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- Is this information wrong?
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
- 2 citationsGermline Testing in Patients With Breast Cancer: ASCO-Society of Surgical Oncology Guideline.Bedrosian, I., Somerfield, M., Achatz, M., Boughey, J., Curigliano, G., Friedman, S., Kohlmann, W., Kurian, A., Laronga, C., Lynce, F., Norquist, B., Plichta, J., Rodr...> ;Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2024 Feb 10
- Rates of newly diagnosed breast cancer at commission on cancer facilities during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic.Kuchta, K., Wang, C., Nicholson, K., Fefferman, M., Kopkash, K., Pesce, C., Poli, E., Smith, T., Yao, K.> ;Cancer Medicine. 2023 Dec 22
- Patient values in breast cancer surgical decision-making - The WhySurg study.Marie Fefferman, Kristine Kuchta, Kyra Nicholson, Deanna Attai, David Victorson, Catherine Pesce, Katherine Kopkash, Elizabeth Poli, Thomas W Smith, Katharine Yao> ;American Journal of Surgery. 2024 Jan 1
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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
New Breast Cancer Standards Emphasize Individualized Patient CareApril 19th, 2023- Obamacare Helped Women in Some Southern States Get Better Breast Cancer CareFebruary 3rd, 2023
- Medicaid Expansion in Southern States Associated with Earlier and More Comprehensive Breast Cancer TreatmentFebruary 1st, 2023
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Hospital Affiliations
Evanston HospitalEvanston, Illinois
Highland Park HospitalHighland Park, Illinois
Skokie HospitalSkokie, Illinois
Glenbrook HospitalGlenview, Illinois
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