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Yi Cai, MD

Sleep Medicine
Specialties
Sleep Medicine, Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery,

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ColumbiaDoctors - Third Avenue

880 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10022
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iconAbout Yi Cai, MD

Yi Cai, MD is an Assistant Professor and Director of Sleep Surgery at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center. She is driven by the desire to improve patients' sleep through innovative clinical and research approaches. As one of the few fellowship-trained sleep surgeons in the New York City area, Dr. Cai has expertise in the diagnosis and surgical management of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). She devotes significant attention to upper airway evaluation in personalizing treatment for her patients and offers the full spectrum of surgical sleep apnea care, ranging from nasal and pharyngeal surgery to skeletal surgery to hypoglossal nerve stimulation (Inspire therapy).

Dr. Cai rece...

iconExpertise

  • Epiglottoplasty
  • Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulation
  • Laryngoscopy
  • Maxillary Expansion
  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea
  • Obstructive Sleep Apnea Surgery
  • Palatopharyngoplasty

iconEducation

  • Fellowship: University of Pennsylvania
  • Medical School: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
  • Residency: University of California, San Francisco

iconTitles & Positions

  • Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery at CUMC
  • Director of Sleep Surgery at CUMC

iconHospital Affiliations

  • NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
  • NewYork-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center
  • NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital
  • NewYork-Presbyterian Westchester