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Christopher Yao

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Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck SurgeryUniversity of Toronto

Christopher Yao

Assistant Professor

Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Temerty Faculty of Medicine

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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8 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Principal investigator on 1 research grant (1 CIHR), most recently in 2025.

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Adaptive Therapy Ctdna De-Escalation Head And Neck Cancer Hpv Personalized Medicine Radiotherapy Surgery

Latest papers

Prognostic Value of Impaired Vocal Cord Mobility in T2N0 Glottic Cancer Treated With IMRT.
The Laryngoscope · 2026
Machine Learning Models for Individualized Osteoradionecrosis Risk Prediction in Head and Neck Cancer.
Journal of medical systems · 2026
Differential prognostic association of systemic inflammatory biomarkers on survival outcomes in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma patients by human papillomavirus status.
Neoplasia (New York, N.Y.) · 2025

All 12 publications

Latest funding

The TITRATE (Tailored Intensity of Treatment with Radio(chemo)therapy After Timely Evaluation) study: Toward personalized de-escalated multimodal therapy for oropharynx cancer
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$1,071,000

All 1 grants and awards

12 publications.

Prognostic Value of Impaired Vocal Cord Mobility in T2N0 Glottic Cancer Treated With IMRT.

Rühle A, Subramani R, Su J, O'Sullivan B, Waldron JN, Hope A, Bayley A, McPartlin A, Malik N, Bratman SV, Hosni A, Kim J, Witterick I, de Almeida JR, Yao C, Spreafico A, Tsai CJ, Tong L, Xu W, Huang SH, Hahn E

The Laryngoscope2026

DOI: 10.1002/lary.70424 PMID: 41654325

Machine Learning Models for Individualized Osteoradionecrosis Risk Prediction in Head and Neck Cancer.

Moharrami M, Watson E, Huang SH, Madathil S, Kim J, McPartlin A, Malik NH, Singhal S, Hahn E, Waldron J, Bratman S, de Almeida J, Yao C, Hope A, Quinonez C, Glogauer M, Hosni A

Journal of medical systems2026

DOI: 10.1007/s10916-026-02359-4 PMID: 41801474

Differential prognostic association of systemic inflammatory biomarkers on survival outcomes in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma patients by human papillomavirus status.

Noormohammadpour P, Hueniken K, Pienkowski M, Huang SH, Yuan B, Grant B, Yao C, Hope A, Tsai J, McPartlin A, Goldstein D, Hosni A, de Almeida JR, Grant RC, Liu G, Li Y

Neoplasia (New York, N.Y.)2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.neo.2025.101178 PMID: 40381372

Factors associated with detection of oligometastatic recurrence and outcome following definitive (Chemo)radiotherapy for oropharyngeal carcinoma.

Chelvarajah RC, Liu Y, Su J, Abdalaty AH, Bratman S, John Cho BC, Hahn E, Hope A, Kim J, O'Sullivan B, Ringash J, Jillian Tsai C, Waldron J, Spreafico A, Garcia ES, Goldstein D, Yao C, Tong L, Huang SH, McPartlin A

Oral oncology2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2025.107310 PMID: 40250146

Impact of Postoperative Neck Radiotherapy Volumes on Long-Term Unstimulated Saliva Flow Following Primary Surgery and Ipsilateral Neck Dissection for Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma.

Rooney CM, Huang SH, Su J, Bratman S, Cho J, de Almeida J, Glogauer M, Goldstein D, Hahn E, Hosni A, Hope A, Irish J, Kim J, O'Sullivan B, Ringash J, Spreafico A, Tsai J, Waldron J, Yao C, Watson E, McPartlin A

Head & neck2025

DOI: 10.1002/hed.27988 PMID: 39474724

A multi-centre, participant-blinded, randomized, 3-year study to compare the efficacy of Virtual Surgical Planning (VSP) to Freehand Surgery (FHS) on bony union and quality of life outcomes for mandibular reconstruction with fibular and scapular free flaps: study protocol for a randomized phase II/III trial

Tran KL, Turkdogan S, Dinur AB, Milner TD, Wang E, Nichols A, MacNeil D, Mendez A, Jervis-Bardy J, De Almeida J

BMC Cancer2025

DOI: 10.1186/s12885-025-13505-5

Radiology-Pathology Concordance and Prognostication of Nodal Features in pN+ Oral Cavity Cancer.

Duguet-Armand M, Su J, O'Sullivan B, de Almeida J, Hosni A, Weinreb I, Perez-Ordonez B, Smith S, Witterick I, Yao C, Goldstein D, Hope A, Hahn E, Waldron J, Ringash J, Spreafico A, Yu E, Huang SH

The Laryngoscope2024

DOI: 10.1002/lary.31578 PMID: 38874287

Artificial intelligence across oncology specialties: current applications and emerging tools.

Kang J, Lafata K, Kim E, Yao C, Lin F, Rattay T, Nori H, Katsoulakis E, Lee CI

BMJ oncology2024

DOI: 10.1136/bmjonc-2023-000134 PMID: 39886165

The fragility of statistically significant findings from randomized trials in head and neck surgery.

Noel CW, McMullen C, Yao C, Monteiro E, Goldstein DP, Eskander A, de Almeida JR

The Laryngoscope2018

DOI: 10.1002/lary.27183 PMID: 29683494

Hardware complications in oromandibular defects: Comparing scapular and fibular based free flap reconstructions

Tsang GFZ, Zhang H, Yao C, Kolarski M, Gullane PJ, Irish JC, Brown DH, Chepeha DB, Goldstein DP, Gilbert RW

Zhongguo Youse Jinshu Xuebao/Chinese Journal of Nonferrous Metals201735 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2017.06.020

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Adaptive Therapy Dear Professor Yao, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Prognostic Value of Impaired Vocal Cord Mobility in T2N0 Glottic Cancer Treated With IMRT." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "The TITRATE (Tailored Intensity of Treatment with Radio(chemo)therapy After Timely Evaluation) study: Toward personalized de-escalated multimodal therapy for oropharynx cancer" (2025), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]

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Christopher Yao

Research

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Prognostic Value of Impaired Vocal Cord Mobility in T2N0 Glottic Cancer Treated With IMRT.

Machine Learning Models for Individualized Osteoradionecrosis Risk Prediction in Head and Neck Cancer.

Differential prognostic association of systemic inflammatory biomarkers on survival outcomes in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma patients by human papillomavirus status.

Factors associated with detection of oligometastatic recurrence and outcome following definitive (Chemo)radiotherapy for oropharyngeal carcinoma.

Impact of Postoperative Neck Radiotherapy Volumes on Long-Term Unstimulated Saliva Flow Following Primary Surgery and Ipsilateral Neck Dissection for Oral Cavity Squamous Cell Carcinoma.

Radiology-Pathology Concordance and Prognostication of Nodal Features in pN+ Oral Cavity Cancer.

Artificial intelligence across oncology specialties: current applications and emerging tools.

The fragility of statistically significant findings from randomized trials in head and neck surgery.

Hardware complications in oromandibular defects: Comparing scapular and fibular based free flap reconstructions

The TITRATE (Tailored Intensity of Treatment with Radio(chemo)therapy After Timely Evaluation) study: Toward personalized de-escalated multimodal therapy for oropharynx cancer

Frequent collaborators

Andrew Hope

Anna Spreafico

John de Almeida

John Kim

Scott Bratman

Ian Witterick

Michael Glogauer

Antoine Eskander

Han Zhang

Danny Enepekides

Anthony Nichols

Jonathan Irish

Michael Au

Sidney Fels

Penelope Brasher

Eitan Prisman

Sonica Singhal

Sreenath Madathil

Wei Xu

Michael Gupta

Geoffrey Liu

Craig Mitton