Dr. Julie Zhao is an assistant attending physician in emergency medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center and New York-Presbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital. She is also an assistant professor of clinical emergency medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College. Dr. Zhao earned her medical degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York and completed her residency training in Emergency Medicine at New York-Presbyterian Hospital – Queens. Additionally, she holds a bachelor's degree in Neurosciences and Behavior from Wesleyan University.

She is a member of the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP), the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM), and the American Medical Association (AMA). Her interests include Critical Care and Global Medicine, classical piano, photography and hiking.