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Dr. Yoon J. Choi is a board-certified UCI Health neuro-oncologist who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of primary brain tumors and metastatic central nervous system (CNS) malignancies.

Yoon Jae Choi, MD

Specialties

Neuro-oncology, Neurology

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Certifications
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Clinical Neurophysiology [P&N]
  • American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Neurology - General
  • United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties, Neuro-Oncology [UCNS]
Language
  • English
  • Korean
Gender
Female
Medical School
Korea University Medical Center
Internship
Huron Hospital - Cleveland Clinc Health SystemIM preliminary
Residency
University of Chicago Medical CenterNeurology
Fellowship
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLANeuro-oncology
Rush Medical College of Rush University Medical CetnerClinical Neurophysiology
Professional Positions
  • Assistant Professor — Department of Neurology, UCI School of Medicine
  • Member — American Academy off Neurology
  • Member — Society for Neuro-Oncology
  • Member — American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine
  • Member — American Society of Clinical Oncology 
More Information

Dr. Yoon J. Choi is a board-certified UCI Health neuro-oncologist who specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of primary brain tumors and metastatic central nervous system (CNS) malignancies.

Her clinical interests also include neurophysiology, neurological complications from metastatic tumors and paraneoplastic syndromes.  

Choi earned her medical degree from Korea University College of Medicine in Seoul, South Korea. She completed her residency in neurology at the University of Chicago Medical Center in Chicago, Ill., followed by a fellowship in neuro-oncology at UCLA and a fellowship in clinical neurophysiology at Rush University in Chicago. 

She is the author or co-author of numerous papers published in peer-reviewed journals. She also has been an invited speaker at conferences and symposia in the United States, South Korea and Japan. 

Choi, who is fluent in Korean, sees patients in Orange and Yorba Linda

UCI Health Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
101 The City Drive South, Building 23
Orange, CA 92868
Phone: 714-456-8000
Fax: 855-211-3729
UCI Health — Yorba Linda
18637 Yorba Linda Blvd.
Yorba Linda, CA 92886
Phone: 714-790-8600
Fax: 714-779-8003