Brent G. Yeung
Biography
Brent G. Yeung, M.D., is Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Care, Division of Pain Medicine at the University of California, Irvine. He received his Doctor of Medicine from Georgetown University School of Medicine in 2013, completed his anesthesiology residency at Georgetown University Medical Center, and completed a fellowship in pain medicine at UC Irvine Medical Center in 2018. He also completed the UC Davis/UC Irvine Health Clinician Health and Wellbeing Fellowship in 2021.
Yeung's research focuses on cannabis and cannabinoids in pain management, particularly in perioperative and chronic pain settings. He served as a member of the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine Cannabis Taskforce that developed consensus guidelines on the management of perioperative patients on cannabis and cannabinoids. He has served as Vice Chair of the Cannabis in Acute and Chronic Pain Special Interest Group at ASRA since 2020. His research has examined the effects of cannabis exposure on anesthetic requirements in orthopedic trauma surgery and cannabidiol as an adjunct for multimodal pain management. He has been principal investigator for clinical trials investigating treatments for chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy and opioid-sparing pharmaceuticals, and co-investigator for studies on pain management in post-traumatic lower extremity fractures.
Yeung serves as Director of the Department of Anesthesiology ExCEL Resident Mentorship Program and Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology Wellness Committee at UC Irvine. He is a member of the UCI Health Physician Wellness Officer Committee and the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee. He has been a member of the Academic Senate and the UCI Center for the Study of Cannabis. He is a member of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, the International Anesthesia Research Society, and the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine.
Return to topEducation
- B.A. in Economics, University of California, Berkeley, 2004
- M.D., Georgetown University School of Medicine, 2013
Distinctions
- Certificate of Recognition from American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine for abstract: The Effect of Virtual Reality on Pain and Patient Satisfaction in Adults Receiving Genicular Nerve Radiofrequency Ablation, 2021
- Patient Safety First Gold Award, Georgetown University Medical Center for development of obstetrics and gynecology emergency cesarean section protocol, 2015
- Patient Safety First Gold Award, Georgetown University Medical Center for development of local anesthetic toxicity protocol, 2013
- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Care Marilyn Patterson Champion of Care Award, 2020
- Resident of the quarter, Georgetown University Medical Center, Department of Anesthesiology, 2016
Areas of Expertise
- Pain Medicine and Anesthesiology
- Cannabis Therapeutic Applications
- Opioid Prescribing Behavior
- Neuropathic Pain Mechanisms
- Physician Wellness and Burnout
- Virtual Reality Analgesia
- Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy
Recent Publications
- Dhoon, T., McCartney, K., Yeung, B., “Anesthesiology Residency: Understanding the Role of Failure” (opens in new tab), J Educ Perioper Med, vol. 25, no. 4, pp. E716, 2023.
- Belisle Haley, C., Agrawal, M., Newton, K., Yeung, B., Dayal, R., “Management of high-dose intrathecal baclofen pump explant: A case report” (opens in new tab), Pain Practice, vol. 23, pp. 847-850, 2023.
- Shah, S., Schwenk, E.S., Sondekoppam, R.V., Clarke, H., Zakowski, M., Rzasa-Lynn, R.S., Yeung, B., Nicholson, K., Schwartz, G., Hooten, W.M., Wallace, M., Viscusi, E.R., Narouze, S., “ASRA Pain Medicine consensus guidelines on the management of the perioperative patient on cannabis and cannabinoids” (opens in new tab), Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, vol. 48, no. 3, pp. 97-117, 2023.
- Mehrnia, O., Kassem, H., Dayal, R., Yeung, B., “Cannabis in Medicine: Pain or Gain?”, ASRA Cannabis in Acute and Chronic Pain Special Interest Group, 2021.
- Lee, J.B., Ghanem, G., Saadat, S., Yanuck, J., Yeung, B., Chakravarthy, B., Nelson, A., Shah, S., “Positive Toxicology Results Are Not Associated with Emergency Physicians' Opioid Prescribing Behavior” (opens in new tab), Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, vol. 22, no. 5, pp. 1067-1075, 2021.
- Yeung, B., Ma, M., Scolaro, J., Nelson, A., “Cannabis exposure decreases need for blood pressure support during general anesthesia in orthopaedic trauma surgery” (opens in new tab), Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research, vol. 7, pp. 328-335, 2021.
- Dusto, N., Lin, K., Yeung, B., “Cannabidiol (CBD) as an Adjunct for Multimodal Pain Management: A Review of Recent Literature”, ASRA Cannabis in Acute and Chronic Pain Special Interest Group, 2021.
- Mehra, A., Koohian, B., Yeung, B., “Delay in Diagnosis of Cauda Equina Syndrome with a Malfunctioning Spinal Cord Stimulator” (opens in new tab), Pain Medicine United States, vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 1002-1004, 2021.
- Hussain, M., Nelson, A., Yeung, B., Sukumar, L., Zheng, K., “How the presentation of patient information and decision-support advisories influences opioid prescribing behavior: A simulation study” (opens in new tab), Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, vol. 27, no. 4, pp. 613-620, 2020.
Contact Information
Email: yeungb@uci.edu
Phone: (657) 579-7246
Address: CIACC Pain Clinic
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Last updated on 4/10/2026.