MD, PhD*
Dr. Gao hails from Beijing, China, where she earned her medical degree at
Shangxi Medical College.  She then went on to complete a Masters Degree in
Neuropsychopharmacology at the Beijing Academy of Medical Science. Dr. Gao
had her PhD training in Neuropsychopharmacology at New York University
(NYU) Medical Center’s Department of Psychiatry. She remained in New York
City where she completed her neurology residency at NYU Medical Center and
then went on to pursue an EMG fellowship at Bellevue Hospital. Dr. Gao has
managed a successful private practice in New York City for 28 years, expanding
to two primary care clinics in midtown and Chinatown.  In addition to her clinic
work, Dr. Gao is an assistant professor of Clinical Neurology at NYU Medical
Center and Cornell School of medicine. She acts as an attending physician at
NYU Downtown Hospital, now is NYP lower Manhattan Hospital and NYU Tisch
Hospital,  now is NYU Langone hospital. Dr. Gao is a Diplomate of the American
Board of Neurology and Psychiatry, a Member of the American Academies of
Neurology and was a member of Pain Management, the American Association of
Neuro-Rehabilitation and the American Board of Sleep Medicine.