Yee Lu Tham , M.D.

Assistant Professor of Medicine

Yee Lu Tham, M.D.Phone: 713-798-1029
Fax: 713-798-8884
Email: yltham@breastcenter.tmc.edu

Publications

Education:
1987 - 1992 - Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

Post Graduate Training
1993 - 1994 - Rotational internship, Toowoomba Base Hospital, Queensland, Australia
1994 - 1995 - Data Management - Assistant, Texas Children Cancer Center, Clinical Care Center, Houston, Texas
1995 - 1996 - Research Scholar - Gene Vector Laboratory, Texas Children Cancer Center, Clinical Care Center, Houston, Texas
1996 - 1999 - Residency in Internal Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
2001 - 2003  - Fellowship in Medical Oncology at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
2004 - 2006 - Susan G. Komen Multidisciplinary Breast Cancer Fellowship at Breast Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

Board Certifications :
American Board of Internal Medicine (1999)
American Board of Medical Oncology (2005)

Professional Associations and Affiliations:
2005 - First prize oral presentation at the 3rd Annual Cancer Center Symposium, Baylor College of Medicine.
2006 - American Radium Society (ARS) 2006 Young Oncologist Essay Award, 88th ARS Annual Meeting.

Professional Societies:
Member, American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)

Brief Description of Research:
CNS metastasis in breast cancer, its associated prognostic and predictive factors and treatment (present)

Chemotherapy induced amenorrhea and its health effects in patients with breast cancer after adjuvant chemotherapy (present)

Cancer survivorship (present)

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with large locally advanced breast cancer