Yan Ling Gao, M. D.
                                                                 

                                                                 Board Certified Neurologist
                                                                 NYS Certified Acupuncturist
                                                                 Pain Management Specialist

                    Dr. Gao was born in China and grew up during the Cultural Revolution. She started to                                                           learn acupuncture when she was 11-12 years old to treat a condition she suffered  from.                                                           After graduating from high school, she was send to work in the countryside for four years.                                                       She worked as a farmer during the day and treated farmers suffering from headache, lower                                                    back pain, sciatica, neck pain and other symptoms with acupunctures during the night,                                                           when patients would call for her assistance.                                                                                                             

                    Dr. YanLing Gao received her medical degree from Norman Bethune University of  Medical                                             Science in Jilin Providence in 1982. She was a neurology attending before she came to the                                                     USA in 1991.                                                                                                                                                         

                    Dr. Gao came to USA upon receiving the Jacqueline Du Pré Fellowship at International                                                 Federation of  Multiple Sclerosis Societies, London in 1992. After arriving in the USA,                                                            Dr. Gao went on to do research in Neuropathology for 5 years in Department of Pathology at                                              Albert Einstein College of Medicine in Bronx, New York.                                                                                      

                    Dr. Gao completed her residency in Neurology at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Albert                                            Einstein College of Medicine where she was the chief resident in the Department of Neurology.                                                Dr. Gao has also completed a fellowship in pain medicine and palliative care at Beth Israel                                                Medical Center, New York. She has been published in the Neurology, Journal Immunology,                                               PNAS, J Neurosciences Research and Journal of Neuro-immunology, and Chinese J.                                                Neuropsychiatry, which is top of Chinese Medical Journals.

                    Dr. Gao is currently a board certified Neurologist by the American Board of the Psychiatry and                                     Neurology, and maintains professional memberships in the American Academy of Neurology                                                   and the American Associate of Neuropathology.

                    Dr. Gao is also New York State Certified Acupuncturist.

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