Dr. Yan Zhong joined Balboa Nephrology in May 2022 and practices in the Hillcrest area. She provides care in both hospital inpatient and outpatient clinics. She offers consultations in acute renal failure, chronic kidney diseases, diabetic nephropathy, glomerulonephritis, nephrotic syndromes, polyuria, acid-base imbalance, electrolytes abnormalities and kidney-related metabolic bone diseases. She specializes in hypertension management.

Dr. Zhong attended medical school at Nanjing Medical University in China and holds a Ph.D. degree in Vitamin D Metabolism from Rutgers University.  After completing her residency in UCLA-Kern Medical Center and her Nephrology fellowship in USC-Keck School of Medicine, she served as the teaching attending in both Keck School of Medicine of USC and LAC-USC. She participated in a variety of clinical trials in diabetic kidney diseases and resistant hypertension while attending USC. She is fluent both Mandarin and English.