Dr. Yi Yao

CancerFax can coordinate medical-record review and consultation support for international patients seeking an opinion or surgical assessment from Professor Yao at Humanity Hospital Xiamen, subject to case acceptance and hospital availability.

Professor Yao specialises in drug-resistant epilepsy across all age groups, including temporal lobe epilepsy, extratemporal epilepsy, catastrophic infantile epilepsy, and rare syndromes such as Dravet syndrome. He also performs microsurgery for cerebral tumours, intra-spinal tumours, cerebrovascular malformations, aneurysms, trigeminal neuralgia, and hemifacial spasm.

Submit your medical reports — including MRI, video-EEG, neurological assessments, and treatment history — through CancerFax using the Send Your Reports button. The CancerFax team will review and prepare your case for submission to Professor Yao's team, coordinating the next steps with the hospital subject to availability.

Yes. A second-opinion request can be submitted through CancerFax with complete neuroimaging (MRI, PET, CT), video-EEG reports, pathology (where applicable), and prior treatment history. Professor Yao will review the case and advise on surgical candidacy, treatment planning, and alternative approaches. The consultation format depends on the hospital's availability.

Not necessarily. Professor Yao evaluates each patient individually. Where appropriate, he considers non-invasive treatment approaches alongside resective surgery. The Epilepsy Centre at Humanity Hospital Xiamen conducts thorough presurgical evaluation — including brain functional zone mapping — before recommending any surgical intervention.

Yes. Professor Yao has extensive experience in paediatric epilepsy surgery, including emergency intervention for catastrophic epilepsy in infants and surgical management of complex epilepsy across all childhood age groups.