Asa G. Yancey, Sr.

Asa G. Yancey Sr. (August 19, 1916 – March 10, 2013) was an American physician who is professor emeritus, Emory University School of Medicine and former medical director of the Hughes Spalding Pavilion at Grady Memorial Hospital. Yancey graduated from Booker T. Washington High School in Atlanta, Georgia. He then went on to college and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from Morehouse College in 1937. He received his M.D. from the University of Michigan in 1941 and later studied general surgery under Dr. Charles R. Drew.

Professional life Yancey's early medical career includes service as a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army Medical Corps. An archive collection called the Asa G. Yancey Papers are housed in the Auburn Avenue Research Library of the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library. The collection spans from 1938 to 2001, highlighting Yancey's medical career, his contribution to the field of medicine, selected articles and publications.