Dr. Stella Yala

Associate Professor

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Biography

Dr. Stella Martis Yala is an Associate Physician in the Department of Internal Medicine at UC Davis Health. She is a general cardiologist specializing in adult heart diseases, particularly heart failure with preserved and reduced ejection fraction. Dr. Yala has a special clinical interest in advanced heart failure treatment, guideline-directed medical therapy implementation, and remote heart failure care. She also has expertise in treating rare cardiomyopathies, including cardiac sarcoidosis and cardiac amyloidosis. Her research focuses on improving adherence to guideline medical therapies, especially regarding heart failure remote care. Dr. Yala significantly contributes to research projects in the Division of Cardiology, Section of Advanced Heart Failure, with a focus on Precision Medicine and mitigating health disparities. She graduated with her M.D. from the National University of Tucuman Faculty of Medicine in Tucuman, Argentina, in 1993, followed by a residency in Internal Medicine at the same university’s Angel C. Padilla Hospital from 1993 to 1996. She completed her fellowship in Cardiovascular Disease at the Favaloro University Cardiology Fellowship, Institute of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Surgery in Buenos Aires, from 1997 to 2000. Additionally, she underwent an advanced heart failure training program at UC Davis Medical Center from 2019 to 2022.

Research Interests

Awards

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Art Caring Award

Requirements for University of California, Davis

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
TOEFL
Listening
Required:20
Reading
Required:20
Writing
Required:20
Speaking
Required:20
Total
Required:80
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field ECS 120 (Theory of Computation) ECS 122A (Algorithm Design and Analysis) ECS 140A (Programming Languages) or ECS 160 (Software Engineering) ECS 150 (Operating Systems) or ECS 154B (Computer Architecture)
Application Checklist
  • Online application
  • Application fee
  • Three letters of recommendation
  • Transcripts
  • Statement of Purpose
  • Personal History Statement
  • CV/Resume
Specialization Notes

Department of Computer Science. GRE is NOT required.