James B. Young MD

Dr. Young is Professor of Medicine and Executive Dean, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University and Chairman of the Cleveland Clinic Endocrinology & Metabolism Institute. He is also a Physician Director for the Philanthropy Institute and a Medical Director of the Kaufman Center for Heart Failure. He holds the George and Linda Kaufman Chair and is the Study Chairman of the NIH, FDA, and CMS Interagency Registry for Mechanical Circulatory Assist Support (INTERMACS). He holds a joint appointment in the Cleveland Clinic Multi-organ Transplant Center. Dr. Young is certified as a Diplomat of the American Board of Internal Medicine as well as the subspecialty of Cardiovascular Disease and holds a active medical licensure from the states of California, Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Texas.

In addition to office visits, Dr. Young also offers scheduled follow up virtual visits to select patients, through the Cleveland Clinic Express Care Online app. This platform allows patients to see their physician live, using their smartphone, tablet or computer.

Dr. Young spent his early years in the San Francisco Bay area and then attended the University of Kansas, where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree with Honors in Biology and was a resident of Stephenson Scholarship Hall. He matriculated to Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, where he was awarded his Medical Doctor degree cum laude in 1974 and was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha medical honor society. Dr. Young remained in Houston at Baylor Affiliated Hospitals where he completed his clinical training, subsequently joined the faculty and was named Professor of Medicine with tenure in 1992. During this time, he was the Clinical Coordinator and Scientific Director for Dr. Michael E. DeBakey’s Multi-organ Transplant Center at The Methodist Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine.