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.