Yuanyue Sun, MD

Kelsey-Seybold Medical Group Provider
PointerLanguage(s): English, Mandarin
15655 Cypress Woods Medical Drive,
Houston,
TX
77014
Joined Kelsey-Seybold: September 2022
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My Biography
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Professional Background
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Professional Associations
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Hobbies and Interests
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Awards & Publications
Dr. Sun enjoys hiking and being in nature. She also enjoys experimenting with internationally inspired recipes and baking healthy desserts.
Fun Facts
The most interesting place Dr. Sun has been to is Alaska. In fact, she almost moved there but loves Texas too much.
Her guilty pleasures are salt and vinegar chips and ice cream.
Presentations and Posters
- Sun, Y., Blieden, C., Merritt, B.Y. et al. Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis and myelodysplastic syndrome: a case report and review of the literature. J Med Case Reports 15, 98 (2021)
- Yuanyue Sun, Katherine Sanchez, Anaum Maqsood, Yvonne Sada, MD, Aparna Jotwani. (2021) “Evaluating patient education and disease-related knowledge in recently diagnosed cancer patients at a safety net oncology clinic” 2021 Baylor College of Medicine Cancer Prevention and Population Science Program Mini Retreat
- Yuanyue Sun, Katherine Sanchez, Anaum Maqsood, Yvonne Sada, MD, Aparna Jotwani. (2021) “Evaluating patient education and disease-related knowledge in recently diagnosed cancer patients at a safety net oncology clinic” 2021 Baylor Internal Medicine Housestaff Research Symposium
- Damon E. Houghton, Henny Heisler H. Billett, Manila Gaddh, Oluwatomiloba Onadeko, Gemlyn George, Tzu-Fei Wang, Thein H. Oo, Yuanyue Sun … (2019). “Optimal Timing for Removal of an Upper Extremity Central Catheter When Associated with a Deep Vein Thrombosis: A Venous Thromboembolism Network US Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study.” 2019 ASH Annual Meeting, Oral presentation, Orlando, Florida
- Nathanael Fillmore; Sarvari Yellapragada; Paul S. White; Chizoba Ifeorah; Yuanyue Sun… (2018). “Lack of racial disparity in outcome of African American (AA) and Caucasian patients with symptomatic multiple myeloma (MM) at the Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals.” 2018 ASCO Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois
- Uchino Styskel, R., Styskel, B., Aldrich, J., Allahham, M., Choi, K., Sun, Y., Ting, K., Yeung, Z., … (2018). Humanism Rounds, A Pilot Study: Decreasing Resident Burnout Through Strengthened Human Connection. 2018 Baylor College of Medicine Quality Improvement Symposium. Houston, TX
- Sun, Yuanyue; Fillmore, Nathanael; Gaballa, Mahmoud; Ifeorah, Chizoba; Rivero, Gustavo; Munshi, Nikhil; Yellapragada, Sarvari (2018). “Lack of racial disparity in outcome of African American (AA) and Caucasian patients with symptomatic multiple myeloma (MM) at the Veterans Affairs (VA) Hospitals.” Baylor College of Medicine 2018 Department of Medicine Research Symposium, Houston, TX
- Sun, Yuanyue; Rivero, Gustavo (2018). “Cooperating to induce severe cytopenias: Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis and trisomy 8 myelodysplastic syndrome, an unusual association.” Baylor College of Medicine 2018 Department of Medicine Research Symposium, Houston, TX
- Sun, Yuanyue; Tuthill, Sarah; Sargsyan, Zaven (2018). “The spinal meninges: a rare metastatic site for colon cancer.” SGIM 2018 Southern Regional Meeting, New Orleans, LA
- Sun, Yuanyue (2018). “NSTEMI- High Value Care.” Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center Morning Report. Houston, TX
- Sun, Yuanyue (2017). “Splenic Vein Thrombosis in Pancreatitis.” Citywide hematology conference, Houston, TX
- Sun, Yuanyue; Wu, Wei-I Vickie; Wang, Michael (2015). “Generalized weakness and hyponatremia: Let’s get an MRI” ACP Southern California I 2015 Resident, Medical Student and Hospitalist Day Meeting, Marina del Rey, CA
Research
- Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Hematology Oncology; PI: Sarvari Yellapragada, MD, 2017-2018
- “Lack of racial disparity in outcome of African American (AA) and Caucasian patients with symptomatic multiple myeloma (MM) at the Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals”
- “Survival of US Veterans with Symptomatic Multiple Myeloma: A Big-Data Analysis”
- “Use of big data in phenotyping and survival analysis of US Veterans with Symptomatic MM”
- Reviewed literature and analyzed data using the VA database
- USC Westside Cancer Center, Los Angeles, CA; PI: Mitch Gross, MD, PhD, 2011-2012
- Phase 3 clinical trial: Effects of Hormone Therapy and Chemotherapy on Metastatic Prostate Cancer Patients
Locations
Spring Medical and Diagnostic Center
15655 Cypress Woods Medical Drive,
Houston,
TX
77014
Hospital Affiliations
- St. Luke's Health - Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center
Accepted Insurance
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Cigna Plans
Cigna
- KelseyCare powered by Cigna (learn more)
- Choice Fund PPO
- Choice Fund Open Access Plus (OAP)
- Cigna EPO
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna KelseyCare
- Cigna HMO Open Access (OA)
- Cigna HMO Open Access Plus (OAP)
- Cigna POS
- Cigna PPO
- Cigna Consumer Driven Health Plan (CDHP)
- Cigna Surefit
- LocalPlus
- LocalPlus IN
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Blue Cross Blue Shield Plans
Blue Cross Blue Shield
The specific BCBSTX PPO and HMO plans in which Kelsey-Seybold participates are:
- Blue Edge PPO
- Blue Essentials HMO Click here to learn more about selecting a Kelsey Primary Care Physician
- Blue Choice PPO
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Federal Employee Program (Basic and Standard Option)
- Health Select of Texas - ERS
- TRS-ActiveCare Primary Click here to learn more about selecting a Kelsey Primary Care Physician
- TRS-ActiveCare Primary+ Click here to learn more about selecting a Kelsey Primary Care Physician
- TRS-ActiveCare HD
- TRS-ActiveCare 2
- UT SELECT
Kelsey-Seybold will not participate in the following BCBSTX plans: Blue Premier, Blue High-Performance network, Marketplace plans: My Blue Health, and Blue Advantage HMO, or any BCBSTX Medicare products.View FAQ (pdf)
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UnitedHealthcare Plans
UnitedHealthcare (UHC)
- United Charter Kelsey-Seybold (learn more)
- UnitedHealthcare Charter
- UnitedHealthcare Choice
- UnitedHealthcare Choice Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Core
- UnitedHealthcare Core Plus
- UnitedHealthcare Navigate
- UnitedHealthcare Navigate Plus
- UnitedHealthcare NexusACO
- UnitedHealthcare Options PPO
- UnitedHealthcare Select
- UnitedHealthcare Select Plus
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Aetna Plans
Aetna KelseyCare (learn more)
Aetna PPO, POS, and EPO Plans
Kelsey-Seybold Clinic is an in-network provider for most Aetna PPO, POS, and EPO plans*, including:
- Aetna Select
- Open Access Select
- Elect Choice
- Aetna Open Access Elect Choice
- Aetna Choice POS II
- Managed Choice
- Open Choice PPO
Aetna CVS Health Marketplace Plans
Effective January 1, 2023
- Bronze S
- Silver 1
- Silver 2
- Silver 3
- Silver 4
- Silver S
- Gold
- Gold S
*All Houston area Aetna CVS Health plans are accepted at Kelsey-Seybold Clinic*
*Kelsey-Seybold does not participate in any commercial Aetna HMO and HNO plans, including Aetna QPOS.
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KelseyCare Health Plans
Local employers can add a KelseyCare plan alongside current plan offerings. Over 400 Houston-area employers offer the choice of a KelseyCare plan to their employees.
KelseyCare plans include:
- Aetna KelseyCare (learn more)
- KelseyCare powered by Cigna (learn more)
- KelseyCare Humana (learn more)
- United Charter Kelsey-Seybold (learn more)
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Other Plans
Allied Benefit Systems/NGBS
Federal Employee Health Benefits (FEHB)
- APWU Health Plan Nationwide – CDHP with UnitedHealthcare PPO
- APWU Health Plan Nationwide – High Option with Cigna PPO
- GEHA Benefit Plan Nationwide – High & Standard Options with UnitedHealthcare Choice Plus
- NALC Nationwide with Cigna OAP
- NALC Value Option Nationwide with Cigna OAP
- SAMBA Nationwide – High & Standard with Cigna OAP
- Blue Cross Blue Shield – Standard Option
- Blue Cross Blue Shield – Basic Option
First Health
Great West Healthcare (also known as Cigna-GWH)
- POS
- PPO
- Open Access
HealthSmart PPO
Medicare
Kelsey-Seybold Clinic accepts the following Medicare Advantage Plans: KelseyCare Advantage, Aetna Medicare Advantage, WellCare TexanPlus, Humana Medicare and select UnitedHealthcare plans. Effective January 1, 2009, Kelsey-Seybold Clinic does not accept new patients with traditional Medicare.
MultiPlan PPO
Private Healthcare Systems PPO (PHCS)
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Medicare Advantage Plans
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Humana Plans
Humana
- KelseyCare Humana (learn more)
- Humana Choice POS
- Humana COT National POS Open Access
- Humana EPO PPO Open Access
- Humana National EPO
- Humana HMO Premier (Open Access)
- Humana PPO
- Humana Preferred PPO
- Humana Preferred POS (Open Access)
- Humana/ ChoiceCare Network PPO
- Humana/ChoiceCare+ Network PPO
- Humana National POS- Open Access
- Humana National POS-Open Access Plus
Education and Board Certifications
Medical School
- The Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 2016
Internship/Residency
- Internal Medicine Residency: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, 2019; Hematology/Oncology Fellowship: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, 2022
Board Certifications
- American Board of Internal Medicine - Internal Medicine