Experienced in Empyema

Dr. Yu Lai

Intensive Care Medicine
Stanford Hospital And Clinics
965 High St, 
Palo Alto, CA 
Offers Telehealth

Experienced in Empyema
Stanford Hospital And Clinics
965 High St, 
Palo Alto, CA 
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Overview

Yu Lai is an Intensive Care Medicine provider in Palo Alto, California. Dr. Lai is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Empyema. Her top areas of expertise are Pulmonary Hypertension, Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease, Bronchiolitis Obliterans, and Chronic Graft Versus Host Disease (cGvHD).

Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 25 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years. In particular, she has co-authored 2 articles in the study of Empyema.

Specialties
Intensive Care Medicine
Licenses
Internal Medicine in PA
Hospital Affiliations
Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley
Stanford Health Care
Languages Spoken
English
Gender
Female

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Aetna
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  • HMO
  • PPO
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Humana
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Managed Medicaid
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Medicaid
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Oscar
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  • HMO
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Santa Clara Family Health Plan
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UnitedHealthcare
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Walgreens
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Wellcare
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Locations

Stanford Hospital and Clinics
965 High St, Palo Alto, CA 94301
Call: 650-723-4000
Other Locations
Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley
5555 W Las Positas Blvd, Pleasanton, CA 94588
Call: 925-847-3000

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.


25 Total Publications

A Call for a Better PoPH Risk Assessment Model, and Treatment Direction.
A Call for a Better PoPH Risk Assessment Model, and Treatment Direction.
Journal: Pulmonary circulation
Published: July 15, 2025
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 (1.1 miles away)
650-725-7061
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    • Bronchiolitis Obliterans
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    • Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease
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    • Chronic Graft Versus Host Disease (cGvHD)
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    • Experienced
    • Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis
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    • Aspergillosis
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    • Asthma
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    • Asthma in Children
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    • Atypical Pneumonia
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