Jeffrey Yao, MD

Clinical Focus

• Hand, Wrist, Elbow and Shoulder Surgery
• Orthopaedic Surgery

Administrative Appointments

• Member, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (2009 - present)
• Candidate Member, American Society for Surgery of the Hand (2004 - present)
• Candidate Member, American Association for Hand Surgery (2008 - present)
• Member, International Wrist Investigators Workshop (2009 - present)
• Founding Member, Manus National Hand Surgery Society (2006 - present)
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Honors and Awards

• AOA-JOA Exchange Traveling Fellow, American Orthopaedic Association (May 2010)
• Sumner L. Koch Award, American Society for Surgery of the Hand (September 2009)
• Distinguished Visiting Professorship, Albert Einstein College of Medicine NSUH-LIJ Health System (June 2009)
• Annual Research Competition, Philadelphia Hand Society (June, 2005)
• Resident Competition and Symposium, Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (OREF) (May, 2002)

Professional Education

Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations

• Orthopedic Surgery

Community & International Work

• Director, Stanford University Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery Journal Club 
• Doctors Demystify 
• Stanford Asian American Interactive Mentoring (AIM), Stanford University 
• Faculty Advisor, Stanford Pre-Medical Chapter of AMSA, Stanford University 
• IFSSH Online Surgical Protocols 

Industry Relationships

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Research Interests

1. Minimally invasive and arthroscopic treatment alternatives for common hand and wrist disorders. I am currently exploring the safety and efficacy of an all-inside arthroscopic triangular fibrocartilage complex (TFCC) repair technique, and the arthroscopic treatment of wrist, finger and thumb arthritis.

2. Biologic augmentation of tendon repair strategies utilizing stem cells. I am currently utilizing a unique model for biologically augmenting current mechanical techniques of tendon repair.

3. Cartilage engineering strategies utilizing stem cells. I am currently attempting to characterize the ideal environment in which to culture and differentiate mesenchymal stem cells along a cartilage lineage, using scaffolds and hyaluronic acid and TGF-beta in differing concentrations.

Publications

• Arthroscopic treatment of triangular fibrocartilage wrist injuries in the athlete. McAdams TR, Swan J, Yao J. Am J Sports Med. 2009; 37 (2): 291-7
• Monteggia fracture-dislocation associated with proximal and distal radioulnar joint instability. A case report. Cheung EV, Yao J. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2009; 91 (4): 950-4
• All-arthroscopic triangular fibrocartilage complex repair: safety and biomechanical comparison with a traditional outside-in technique in cadavers. Yao J, J Hand Surg Am. 2009; 34 (4): 671-6
• Early treatment of degenerative arthritis of the thumb carpometacarpal joint. Yao J, Park MJ. Hand Clin. 2008; 24 (3): 251-61, v-vi
• Bioactive sutures for tendon repair: assessment of a method of delivering pluripotential embryonic cells. Yao J, Korotkova T, Riboh J, Chong A, Chang J, Smith RL. J Hand Surg Am. 2008; 33 (9): 1558-64