David Yee MD

Dr. David Yee is the Associate Dean of Clinical Medicine at California Northstate University College of Medicine and Associate Clinical Professor of Urology and Urologic Oncology. Passionate about medical education and training the next generation of physician leaders, he serves as a mentor and role model to our medical students. Dr. Yee is a sixth-generation Californian and physician, and his family ties to Northern California are part of the region’s history. His great-great-great-grandfather, Dr. Yee Fung Cheung, was an herbal doctor in the Gold Country, and his store in Fiddletown, California, is a state landmark. In 1862, Dr. Yee brewed an herbal remedy that cured California First Lady Jane Stanford of a severe pulmonary illness.

Dr. Yee graduated Phi Beta Kappa as an undergraduate and completed medical school at the University of California, Davis. During medical school, he obtained a Master of Public Health from the University of California, Berkeley, pursuing his interest in cancer epidemiology and healthcare policy. He then completed his residency in urologic surgery and served on faculty at the University of California, Irvine, where he also completed his fellowship training in robotic surgery. In addition, Dr. Yee completed fellowship training in urologic oncology and was a clinical instructor at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York.

Currently, he is the Director of the Urology and Genitourinary Oncology Services at Sutter Roseville Medical Center and serves as a principal investigator of prostate cancer clinical trials at Sutter Health. He is also the Secretary of the Board of Trustees at Sutter Roseville Medical Center Foundation and is on the Board of Directors of Sutter Medical Group. An advocate for legislation that places patients first and promotes healthcare to underserved communities, he serves as the Secretary/Treasurer of the Placer-Nevada County Medical Society and as a California Medical Association Delegate.