About Dr. Yu
Gastroenterologist Victor Yu, MD, considers himself extremely privileged to be able to comprehensively and compassionately care for people with digestive health issues at Digestive Disease Consultants of Orange County, with locations in Irvine, Huntington Beach, Tustin, and Foothill Ranch, California. Building a strong, trusting physician-patient relationship is a foundation he always strives to achieve, as he believes this is a vital step to treatment success. Treating each patient as if he or she were a member of his own family is a standard of care he upholds in his practice.
Dr. Yu earned his Doctor of Medicine from the University of Southern California (USC), Keck School of Medicine. He then completed his residency in internal medicine at USC as well as his fellowship in gastroenterology/hepatology and liver diseases. He is board-certified in gastroenterology/hepatology and internal medicine.
Dr. Yu specializes in medical disorders of the digestive system, including the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, colon, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, and hemorrhoids. His array of diagnostic and therapeutic techniques includes upper endoscopy (EGD), colonoscopy, capsule endoscopy, small intestine deep enteroscopy, and bile duct/pancreatic duct endoscopy (ERCP). He treats acute and chronic GI problems and focuses heavily on the prevention of diseases such as colon and esophageal cancer.
Dr. Yu joined Drs. Paul Lee and Shahrooz Bemanian in 2010 to help provide a comfortable and friendly medical office environment to meet the needs of their patients.
Dr. Yu is a Southern California native, fluent in Mandarin and medical Spanish, and excited to be practicing in the area where he grew up. When not hard at work, Dr. Yu enjoys traveling, reading, golf, basketball, and photography.
