Dr. Jack Poy Yee, MD, FACS

Expert Publications

• Kinetics of glutaraldehyde fixation of erythrocytes: size, deformability, form, osmotic and hemolytic properties.
• Kinetics of glutaraldehyde fixation of erythrocytes: size, deformability, form, osmotic and hemolytic properties.
• Comparative gastrointestinal effects of mycophenolate mofetil capsules and enteric-coated tablets of sodium-mycophenolic acid in beagle dogs.
• Comparison of the efficacy and safety of ketorolac and meperidine in the relief of dental pain.
• Comparison of long-term safety of ketorolac tromethamine and aspirin in the treatment of chronic pain.
• Efficacy and safety of single doses of intramuscular ketorolac tromethamine compared with meperidine for postoperative pain.
• Absorption of naproxen controlled-release tablets in fasting and postprandial volunteers.
• Ketorolac versus aspirin for postpartum uterine pain.
• Comparison of intramuscular ketorolac tromethamine and morphine sulfate for analgesia of pain after major surgery.
• Cell-membrane and rheological mechanisms: dynamic osmotic hemolysis of human erythrocytes and repair of ghosts, as studied by resistive pulse spectroscopy.
• Splenectomy in patients with AIDS and AIDS-related complex.
• Electrophoretic detection of reversible chlorpromazine . HCl binding at the human erythrocyte surface.
• Electrophoretic detection of reversible chlorpromazine . HCl binding at the human erythrocyte surface.

Media Releases

Get to know General Surgeon Dr. Jack Poy Yee, who serves patients in New York.

 Board-certified general surgeon Dr. Yee is affiliated with CareMount Medical in Cortlandt Manor and Fishkill, New York. CareMount Medical is the largest independent multi-specialty medical group in New York State, providing comprehensive medical care of the highest quality to over 640,000 patients in more than 45 offices throughout Westchester, Putnam, Dutchess, Columbia, and Ulster counties and New York City. Founded in 1946 as Mount Kisco Medical Group, CareMount has grown from six physicians to over 600 physicians and advanced practice providers with over 40 specialties, making the group a seamless “one-stop shop” for patients. CareMount Medical is affiliated with world-class organizations, including Massachusetts General Hospital, Mount Sinai Health System, and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

Dr. Yee is also affiliated with NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital – a fully accredited general, not-for-profit 128-bed hospital located in Cortlandt Manor. Dr. Yee earned his medical degree from the New York University School of Medicine in New York City, New York in 1979. He then went on to complete his residency at Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers in New York City in 1984.

To stay up to date in his field, Dr. Yee is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He is also a member of the New York County Medical Society. Dr. Yee is board-certified in surgery by the American Board of Surgery (ABS). The ABS is an independent, non-profit organization located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded for the purpose of certifying surgeons who have met a defined standard of education, training, and knowledge. 

General surgery is a surgical specialty that focuses on abdominal contents including esophagus, stomach, small bowel, colon, liver, pancreas, gallbladder, appendix and bile ducts, and often the thyroid gland. A general surgeon performs a wide range of abdominal surgeries for many forms of intestinal and abdominal wall neoplasms, gallbladder disease, gastric and pancreatic disease. They follow the patient through critical care and surgical recovery all the way to outpatient care.

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