KE. ACNM-SNMMI Online MRI Case Review: Abdominal Part 1. Bartel TB, Osmany S, Yarbrough TL (Eds). Soc Nuclear Med Molecular Imaging. 2016 Aug.
Johnston MJ, Ntambi JA, Hilliard N, Spencer HJ, Vaughn R, Owens SS, Myrick RS, Parker LD, Garner DA, Yarbrough TL. Reducing perceived pain levels during nonbreast lymphoscintigraphy. Clin Nucl Med. 2015 Dec;40(12):945-9. doi:10.1097/RLU.0000000000000905. PMID:26222533.
Han EY, Lee C, Mcguire L, Brown TL, Bolch WE. Organ S values and effective doses for family members exposed to adult patients following I-131 treatment: a Monte Carlo simulation study. Med Phys. 2013 Aug;40(8):083901. doi:10.1118/1.4812425. PMID:23927361.
Usmani SZ, Mitchell A, Waheed S, Crowley J, Hoering A, Petty N, Brown T, Bartel T, Anaissie E, van Rhee F, Barlogie B. Prognostic implications of serial 18-fluoro-deoxyglucose emission tomography in multiple myeloma treated with total therapy 3. Blood. 2013 Mar 7;121(10):1819-23. doi:10.1182/blood-2012-08-451690. Epub 2013 Jan 10. PMID:23305732.
Waheed S, Mitchell A, Usmani S, Epstein J, Yaccoby S, Nair B, van Hemert R, Angtuaco E, Brown T, Bartel T, McDonald J, Anaissie E, van Rhee F, Crowley J, Barlogie B. Standard and novel imaging methods for multiple myeloma: correlates with prognostic laboratory variables including gene expression profiling data. Haematologica. 2013 Jan;98(1):71-8. doi:10.3324/haematol.2012.066555. Epub 2012 Jun 24. PMID:22733020.
Brown TL, Spencer HJ, Beenken KE, Alpe TL, Bartel TB, Bellamy W, Gruenwald JM, Skinner RA, McLaren SG, Smeltzer MS. Evaluation of dynamic [18F]-FDG-PET imaging for the detection of acute post-surgical bone infection. PLoS One. 2012;7(7):e41863. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0041863. Epub 2012 Jul 30. PMID:22860021.