Tom Yao, MD

Tom Yao, M.D., has advanced clinical training in neurosurgery, having completed an endovascular neurosurgery fellowship at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn., before joining Norton Neuroscience Institute. Dr. Yao earned his medical degree as well as completed an internship in general surgery and a residency in neurological surgery at Vanderbilt. His clinical interests include all aspects of neurovascular disease, trigeminal neuralgia and neuro-oncology, including the treatment of aneurysms, arteriovenous malformations, carotid stenosis, trigeminal neuralgia (radiofrequency ablation and microvascular decompression) and brain tumors.