Professional Activities

Professional Experience (in chronological order):

Positions / Institutions / Dates

Visiting doctor and Researcher, 1988-1989	Department of Diagnostic Radiology Loma Linda University Medical Center California, USA
Attending physician (Qualified in European Community Countries), 1996-date	Dept. of Clinical Radiology Kuopio University Hospital Kuopio, Finland
Docent (Senior Lecturer), 1996-date	Dept. of Clinical Radiology Kuopio University Hospital Kuopio, Finland
Instructor, 1998-1999	Department of Radiology The Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Assistant Professor, 1999-2002	Department of Radiology The Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Associate Professor, 2002-2006: Co-Director	Center for Image-Guided Interventions Department of Radiology The Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Professor with Tenure, 2006-Date: Director	Image-Guided Bio-Molecular Interventions Research Attending Physician of Interventional Radiology Department of Radiology University of Washington School of Medicine Seattle, Washington, USA

Visiting and Honorary Professorship

1. Visiting Professor, Zhe-Jiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
2. Visiting Professor, Nan-Jing Medical University, Nanjing, China
3. Visiting Professor, Zhong-Shan University School of Medicine, Quangzhou, China
4. Visiting Professor, Dong-Nan University School of Medicine, Nanjing, China
5. Honorary Professor, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
6. Honorary Professor, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
7. Visiting Professor, Molecular Imaging Center, Haerbin Medical University, Helongjiang, China
8. Chinese National “Thousand Talent Program” Endorsed Professor, China.

Reviewer for

1. National Institute of Health
2. Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine
3. Radiology
4. American Heart Association
5. American Journal of Roentgenology
6. International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
7. SIR Research and Education Foundation
8. Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
9. The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
10. Canada Foundation for Innovation
11. Regenerative Medicine
12. Cell Proliferation
13. Expert Opinion, Informa Healthcare
14. Medical Science Monitor
15. The International Academy of Cardiology
16. International Congress on Coronary Artery Disease  
17. The International Association of Science and Technology for Development
18. Louisiana Board of Regents
19. Molecular Pharmaceutics
20. Chinese Nature Science Foundation
21. Chinese Journal of Radiology
22. Journal of Microencapsulation
23. Magnetic Resonance in Medicine
24. University of Leuven, Belgium
25. American College of Cardiology
26. Biomaterials
27. Plos One
28. Stanford University
29. International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging
30. Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging
31. The Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO), Belgium

Member of the Scientific Advisory Boards & Academic Editor for

1. NIH focus group for public access policy
2. International Academy of Cardiology
3. World Congress on Heart Disease
4. International Congress on Coronary Artery Disease 
5. International Association of Science and Technology for Development
6. International magnetic resonance angiography club, Beijing, 2005.
7. Journal of Allergy and Asthma (Member of Honorary Editorial Board)
8. Journal of Transplant Research and Risk Management (Member of Honorary Editorial Board)
9. Journal of Interventional Radiology (China)
10. Plos One (Academic Editor)
11. Global Journal of Oncology (Editor-in-Chief)
12. Pacific Oncology (Co Editor-in-Chief)
13. New technology development committee, Society of Interventional Radiology, USA

Awards, honors (title, date, description, sponsor)

1. Yang XM. An award for the best students of Suzhou Medical College, Jiangsu, P.R. China, August 1980.
2. Yang XM. The Winner, thesis competition of young radiologists, Beijing Society of Radiology, Beijing, 1986.
   Title: Vacuole sign and nodule sign in early peripheral bronchogenic carcinoma: diagnostic value and pathologic correlation.
3. Yang XM. The Annual Prize of Finnish Radiological Association, Helsinki, Finland, 1991.
   Title: Laser ablation of human arterial atheromas with the Nd-YAG laser: the role of carbon dioxide gas in the perfusion of the sapphire probe.
4. Yang XM. The Prize of ACTA RADIOLOGICA, for two excellent publications, Uppsala, Sweden, 1995.
   Title: Carbon dioxide in vascular imaging and intervention.
   Title: Defecography.  
5. Yang XM. Award of Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology Research and Education Foundation, Fairfax, VA, USA, 1999
   Title: Intravascular MRI-guided balloon angioplasty
6. Yang XM. Honorary Professor of BioMedical Engineering, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China, 2010.
7. Yang XM. Winner of Melvin Judkins Radiology Award, American Heart Association annual meeting, Anaheim, California, USA Nov. 10-15. 2001.
   Title: In vivo MR imaging of catheter-based vascular gene delivery.
8. Yang XM. RSNA Education Scholar, 2011-2013
   Title: Interventional Molecular Imaging
9. Yang XM. Honorary Recognition by University of Washington, 2011.