Yuanyue Sun, MD

Yuanyue Sun, MD, is a board-certified Internal Medicine physician with fellowship training in Hematology/Oncology. Dr. Sun earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in biological sciences in 2011 at the University of Southern California, Dornsife College of Letters, Arts, and Science in Los Angeles. She earned her medical degree in 2016 at the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. Dr. Sun completed her Internal Medicine residency in 2019 and her Hematology/Oncology fellowship in 2022, both at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. She joined Kelsey-Seybold in September 2022.

Dr. Sun is a member of the American Society of Hematology and the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

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