Stella Martis Yala, M.D.
Associate Physician, Department of Internal Medicine
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Locations and Contact
Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center
Cardiology Clinic
4860 Y St.
Sacramento, CA 95817
Fax: 800-348-0499
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Philosophy of Care
As a physician, I have dedicated my life to caring for my patients while learning and practicing the most up-to-date, evidence-based treatments. It is a privilege for me to care for my patients with respect, compassion, and empathy. Together with my patients, we work as a team towards the best outcome and quality of care. I strive to empower them with knowledge so as partners, we can make decisions to improve their cardiovascular health.
Clinical Interests
Dr. Yala is a general cardiologist offering care for adult with heart diseases such heart failure with preserved and reduced ejection fraction. She has special clinical interest and expertise in advanced heart failure, guideline directed medical teraphy implementation, and remote heart failure care. Also specializes in the care of patients with rare cardiomyopathies such as cardiac sarcoidosis and cardiac amyloidosis.
Research/Academic Interests
Dr. Yala’s research focuses on improving the adherence to guideline medical therapies, especially through heart failure remote care. She contributes to several research projects within the Division of Cardiology, Section of Advanced Heart Failure focused on Precision Medicine and mitigating health disparities.
Division
Cardiovascular Medicine
Medical School
M.D., National University of Tucuman Faculty of Medicine, Tucuman, Argentina 1993
Residency
Internal Medicine, National University of Tucuman, Faculty of Medicine Angel C. Padilla Hospital, Tucuman, Argentina 1993-1996
Fellowship
Cardiovascular Disease, Favaloro University Cardiology Fellowship, Institute of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery, Buenos Aires, Argentina 1997-2000
Fellowship
Special Training Program in Advanced Heart Failure, UC Davis Medical Center, Sacramento CA 2019-2022
New York-Presbyterian/Columbia Auxiliary "Art of Caring" Award, New York-Presbyterian/Columbia's Center for Women's Health, Columbia University, New York NY.,
Yala SM, Duru OK, Ettner SL, Turk N, Mangione CM, Brown AF. Patterns of prescription drug expenditures and medication adherence among medicare part D beneficiaries with and without the low-income supplement. BMC Health Serv Res. 2014 Dec 20;14:665. doi:10.1186/s12913-014-0665-3. PMID:25526892.
Black JT, Romano PS, Sadeghi B, Auerbach AD, Ganiats TG, Greenfield S, Kaplan SH, Ong MK; BEAT-HF Research Group. A remote monitoring and telephone nurse coaching intervention to reduce readmissions among patients with heart failure: study protocol for the Better Effectiveness After Transition - Heart Failure (BEAT-HF) randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2014 Apr 13;15:124. doi: 10.1186/1745-6215-15-124. PMID:24725308.
Yala SM, Fleck EM, Sciacca R, Castro D, Joseph Z, Giardina EG. Metabolic syndrome and the burden of cardiovascular disease in Caribbean Hispanic women living in northern Manhattan: a red flag for education. Metab Syndr Relat Disord. 2009 Aug;7(4):315-22. doi:10.1089/met.2008.0071. PMID:19558272.