Dr. Yap completed her undergraduate and graduate degrees at the University of the Philippines (B.S. in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology and Doctor of Medicine). She went on to complete her Pediatrics residency at the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, PA and a Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Fellowship at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center. Following her fellowship, she worked at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and the Arkansas Children's Hospital as an Assistant Professor and attending neonatologist before returning to New York City. She is board-certified in both Pediatrics and Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine.

Her primary clinical and research interests are in the brain injury of the newborn. In addition to her clinical responsibilities, Dr. Yap is the Fellowship Director for the Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine Fellowship at NYP-Weill Cornell.