Meet Our Team
Deana M. Yasso-Vander Vliet
Deana M. Yasso-Vander Vliet is a board certified Family Practice Nurse Practitioner accredited by the ANCC as well as the AANP. She joined Southeast Michigan Ear, Nose and Throat in 2016. Ms. Vander Vliet has 10 years of previous nursing experience including ICU care and home ventilator care.
In addition to her extensive clinical experience, Ms. Vander Vliet also has an outstanding academic background that includes two bachelor’s degrees (a bachelor’s in biological sciences from Wayne State University and a BSN in nursing) and a Master of Science in Nursing from the Family Nurse Practitioner Program of South University in Savannah, Georgia.
Ms. Vander Vliet’s medical interests include acute and chronic ear infections, tonsil infections, sinus infections, congenital hearing loss, and head and neck cancers. She loves working with patients of all ages. She enjoys educating patients and families about the management of their health condition.
Ms. Vander Vliet is an active member of the American Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, the Academy of Otolaryngolic Allergy, and the Chaldean American Health Care Professionals. She holds medical staff privileges at Beaumont Wayne, Beaumont Dearborn and Garden City hospital. Ms. Vander Vliet is fluent in the language of Chaldean and familiar with many medical Arabic terms.