Timothy Yau, MD

Dr. Yau is a graduate of Saint Louis University Medical School and completed his residency, chief residency, and fellowship at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. In 2011, Dr. Yau joined Washington University School of Medicine as an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology and was named Course Director of the first- and third-year Practice of Medicine courses in 2016. Dr. Yau’s research interests include social media and medical education, and curriculum design, and he is known for his commitment to improving medical education.

He has frequently been recognized as an exceptional clinician-educator including receiving seven Distinguished Service Teaching Awards and being named the winner of the American Society in Nephrology “Innovations in Kidney Education Contest” for a web-based video curriculum to provide real-time nephrology education. Nationally, he is the social media editor for the American Journal of Kidney Disease and is faculty for the Nephrology Social Media Collective. He is a member of the curriculum renewal architectural teams and serves on the Committee on Admissions for the School of Medicine.