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Born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, Dr. Yates graduated with a BS from the University of Michigan. Soon after, he earned his MD from the University of Michigan Medical School.
Dr. Yates completed both a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in cardiology at University Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan. A Captain in the United States Air Force, Dr. Yates served at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico from 1968-1970. There, too, he was appointed Chief of Internal Medicine from 1969-1970.
Dr. Yates has been with University Cardiology since 1974. He has been the invited lecturer for a number of seminars and authored and co-authored journal articles. Additionally, he has been appointed to several teaching and leadership roles. He currently serves as Director of both the Echocardiography and Electrocardiography Laboratories at the University of Tennessee Memorial Hospital.
Education- BS, University of Michigan, 1960
- MD, University of Michigan Medical School, 1964
- University of Michigan Medical School, 1964-1965
- Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1965-1968
- Cardiology, University Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1970-1972
- American Board of Internal Medicine, 1970
- American Board of Cardiovascular Disease, 1973
- Fellow, American College of Physicians, 1976
- Fellow, American College of Cardiology, 1975
- Knoxville Academy of Medicine
- Tennessee Medical Association
- American Medical Association
- Council of Clinical Cardiology
- President, East Tennessee Chapter, American Heart Association, 1980
- Chief of Cardiology, University of Tennessee Memorial Hospital, 1991-1996
- American Society of Echocardiography, 1998
- Fellow, American Heart Association, 2001
- Governor-Elect, American College of Cardiology, State of TN, 2003-2006
- Director, Echocardiography Laboratory, University of Tennessee Memorial Hospital, 2000-present
- Director, Electrocardiography Laboratory, University of Tennessee Memorial Hospital, 2000-present
- Instructor, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan School of Medicine, l972-73
- Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan School of Medicine, l973-74
- Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine. University of Tennessee Memorial Hospital, l974 to present