BOSTON - Qin Yang, MD, PhD, has joined the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism in the Department of Medicine at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

After receiving his medical degree from Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine in China, Yang completed his residency in internal medicine at Jacobi Medical Center in New York and his fellowship in diabetes and endocrinology at BIDMC and Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston.

Yang's clinical practice focuses on providing care to patients with general endocrine diseases including thyroid diseases, osteoporosis, and adrenal and neuroendorine disorders. In addition to seeing patients, he will continue his research on diabetes and obesity in the Division of Endocrinology.

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center is a patient care, teaching and research affiliate of Harvard Medical School, and currently ranks third in National Institutes of Health funding among independent hospitals nationwide. BIDMC is clinically affiliated with the Joslin Diabetes Center and is a research partner of Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center. BIDMC is the official hospital of the Boston Red Sox. For more information, visit www.bidmc.org.