Pediatric Critical Care Medicine at NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital
506 6th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11215
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Dr. Melanie Gao is a neonatologist and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine, where she cares for newborns at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian Queens.
Born and raised in New York City, she received her undergraduate degree from Columbia University and her medical degree from SUNY Downstate College of Medicine. She then completed her pediatric residency and Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine fellowship at NewYork-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center.
She is also an International Board-Certified Lactation Consultant (IBCLC). Her research interests focus on neonatal nutrition, human milk biology, breastfeeding medici...
Board Certifications
- Pediatrics
Education
- Degrees: Columbia University
- Degrees: State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn
Languages
- English
Titles & Positions
- Assistant Attending Pediatrician
- Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Hospital Affiliations
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center
Education
- Degrees: State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn
- Degrees: Columbia University
Titles & Positions
- Assistant Attending Pediatrician
- Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Board Certifications
- pediatrics
Languages Spoken
- english