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William S. Yancy, Jr., MD, MHS
William S. Yancy, Jr., MD, MHS
Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care
Durham, NC
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Dr. Yancy graduated from Duke University in 1991, and from East Carolina University School of Medicine in 1995. He was a resident and Chief Resident in Internal Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh from 1995-1999. He earned a Masters in Health Sciences Degree at Duke University in 2001. Since July 2001, he has been a Research Associate in the Center for Health Services Research in Primary Care and a Staff Physician at the Durham VAMC.
Dr. Yancy is specifically interested in examining health care disparities that occur in obese patients and in evaluating the safety, effectiveness, tolerability, and feasibility of low-carbohydrate diets for weight loss. His research has shown that obesity is associated with lower health-related quality of life and lower utilization of cardiac procedures in elderly patients after myocardial infarction. Another research project showed that a low-carbohydrate diet is more effective for weight loss in healthy individuals compared with a low-fat, energy-restricted diet over a period of six months.
Dr. Yancy started his Research Career Development award in July 2003 and his Advanced Research Career Development award in July 2006. The award is enabling him to further examine the low-carbohydrate diet over longer durations in patients with comorbid illnesses. He is currently comparing the diet to orlistat, a weight loss medication, in a VA-funded project. In another VA-funded project, he is analyzing VA databases for variations in clinical preventive service use based on patient body mass index. In the future, he hopes to examine the effectiveness of tailoring weight loss diets to the individual.
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