Expanding Horizons as a Clinician

Anita Ying

Executive Medical Director; Associate Professor in Endocrinology

UT MDAnderson Cancer Center

Dr. Anita Ying is the Medical Director for the MD Anderson Endocrine Center, which cares for patients with endocrine tumors or endocrine complications from other cancers. Over 35 faculty and staff from Endocrinology, Endocrine Surgery, and Head and Neck Surgery provide multidisciplinary care in the center. Dr. Ying provides clinical care for children and adults with endocrine tumors and oversees the clinical operations of the center.

Dr. Ying is also an Executive Medical Director in Ambulatory Operations. In that role, she oversees the clinical operations of multiple ambulatory centers and reports directly to the SVP/Chief Medical Officer and SVP of Clinical Operations. Dr. Ying is also Chair of the Ambulatory Practice Committee, that oversees the $3B outpatient clinical enterprise. She is one of the physician executives leading optimization of MD AndersonÔÇÖs newly installed electronic medical record and reorganization of patient access and financial clearance to improve the patient experience. Dr. Ying also serves on the board for the San Jose Clinic, a safety net clinic that provides medical, dental, and pharmacy care for the uninsured.

Dr. Ying is a faculty advisor for the Institute for Cancer Care Innovation (ICCI). ICCI builds on the work of Michael PorterÔÇÖs principles of value-based health care delivery, focusing on defining the outcomes for cancer patients and costs of care. She also has instructed in Professor PorterÔÇÖs Value Based Healthcare Delivery executive course sponsored by the Texas Medical Center.

She received her B.A. in Sociology from Rice University and her M.D. from Duke University, completed a residency in Internal Medicine/Pediatrics at Duke and a fellowship in Adult and Pediatric Endocrinology at Baylor College of Medicine and MD Anderson Cancer Center. She joined MD Anderson as faculty in 2008. She has written numerous book chapters, articles, and clinical reviews on the care for adults and children with inherited endocrine tumor syndromes and thyroid cancer. She completed her Executive MBA with Healthcare specialization at Rice University in May 2013, and received the Jones Scholar Award.