Nationality United States Website drjoonyun.com | Name Joon Yun | |
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Full Name Anthony Joonkyoo Yun Occupation PhysicianPresident of Palo Alto InvestorsFounder of Palo Alto Institute Known for Palo Alto Longevity Prize Alma mater Stanford University School of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Harvard College | ||
Joon yun healthcare in the 21st century
Anthony Joonkyoo "Joon" Yun (born 1967) is a Korean-American physician, hedge-fund manager and investor.
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- Joon yun healthcare in the 21st century
- Hiding in plain sight joon yun tedxyouth hillsborough
- Early life education and early career
- Career
- Palo Alto Prize
- References
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Early life, education and early career
Yun was born in Seoul, South Korea. He attended St. Albans School, a private all-boys school in Washington, D.C. He went on to study at Harvard College where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in biology in 1990. He obtained his Doctor of Medicine degree from Duke University School of Medicine in 1994 and completed a fellowship and residency in radiology from Stanford Hospital in 2000. After his residency, he served on the clinical faculty at the same institution from 2000 until 2006.
Career
Yun began his career as a healthcare analyst in 1998 at Palo Alto Investors, LLC, a hedge fund based in Palo Alto, California, with $1 billion assets under management invested in healthcare. Palo Alto Investors was founded in 1989 by William Edwards, the son of venture capitalist Bill Edwards, one of the original Silicon Valley venture capitalists. Yun has been responsible for healthcare investments for Palo Alto Investors since 1998 and in 2008 was elected president of the firm.
Yun has served on several corporate and non-profit boards, including SV2. He is a contributor to Forbes, and a speaker and commentator on Bloomberg, the SALT conference, George Soros’ Institute for New Economic Thinking, and numerous other media outlets and conferences.
Palo Alto Prize
Yun is also the creator and sponsor of the $1 Million Palo Alto Longevity Prize, which was launched in 2014, an incentive prize to encourage teams from all over the world to compete in an all-out effort to "hack the code" that regulates our health and lifespan.