General Internal Medicine

William Samuel Yancy, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine
Campus mail 501 Douglas Street, Duke Diet & Fitness Center, Durham, NC 27705
Phone (919) 681-2863
Email address yancy006@mc.duke.edu

Impact of obesity on health, health care delivery, quality of life.
Diet and other weight loss interventions
Preventive medicine

Education and Training

  • Fellow in General Internal Medicine, Medicine, Duke University, 1999 - 2001
  • Chief Medical Resident, Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, 1998 - 1999
  • Medical Resident, Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, 1995 - 1998
  • M.D., East Carolina University, 1995

Grants

Publications

Yancy, William S., Pamela A. Shaw, Catherine Reale, Victoria Hilbert, Jiali Yan, Jingsan Zhu, Andrea B. Troxel, Gary D. Foster, and Kevin G. Volpp. “Effect of Escalating Financial Incentive Rewards on Maintenance of Weight Loss: A Randomized Clinical Trial..” Jama Netw Open 2, no. 11 (November 1, 2019). https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.14393.

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31675083
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Smith, Valerie A., David E. Arterburn, Theodore S. Z. Berkowitz, Maren K. Olsen, Edward H. Livingston, William S. Yancy, Hollis J. Weidenbacher, and Matthew L. Maciejewski. “Association Between Bariatric Surgery and Long-term Health Care Expenditures Among Veterans With Severe Obesity..” Jama Surg, October 30, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamasurg.2019.3732.

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31664427
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Evert, Alison B., Michelle Dennison, Christopher D. Gardner, W Timothy Garvey, Ka Hei Karen Lau, Janice MacLeod, Joanna Mitri, et al. “Nutrition Therapy for Adults With Diabetes or Prediabetes: A Consensus Report..” Diabetes Care 42, no. 5 (May 2019): 731–54. https://doi.org/10.2337/dci19-0014.

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31000505
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Shaw, Ryan, Erica Levine, Martin Streicher, Elizabeth Strawbridge, Jennifer Gierisch, Jane Pendergast, Sarah Hale, et al. “Log2Lose: Development and Lessons Learned From a Mobile Technology Weight Loss Intervention..” Jmir Mhealth Uhealth 7, no. 2 (February 13, 2019). https://doi.org/10.2196/11972.

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30758297
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Taylor, Shannon S., Maren K. Olsen, Megan A. McVay, Janet Grubber, Jennifer M. Gierisch, William S. Yancy, and Corrine I. Voils. “The role of group cohesion in a group-based behavioral weight loss intervention..” J Behav Med 42, no. 1 (February 2019): 162–68. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10865-018-9953-4.

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30076501
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Mitchell, Nia S., Julia J. Scialla, and William S. Yancy. “Are low-carbohydrate diets safe in diabetic and nondiabetic chronic kidney disease?.” Ann N Y Acad Sci, January 15, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1111/nyas.13997.

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30644556
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Funk, Luke M., Janet M. Grubber, Megan A. McVay, Maren K. Olsen, William S. Yancy, and Corrine I. Voils. “Patient predictors of weight loss following a behavioral weight management intervention among US Veterans with severe obesity..” Eat Weight Disord 23, no. 5 (October 2018): 587–95. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40519-017-0425-6.

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28853051
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Westman, Eric C., Justin Tondt, Emily Maguire, and William S. Yancy. “Implementing a low-carbohydrate, ketogenic diet to manage type 2 diabetes mellitus..” Expert Rev Endocrinol Metab 13, no. 5 (September 2018): 263–72. https://doi.org/10.1080/17446651.2018.1523713.

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30289048
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McVay, Megan A., William S. Yancy, Gary G. Bennett, Seung-Hye Jung, and Corrine I. Voils. “Perceived barriers and facilitators of initiation of behavioral weight loss interventions among adults with obesity: a qualitative study..” Bmc Public Health 18, no. 1 (July 11, 2018). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5795-9.

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29996812
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Forouhi, Nita G., Anoop Misra, Viswanathan Mohan, Roy Taylor, and William Yancy. “Dietary and nutritional approaches for prevention and management of type 2 diabetes..” Bmj 361 (June 13, 2018). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.k2234.

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29898883
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