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Shan Gao, MD PhD

INTERESTS

  • Mood and anxiety

  • OCD

  • Identity and self-esteem problems

  • Relationship difficulties

  • Women and motherhood issues

  • Trauma

  • Grief and loss

SHAN GAO, MD, PH.D

BOARD CERTIFIED CHILD, ADOLESCENT, AND ADULT PSYCHIATRIST

American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

CLINICAL ASSISTANT PROFESSOR

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Psychiatry

ADVANCED CLINICAL TRAINING

The Pittsburgh Psychoanalytic Center 

James T. McLaughlin Training Program in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy

William Alanson White Institute

Online Topic-Oriented Psychotherapy Program 

Certified in Trauma-Focused CBT 

Certified in EMDR 

CHILD AND ADOLESCENT FELLOWSHIP

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

GENERAL ADULT PSYCHIATRY RESIDENCY

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

Research Track

MEDICAL/GRADUATE SCHOOL

Texas A&M School of Medicine

Concentration: Molecular Biology, Development

UNDERGRADUATE

Rice University

B.S. in Biology; B.A. in Psychology

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