Xiaobing Yang, MD

Associate Chief Physician & Assistant Professor
National Clinical Research Center for Kidney Disease  
Renal Division, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University (SMU)

Dr. Xiaobing Yang is a nephrologist who cares for patients with acute kidney injury or chronic kidney disease.Yang earned his medical degree from the Southern Medical University. He then completed a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in nephrology at Nanfang Hospital. 

Yang's research interests include biomarkers for earlier diagnosis and manament of acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease in children and adults. He is currently studying multi-biomarkers for predicting the development and short/long term outcomes of AKI in different clinical settings, such as acute decompensated heart failure, cardiac surgery, cirrhosis, and ICU. He also studies biomarkers for predicting the progression of chronic kidney disease, such as IgA nephropathy and diabetic nephropathy as well.

An assistant professor at SMU, Yang belongs to the China Society of Medicine and the American Society of Nephrology.

ClinicsBoard Certification

Internal Medicine, China Board of Internal Medicine
Academic Title
Assistant Professor

Education

Sep. 1996-Sep. 2003, First Military Medical University, Guangzhou, China
Sep. 2009- Sep. 2013, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China

Residency

Nanfang Hospital, Internal Medicine 2003-2005

Fellowship

Nanfang Hospital, Nephrology 2006-2009

Selected Research and Publications

1.Yang X, Chen C, Teng S, Fu X, Zha Y, Liu H,Wang L, Tian J, Zhang X, Liu H, Hou FF: Urinary matrix metalloproteinase-7 predicts severe AKI and poor outcomes after cardiac surgery. J Am Soc Nephrol 28, 2017(in press).

2.Chen C, Yang X, Lei Y, Zha Y, Liu H, Ma C, Tian J, Chen P, Yang T, Hou F: Urinary biomarkers at the time of AKI diagnosis as predictors of progression of AKI among patients with acute cardiorenal syndrome. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 11: 1536-1544,2016. 

3.Yang X, Chen C, Tian J, Zha Y, Xiong Y, Sun Z, Chen P, Li J, Yang T, Ma C, Liu H, Wang X, Hou FF: Urinary angiotensinogen level predicts AKI in acute decompensated heart failure: a prospective, two-stage study. J Am Soc Nephrol, 26:2032-2014, 2015. 

4.Yang X, Lin X, Lu T, Chen P, Wang X, Hou FF: fasting plasma glucose levels predict steroid-induced abnormal glucose metabolism in patients with non-diabetic chronic kidney disease: a prospective cohort study. Am J Nephrol 41:107-115, 2015.