Kevin Yao, MD

About Kevin Yao

Dr. Yao is board certified in neurological surgery. His main clinical interests are the neurosurgical management of primary brain and spine tumors; metastatic brain and spine disease, as well as nonmalignant tumors of the brain and spine; degenerative spinal disc disease; and trigeminal neuralgia. He has expertise in complex brain and spine tumor surgery; spinal surgery for herniated discs and stenosis; endoscopic pituitary surgery; and Gamma Knife® radiosurgery. Dr. Yao received his MD from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He completed his neurosurgery residency at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York City and then completed a neurosurgical oncology fellowship at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. He is a fellow of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and of the American College of Surgeons, as well as a member of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons.

Honors & Awards

2020-2017: Castle Connolly Top Doctors New York Metro Area

2020-2017: Castle Connolly Regional Top Doctor

2019: Jersey's Best: New Jersey's Top Doctors for Cancer

2019-2017: Jersey's Best Magazine Top Doctors

2019: Bergen Magazine Top Doctors

2019, 2018: (201) Magazine: Bergen's Top Doctors

2018, 2017: New York Magazine Top Doctors

Fellow, American Association of Neurological Surgeons

Fellow, American College of Surgeons

Teaching Positions

Assistant Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery, Mount Sinai Medical Center

Professional Memberships

Congress of Neurological Surgeons

American College of Surgeons

American Association of Neurological Surgeons

Committees and Leadership Positions

Chairman, Cancer Committee, Englewood Hospital, Lefcourt Family Cancer Treatment and Wellness Center

Internal Review Board, Englewood Hospital (ad hoc member)

Reviewer, Neurosurgery

Reviewer, The American Journal of Clinical Oncology

Publications

Yao KC, Komata T, Kondo Y, Kondo S, Germano IM. Molecular response of human glioblastoma multiforme cells to ionizing radiation: cell cycle arrest, modulation of the expression of cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors, and autophagy, J Neurosurg. 98(2): 378-384, 2003.

Yao KC, Boriani S, Gokaslan Z, Sundaresan N. En bloc spondylectomy for spinal metastases: a review of thechniques. Neurosurgical Focus 15(5): E6, 2003.

Yao KC, McGirt MJ, Constantini S, Chaichana KL, Epstein F, Jallo GI. Risk factors for progressive spinal deformity following resection of intramedullary spinal cord tumors in children: an analysis of 161 consecutive cases, J Neurosurg. 107(6): 463-468, 2007.

Yao KC and Malek AM. Transpedicular N-butyl cyanoacrylate-mediated percutaneous embolization of symptomatic vertebral hemangiomas. Clinical article. J Neurosurg. J Neurosurg Spine. 18(5):450-5, 2013.

Schirmer CM, Chan M, Mignano J, Duker J, Melhus CS, Williams LB, Wu JK, Yao KC. Dose De-escalation with Gamma Knife Radiosurgery in the Treatment of Choroidal Melanoma, Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 1; 75(1):170-6, 2009.

Hwang SW, Abozed MM, Hale A, Eisenberg RL, Dvorak T, Yao K, Pfannl R, Mignano J, Zhu JJ, Price LL, Strauss GM, Wu JK. Adjuvant Gamma Knife radiosurgery following surgical resection of brain metastases: a 9-year retrospective cohort study. J Neurooncol. 98(1): 77-82, 2010.

Dvorak T, Finn A, Price LL, Mignano JE, Fitzek MM, Wu JK, Yao KC. Re-treatment of trigeminal neuralgia with Gamma Knife radiosurgery: is there an appropriate cumulative dose, J Neurosurg. 111(2): 359-64, 2009.

Miele WR, Schirmer CM, Yao KC, Heilman CB. Spontaneous resolution of a Chiari malformation Type I and syrinx after supratentorial craniotomy for excision of a cavernous malformation. J Neurosurg. 116(5):1054-9, 2012.

Pouliot JJ, Yao KC, Robertson CA, Nash HA. Yeast Gene for Tyr-DNA phosphodiesterase that repairs topoisomerase I complexes. Science 286(5439): 552-555, 1999.

 

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