Christina Haeyoung Yeon,

Christina Haeyoung Yeon, M.D., M.H.M., immigrated to the U.S. from Seoul, Korea, at age 5 and grew up in Riverside, California. She completed the majority of her higher education at the University of California Los Angeles, including a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry, a medical doctorate, an internal medicine residency and a combined medical oncology/hematology fellowship.Dr. Yeon has practiced medical oncology/hematology in Pasadena, California, since 2004. She has extensive experience in the diagnosis and treatment of all adult malignancies, as well as benign/malignant hematologic disorders, with a special interest in breast oncology.She has been a key member of City of Hope’s South Pasadena team since joining the practice in 2011. After serving as site lead physician for the South Pasadena clinic starting in 2014, she then became the regional director for the clinical network sites in the San Gabriel Valley in 2018. There are currently six clinical network sites in this region. In her leadership role, she works closely with operations colleagues to oversee and optimize all aspects of care delivery across multiple medical specialties.In addition to her clinical and leadership duties, Dr. Yeon serves on multiple committees at City of Hope. These include the compliance, credentials, retirement, benefits and physician well-being committees. She has also been elected by her peers to the medical executive committee and the medical group board of directors.Dr. Yeon has lived locally within the community since 2005. She lives in La Crescenta, California, with her husband and three children.