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A fellowship-trained head and neck surgical oncologist, Mike Yao, M.D., joined the faculty at the University of Illinois at Chicago after completing his fellowship. There, he rose to the rank of associate professor and served as program director of the residency program. He later joined the faculty at Stanford University, where he specialized in the care of patients with melanoma of the head and neck. In 2011, he moved to Westchester County, New York, and practiced at both Westchester Medical Center (WMC) and Mount Sinai Medical Center. He is currently the chief of the Division of Head and Neck Surgery at WMC.
Dr. Yao has expertise in complex thyroid and parathyroid surgery, and head and neck cancer, including cancer of the tongue, floor of mouth, tonsil, larynx, pharynx, hypopharynx, and salivary glands. The team at Westchester Medical Center cares for a high volume of patients with all stages of cancer, including major surgical resections with state-of-the-art reconstruction.
Dr. Yao has over 50 publications and has been invited to lecture nationally and internationally over 120 times. He has been named to the Best Doctors and America’s Top Doctors numerous times.
Education
- Fellowship, Otolaryngology, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
- Residency, Otolaryngology, Stanford University Medical Center
- M.D., Yale University School of Medicine
Areas of Expertise
- Head and Neck Surgical Oncology
Publications
- Badhey AK, Schwarz JS, Laitman BM, et. al. "Intraoperative Use of Wide-Field Optical Coherence Tomography to Evaluate Tissue Microstructure in the Oral Cavity and Oropharynx." JAMA otolaryngology-- head & neck surgery, 149(1), (2023) 71-78. doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2022.3763
- Aboujaoude E, Kuss DJ, Yao MZ, et. al. "Editorial: Online Psychology Beyond Addiction and Gaming: A Global Look at Mental Health and Internet-Related Technologies." Frontiers in psychology, 12(), (2021) 815013. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.815013
- Kinberg EC, Garneau JC, Eljazzar R, et. al. "Postparotidectomy sialocele: 6-year review of underlying factors." Head & neck, 44(3), (2022) 745-748. doi: 10.1002/hed.26969
- Miles BA, Posner MR, Gupta V, et. al. "De-Escalated Adjuvant Therapy After Transoral Robotic Surgery for Human Papillomavirus-Related Oropharyngeal Carcinoma: The Sinai Robotic Surgery (SIRS) Trial." The oncologist, 26(6), (2021) 504-513. doi: 10.1002/onco.13742
- Smith AW, Gallitto M, Lehrer EJ, et. al. "Redefining risk of contralateral cervical nodal disease in early stage oropharyngeal cancer in the human papillomavirus era." Head & neck, 43(5), (2021) 1409-1414. doi: 10.1002/hed.26607
- Roof SA, Perez ER, Villavisanis DF, et. al. "2-Octyl cyanoacrylate to prevent salivary fistula formation following oral cavity microvascular reconstruction: A prospective trial." American journal of otolaryngology, 41(5), (2020) 102552. doi: 10.1016/j.amjoto.2020.102552
- Bu DD, Ferrandino R, Robinson EM, et. al. "Lymph Node Ratio in HPV-Associated Oropharyngeal Cancer: Identification of a Prognostic Threshold." The Laryngoscope, 131(1), (2021) E184-E189. doi: 10.1002/lary.28689
