Virginia Gao
Parkinson's Disease & Movement Disorders Institute
Office
(212) 746-2584
428 East 72nd Street Suite 400 New York, NY 10021
About
Virginia Gao
Virginia Gao, M.D., Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience at Weill Cornell Medicine and a board-certified Neurologist with the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. She is also the Louis and Rachel Rudin Clinical Scholar in Neurology, Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell UniversityDr. Gao offers individualized, compassionate care to patients with Movement Disorders with a focus on Parkinson’s disease. Her research interest is in the gut-brain axis and she is the principal investigator for an ongoing clinical trial for biomarker discovery in Parkinson’s disease.In addition to her clinical work and research, she is Co-Director for the Area of Concentration in Neurodegeneration for medical students, and Associate Program Director for Research for the Neurology Residency Program.Dr. Gao received her B.A. in Neuroscience from Columbia and her M.D. and Ph.D. from Mount Sinai. She was a Fulbright Scholar at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland. She completed her residency in Neurology at Weill Cornell, where she served as Chief Resident, and her fellowship training in Movement Disorders at Weill Cornell and the Neurological Institute of New York at Columbia. Her work has been funded by the National Institute of Health, the Leon Levy Foundation, the McGraw Fellowship in Neurology Research, and the American Academy for Neurology.Select PublicationsGao V, Crawford CV, Burré J. The Gut-Brain Axis in Parkinson's Disease. Cold Spring Harb Perspect Med. 2025 Jan 7;15(1):a041618.Gao V, Chlebowicz J, Gaskin K, Briano JA, Komer LE, Pineda A, Jhalani S, Ahmad S, Uwaifo E, Black LS, Haller JE, Przedborski S, Lane DA, Zhang S, Sharma M, Burré J. Synaptic vesicle-omics in mice captures signatures of aging and synucleinopathy. Nat Commun. 2025 May 1;16(1):4079.Keavney JL, Mathur S, Schroeder K, Merrell R, Castillo-Torres SA, Gao V, Crotty GF, Schwarzschild MA, Poma JM. Perspectives of People At-Risk on Parkinson's Prevention Research. J Parkinsons Dis. 2024;14(3):399-414.Smith EE, Biessels GJ, Gao V, Gottesman RF, Liesz A, Parikh NS, Iadecola C. Systemic determinants of brain health in ageing. Nat Rev Neurol. 2024 Nov;20(11):647-659.
Primary Specialty
Neurologist
Practice
Parkinson's Disease & Movement Disorders Institute
Gender
Female
Not Accepting New Patients
Insurances Accepted
Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield, CIGNA, UnitedHealthcare, Multiplan, Local 1199, Emblem/Hip, Fidelis Care, Medicare, Emblem/GHI, RiverSpring, World Trade Center Health Plan, Aetna - NYP, Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield, VNSNY CHOICE, Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield Healthplus, Oxford Health Plans, AETNA, GHI, Health Insurance Plan of NY (HIP), United Healthcare, Healthfirst, MVP Health Care, Affinity Health Plan, Magnacare (National), Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield Healthplus, Amida Care, WellCare
Degrees
Medical Doctor, Doctor of Philosophy
Office Name
Parkinson's Disease & Movement Disorders Institute
Languages
English
Services
Virginia Gao provides neurology services in New York, NY. A Neurologist is a physician who diagnoses, treats, and manages disorders, disease, and injuries to the nervous system. This includes such areas as the brain, spinal cord, nerves and muscles.
Please call Virginia Gao at (212) 746-2584 to schedule an appointment in New York, NY or to get more information. Additional Services Doctor
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