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American medical academic

The native form of this personal name is Yu Caifan. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Tsai-Fan Yu (Chinese: 郁采蘩; pinyin: Yù Cǎifán; Wade–Giles: Yü Ts'ai-fan, 1911 – March 2, 2007) was a Chinese-American physician, researcher, and the first woman to be appointed as a full professor at Mount Sinai School of Medicine.

She helped to develop an explanation for the cause of gout and experimented with early drugs to treat the disease which are still in use today.

Early life and education

Yu was born in Shanghai, China in 1911.

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At age 13, her mother died and her father worked three jobs to help support her educational ambitions. As a sophomore at Ginling College in China, Yu was admitted into Peking Union Medical College on full scholarship and received her medical degree with highest honors in 1939.

In the same year, Yu became the Chief Resident in Internal Medicine at Peking Union Medic