UChicago Medicine Faculty Physicians
Thomas Yates, MD
Thomas Yates, MD
UChicago Medicine Faculty Physicians
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Specialties
- Internal Medicine
- Primary Care
Locations
- Chicago - Hyde Park
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Thomas Yates, MD, is a board-certified internist specializing in delivering exceptional primary and preventive care services for adults. He helps patients manage both everyday health concerns and complex medical conditions, with a strong focus on disease prevention, wellness and long-term health.
Dr. Yates provides comprehensive care for a wide range of conditions, including care for patients living with HIV, addiction medicine, chronic conditions and more. He also emphasizes preventive screenings and lifestyle guidance to help patients stay healthy and detect issues early.
Dedicated to patient-centered care, Dr. Yates also has a special interest in narrative medicine, which means listening to patients’ stories and experiences to guide care and build stronger, more personal connections with them. His goal is to build lasting, trusting relationships and ensure patients feel supported in every stage of their care.
Dr. Yates provides comprehensive care for a wide range of conditions, including care for patients living with HIV, addiction medicine, chronic conditions and more. He also emphasizes preventive screenings and lifestyle guidance to help patients stay healthy and detect issues early.
Dedicated to patient-centered care, Dr. Yates also has a special interest in narrative medicine, which means listening to patients’ stories and experiences to guide care and build stronger, more personal connections with them. His goal is to build lasting, trusting relationships and ensure patients feel supported in every stage of their care.
Specialties
Areas of Expertise
- Preventive Medicine
- HIV Prevention and Treatment
- Acute and Chronic Illnesses
- Addictive Disorders
- Women's Health
- Gay and Bisexual Men's Health
UChicago Medicine Duchossois Center for Advanced Medicine - Hyde Park5758 S. Maryland Ave., Chicago IL 606371-888-824-0200
Board Certifications
- Internal Medicine
Languages Spoken
- English
Medical Education
- Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Internship
- University of Chicago Medical Center
Residency
- University of Chicago Medical Center
News & Research
Insurance
- Aetna Better Health *see insurance page
- Aetna HMO (specialists only)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO
- BCBS Blue Precision HMO (specialists only)
- BCBS HMO (HMOI) (specialists only)
- BCBS Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO
- BCBS PPO
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna POS
- Cigna PPO
- CountyCare *see insurance page
- Humana Medicare Advantage Choice PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage Gold Choice PFFS
- Humana Medicare Advantage Gold Plus HMO
- Medicare
- Multiplan PPO
- PHCS PPO
- United Choice Plus POS/PPO
- United Choice HMO (specialists only)
- United Options (PPO)
- United Select (HMO & EPO) (specialists only)
- United W500 Emergent Wrap
- University of Chicago Health Plan (UCHP)
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UChicago Medicine is committed to fostering a corporate culture of ethical behavior and integrity in all matters related to compliance with the laws and regulations that govern the delivery of healthcare. This aspiration is central to supporting patient care, research, and teaching at UChicago Medicine.
Some of our physicians and health professionals collaborate with external pharmaceutical, medical device, or other medical related entities to develop new treatments and products to improve clinical outcomes for patients. In some instances, the physician has ownership interests in the external entity and/or is compensated for advising or speaking about the entity’s products or treatments. These payments may include compensation for consulting and speaking engagements, equity, and/or royalties for products invented by our physicians. To assure objectivity and integrity in patient care, UChicago Medicine requires all physicians and health professionals to report their relationships and financial interests with external entities on an annual basis. This information is used to review relationships and transactions that might give rise to potential financial conflicts of interest, and when considered to be significant a management plan to mitigate any biases is created.
If you are a patient at UChicago Medicine and would like more information about your physician’s external relationships, please talk with your physician. You may also visit the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments website at https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/ . CMS Open Payments is a national disclosure program that promotes a more transparent and accountable health care system. It houses a publicly accessible database of payments that reporting entities, including drug and medical device companies, make to covered recipients like physicians and hospitals.
Information in the CMS Open Payments database could potentially contain inaccurately reported and out of date payment information. All information is open to personal interpretation, if there are questions about the data, patients and their advocates should speak directly to their health care provider for a better understanding.
Some of our physicians and health professionals collaborate with external pharmaceutical, medical device, or other medical related entities to develop new treatments and products to improve clinical outcomes for patients. In some instances, the physician has ownership interests in the external entity and/or is compensated for advising or speaking about the entity’s products or treatments. These payments may include compensation for consulting and speaking engagements, equity, and/or royalties for products invented by our physicians. To assure objectivity and integrity in patient care, UChicago Medicine requires all physicians and health professionals to report their relationships and financial interests with external entities on an annual basis. This information is used to review relationships and transactions that might give rise to potential financial conflicts of interest, and when considered to be significant a management plan to mitigate any biases is created.
If you are a patient at UChicago Medicine and would like more information about your physician’s external relationships, please talk with your physician. You may also visit the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments website at https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/ . CMS Open Payments is a national disclosure program that promotes a more transparent and accountable health care system. It houses a publicly accessible database of payments that reporting entities, including drug and medical device companies, make to covered recipients like physicians and hospitals.
Information in the CMS Open Payments database could potentially contain inaccurately reported and out of date payment information. All information is open to personal interpretation, if there are questions about the data, patients and their advocates should speak directly to their health care provider for a better understanding.