About Dr. Yvonne Kew

Dr. Yvonne Kew is a neuro-oncology specialist in Houston, Texas and has been practicing for over 20 years. She graduated from Albert Einstein College of Medicine with both her M.D. and Ph.D.  in 1998. She completed her residency at Baylor College of Medicine in 2002 and fellowship at UT M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in 2004. Dr. Kew is affiliated with CHI St. Luke’s Health Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center.

Her clinical and research interests include the discovery of new and more effective immunotherapy for brain tumor patients, which includes glioma, glioblastoma, meningioma, medulloblastoma, astrocytoma, oligodendroglioma, ependymoma, CNS lymphomas, brain/spinal cord metastases, as well as various neurodegenerative diseases. Her personal research is focused on immune based cancer therapies for brain tumors.

Dr. Kew’s clinical approach has always been to apply all available clinical resources to improve a patient’s quality of life.

She is fluent in English and knows conversational Mandarin.

Dr. Kew is also a prestigious member of the below associations:

• American Academy of Neurology

• Texas Neurological Society

• Texas Medical Association

• The Society for Neuro-Oncology Latin America

• Harris County Medical Society

• The Society for Neuro-Oncology