
Kevin Yao, MD
Neurological Surgery
Spine Surgery
Gender: Male
Languages: English
Locations
Metropolitan Neurosurgery Associates
309 Engle Street, 1st Floor
Englewood, NJ 07631
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Phone: 201-569-7737
Fax: 201-373-2041
About Kevin Yao, MD
Dr. Yao is board certified in neurological surgery. He is chief of neurosurgery at Englewood Hospital. 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.
I feel fortunate to be able to use my education, years of experience and most importantly, compassion, to help others. My goal is to guide and partner with each of my patients to attain the finest functional and pain-free life possible.
- Kevin Yao, MD

Awards
New York Magazine: Top Doctors: 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Jersey's Best Magazine Top Doctors: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Jersey's Best - Top Doctors for Cancer: 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Castle Connolly Top Doctors New York Metro Area: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023
Procedures
Aneurysm Repair
Anterior Cervical Corpectomy and Fusion
Anterior Cervical Decompression and Fusion
Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion (ALIF)
Artificial Disc Replacement
Atlantoaxial (C1-2) Fusion
Bloodless Medicine & Surgery
Brain Tumor Surgery
Cervical Disc Arthroplasty
Cervical Disc Replacement
Cervical Spine Fusion
Cervical Spine Surgery
Craniotomy
Disc Replacement
Endoscopic Spine Surgery
Endoscopic Surgery
Fluorescence-Guided Neurosurgery
Gamma Knife Surgery
Image-Guided Spine Surgery
Kyphoplasty
Kyphosis Correction
Laminectomy
Laminotomy
Lateral Lumbar Interbody Fusion
Lumbar Decompression
Lumbar Fusion
Lumbar Laminectomy
Lumbar Microdiscectomy
Microdiscectomy
Microsurgery of the Spine
Microsurgical Spinal Tumor Resection
Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery
Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
Occipitocervical Fusion
Pedicle Subtraction Osteotomy
Posterior Cervical Decompression and Fusion
Revision Spine Surgery
Robotic Spine Surgery
Scoliosis Correction
Smith-Peterson Osteotomy
Spinal Cord Stimulator
Spinal Deformity Correction
Spinal Fusion
Spinal Surgery
Spinal Tumor Surgery
Spine Instrumentation Surgery
Stereotactic Radiosurgery
Thoracic Discectomy
Thoracic Fusion
Transforaminal Lumbar Fusion
Trigeminal Neuralgia Surgery
Vertebral Column Resection
Vertebroplasty
Conditions
Acoustic Neuroma
Anaplastic Astrocytoma
Aneurysm
Ankylosing Spondylitis
Arthritis, Back
Arthritis, Neck
Astrocytoma
Atlantoaxial Instability
Back Pain
Brain Cancer
Brain Metastasis
Brain Tumors
Cavernous Malformation
Cerebrospinal Fluid Leak
Cervical (Neck) Pain
Cervical Deformity
Cervical Myelopathy
Cervical Radiculopathy
Cervical Spinal Disorders
Cervical Spine Disease
Cervical Spine Stenosis
Cervical Spondylosis
Cervical Stenosis
Chiari Malformation
Chordoma Tumor
Degenerative Disc Disease
Degenerative Lumbar Spine Disorders
Degenerative Spine Disease
Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis (DISH)
Facet Joint Disease
Failed Back Surgery Syndrome
Flat Back Syndrome
Foot Drop
Glioblastoma Multiforme
Glioma
Hemangioblastoma
Hemangioma
Herniated Cervical Disc
Herniated Disc
Herniated Lumbar Disc
Herniated Thoracic Disc
Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis
Klippel-Feil Spinal Stenosis
Kyphosis
Lumbar Radiculopathy
Lumbar Spondylolisthesis
Lumbar Spondylolysis
Meningioma
Myelopathy
Neck Pain
Nerve Compression Disorders
Os-Odontoideum
Pituitary Tumors
Radiculopathy
Sagittal Imbalance
Scheuermann’s Kyphosis
Sciatica
Scoliosis
Slipped Disc
Spinal Deformity
Spinal Fractures
Spinal Metastasis
Spinal Stenosis
Spinal Stenosis, Cervical
Spinal Stenosis, Lumbar
Spinal Stenosis, Thoracic
Spinal Tumors
Spine Trauma
Spondylolisthesis
Spondylosis
Synovial Cyst
Trigeminal Neuralgia
Education
MD: Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Residency
Residency: Mount Sinai Medical Center
Fellowship
Fellowship: University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Neuro-Oncology
Certifications
- Neurological Surgery (American Board of Neurological Surgery)
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