UChicago Faculty Physician
Yangfeifei Gao, PhD
Yangfeifei Gao, PhD
UChicago Faculty Physician
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience
Specialties
- Pediatric Psychiatry
Locations
- Chicago - Mitchell Hospital
- About
- Specialties & Areas of Expertise
- Locations & Patient Information
- Education & Research
- Accepted Insurance
- External Professional Relationships
Yangfeifei Gao, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist who specializes in neuropsychology with expertise in evaluating children and young adults with neurodevelopmental disorders like autism spectrum disorder. Dr. Gao sees a wide range of children with cognitive and behavioral function concerns, such as language, social cognition, attention and memory issues. She also helps patients struggling with complex medical conditions, including genetic syndromes, epilepsy and acquired brain injuries.
Dr. Gao is dedicated to improving the lives of children through compassionate care and evidence-based practices. She also works closely with the families to develop a comprehensive treatment plan that addresses the unique needs of each child.
In addition to her clinical practice, Dr. Gao focuses on using research to improve the understanding of brain-behavior relationships, ultimately leading to more effective treatments for young patients. Through her research, Dr. Gao examines behavioral, functional and anatomical presentations of developmental and psychiatric disorders using neuroimaging and statistical modeling approaches. Her work has been published in several highly respected journals, including Autism Research, Cerebral Cortex and Journal of American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Dr. Gao is dedicated to improving the lives of children through compassionate care and evidence-based practices. She also works closely with the families to develop a comprehensive treatment plan that addresses the unique needs of each child.
In addition to her clinical practice, Dr. Gao focuses on using research to improve the understanding of brain-behavior relationships, ultimately leading to more effective treatments for young patients. Through her research, Dr. Gao examines behavioral, functional and anatomical presentations of developmental and psychiatric disorders using neuroimaging and statistical modeling approaches. Her work has been published in several highly respected journals, including Autism Research, Cerebral Cortex and Journal of American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
Specialties
Areas of Expertise
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Child and Adolescent Psychology
UChicago Medicine Mitchell Hospital - Hyde Park5815 S. Maryland Ave., Chicago IL 606371-888-824-0200
Practicing Since
- 2020
Languages Spoken
- English
- Mandarin Chinese
Medical Education
- San Diego State University
Internship
- Edmonton Consortium Clinical Psychology Residency
Fellowship
- Children's National Pediatric Neuropsychology Postdoctoral Fellowship
Memberships & Medical Societies
- Asian Neuropsychological Association
- American Psychological Association
- American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology
- Organization for Human Brain Mapping
News & Research
Insurance
- Aetna Better Health *see insurance page
- Aetna HMO (specialists only)
- Aetna Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO
- BCBS Blue Precision HMO (specialists only)
- BCBS HMO (HMOI) (specialists only)
- BCBS Medicare Advantage HMO & PPO
- BCBS PPO
- Cigna HMO
- Cigna POS
- Cigna PPO
- CountyCare *see insurance page
- Humana Medicare Advantage Choice PPO
- Humana Medicare Advantage Gold Choice PFFS
- Humana Medicare Advantage Gold Plus HMO
- Medicare
- Multiplan PPO
- PHCS PPO
- United Choice Plus POS/PPO
- United Choice HMO (specialists only)
- United Options (PPO)
- United Select (HMO & EPO) (specialists only)
- United W500 Emergent Wrap
- University of Chicago Health Plan (UCHP)
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Some of our physicians and health professionals collaborate with external pharmaceutical, medical device, or other medical related entities to develop new treatments and products to improve clinical outcomes for patients. In some instances, the physician has ownership interests in the external entity and/or is compensated for advising or speaking about the entity’s products or treatments. These payments may include compensation for consulting and speaking engagements, equity, and/or royalties for products invented by our physicians. To assure objectivity and integrity in patient care, UChicago Medicine requires all physicians and health professionals to report their relationships and financial interests with external entities on an annual basis. This information is used to review relationships and transactions that might give rise to potential financial conflicts of interest, and when considered to be significant a management plan to mitigate any biases is created.
If you are a patient at UChicago Medicine and would like more information about your physician’s external relationships, please talk with your physician. You may also visit the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments website at https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/ . CMS Open Payments is a national disclosure program that promotes a more transparent and accountable health care system. It houses a publicly accessible database of payments that reporting entities, including drug and medical device companies, make to covered recipients like physicians and hospitals.
Information in the CMS Open Payments database could potentially contain inaccurately reported and out of date payment information. All information is open to personal interpretation, if there are questions about the data, patients and their advocates should speak directly to their health care provider for a better understanding.
Some of our physicians and health professionals collaborate with external pharmaceutical, medical device, or other medical related entities to develop new treatments and products to improve clinical outcomes for patients. In some instances, the physician has ownership interests in the external entity and/or is compensated for advising or speaking about the entity’s products or treatments. These payments may include compensation for consulting and speaking engagements, equity, and/or royalties for products invented by our physicians. To assure objectivity and integrity in patient care, UChicago Medicine requires all physicians and health professionals to report their relationships and financial interests with external entities on an annual basis. This information is used to review relationships and transactions that might give rise to potential financial conflicts of interest, and when considered to be significant a management plan to mitigate any biases is created.
If you are a patient at UChicago Medicine and would like more information about your physician’s external relationships, please talk with your physician. You may also visit the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Open Payments website at https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/ . CMS Open Payments is a national disclosure program that promotes a more transparent and accountable health care system. It houses a publicly accessible database of payments that reporting entities, including drug and medical device companies, make to covered recipients like physicians and hospitals.
Information in the CMS Open Payments database could potentially contain inaccurately reported and out of date payment information. All information is open to personal interpretation, if there are questions about the data, patients and their advocates should speak directly to their health care provider for a better understanding.