
Overview
As a fellowship-trained physical medicine and rehabilitation and interventional spine specialist, Herbie Yung, MD, has extensive knowledge of the latest treatments and techniques for chronic bone, joint, muscle, and nerve-related pain. He offers a broad range of nonsurgical treatment options and pain diagnostics, including epidural steroid injections, facet joint and sacroiliac joint injections, electromyography and nerve conduction studies, nerve blocks, platelet-rich plasma therapy, radiofrequency ablation, basivertebral nerve ablation and spinal cord stimulator implantation. Dr. Yung takes a comprehensive approach to patient care, finding the root source of pain and working closely with his patients to ensure they can have reduced pain and improved lives. A graduate of Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Illinois, Dr. Yung attended The Ohio State University College of Medicine to earn his medical degree. He then underwent residency training in physical medicine and rehabilitation at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. After completing his residency, Dr. Yung received extensive specialty training at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System in Los Angeles in the form of a pain medicine fellowship. When he is not helping his patients, Dr. Yung enjoys spending time outdoors with his family and his dog.
Dr. Yung is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Complex Regional Pain Syndrome. His top areas of expertise are Spinal Stenosis, Scoliosis, Cervical Spondylosis, and Herniated Disk.
His clinical research consists of co-authoring 4 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
1500 Continental Pl, Mount Vernon, WA 98273
7320 216th St Sw, Suite 320, Edmonds, WA 98026
6808 220th St Sw, Suite 200, Mountlake Terrace, WA 98043
2720 Commercial Ave, Anacortes, WA 98221
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Yung has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
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Areas of Expertise
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Distinguished
- Spinal StenosisDr. Yung isDistinguished. Learn about Spinal Stenosis.
- Advanced
- Cervical SpondylosisDr. Yung isAdvanced. Learn about Cervical Spondylosis.
- Herniated DiskDr. Yung isAdvanced. Learn about Herniated Disk.
- Invertebral Disc DiseaseDr. Yung isAdvanced. Learn about Invertebral Disc Disease.
- OsteoarthritisDr. Yung isAdvanced. Learn about Osteoarthritis.
- ScoliosisDr. Yung isAdvanced. Learn about Scoliosis.
- TendinitisDr. Yung isAdvanced. Learn about Tendinitis.
- Experienced
- ArachnoiditisDr. Yung isExperienced. Learn about Arachnoiditis.
- Chronic PainDr. Yung isExperienced. Learn about Chronic Pain.
- Complex Regional Pain SyndromeDr. Yung isExperienced. Learn about Complex Regional Pain Syndrome.
- Facet Joint SyndromeDr. Yung isExperienced. Learn about Facet Joint Syndrome.
- FibromyalgiaDr. Yung isExperienced. Learn about Fibromyalgia.
- Fractured SpineDr. Yung isExperienced. Learn about Fractured Spine.

