Katharine(Perry)YaoMD
General Surgery • Evanston, ILBreast
Vice Chair, Research and Development Director, Breast Surgical Research Clinical Professor of Surgery, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago
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Office
2650 Ridge Ave
Dept of Surgery, Evanston Hospital
Evanston, IL 60201Phone+1 847-570-2290
Summary
- I am a fellowship trained breast surgeon and I have been in practice for over 12 years
Education & Training
John Wayne Cancer InstituteMD, 2001 - 2003
McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern UniversityResidency, Surgery, 1994 - 2001
Southern Illinois University School of MedicineClass of 1994
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 2001 - Present
IL State Medical License 1994 - 2026- American Board of Surgery Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2011-2013
Clinical Trials
- The MEDITATE-BC Study: Mindfulness-Enhanced Decision Intervention To Aid Treatment Election - Breast Cancer Start of enrollment: 2018 Nov 08
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 254 citationsRecommendations for prioritization, treatment, and triage of breast cancer patients during the COVID-19 pandemic. the COVID-19 pandemic breast cancer consortium.Jill R. Dietz, Meena S. Moran, Steven J. Isakoff, Scott H. Kurtzman, Shawna C. Willey
Breast Cancer Research and Treatment. 2020-06-01 - 48 citationsThe quality-of-life benefits of breast reconstruction do not diminish with age.Mark Sisco, Donald B. Johnson, Chi-Hsiung Wang, Kenneth A. Rasinski, Veronica Rundell
Journal of Surgical Oncology. 2015-05-01 - 84 citationsVirtual Surgical Fellowship Recruitment During COVID-19 and Its Implications for Resident/Fellow Recruitment in the Future.Charles C. Vining, Oliver S. Eng, Melissa E. Hogg, Darryl Schuitevoerder, Rebecca S. Silverman
Annals of Surgical Oncology. 2020-05-18
Journal Articles
- Facility-Level Analysis of Robot Utilization Across Disciplines in the National Cancer DatabaseAndrew Cohen, Katharine Yao, Sangtae Park, Richard J Fantus, Christopher B Riedinger, Journal of Robotic Surgery
- Patient-Reported Outcomes for Breast CancerJill Dietz, Henry M Kuerer, Katharine A Yao, Annals of Surgical Oncology
- The Changing Paradigms for Breast Cancer Surgery: Performing Fewer and Less-Invasive OperationsDavid R Brenin, E Shelley Hwang, Katharine Yao, David W Ollila, Henry M Kuerer, Annals of Surgical Oncology
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Authored Content
- Contralateral Breast Cancer in Breast Cancer Patients with Germline MutationsDecember 2022
Press Mentions
This Is Breast Cancer Awareness MonthOctober 9th, 2024- 3 Things to Know After Receiving a Breast Cancer DiagnosisOctober 1st, 2024
- New Breast Cancer Standards Emphasize Individualized Patient CareApril 19th, 2023
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