May 8, 2017

Dr. Raymond Yung Receives Jeffrey B. Halter, M.D. Collegiate Professorship

On Monday, May 1st, 2017, an inauguration ceremony was held to appoint Dr. Raymond Yung to the Jeffrey B. Halter, M.D. Collegiate Professor of Geriatric Medicine. Dr. Carol Bradford (left) and Dr. John Carethers (right), along with Professor Emeritus, Dr. Jeffrey Halter (center-right), presented Dr. Raymond Yung with the Jeffrey B. Halter, M.D. Collegiate Professorship at the ceremony.

Dr. Yung received his M.B. Ch.B. from the University of Liverpool in 1986 and completed a residency in internal medicine at Sinai Hospital in Detroit. He joined the faculty at the University of Michigan in 1994, and rose through the ranks to professor in 2009. Dr. Yung is chief of the Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine, Director of the Institute of Gerontology, and Director of the Geriatrics Center.