Dr. Catherine A. Gao, MD

Dr. Catherine Gao is a pulmonologist and critical care medicine specialist who focuses on treating serious lung conditions and providing intensive care for critically ill patients. She earned her medical degree from the University of Michigan Medical School and completed her residency at Yale-New Haven Medical Center in 2019, followed by a fellowship at McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University in 2022. With 11 years of experience in medicine, Dr. Gao brings extensive expertise to her practice. She is fluent in Chinese, allowing her to serve patients who prefer to communicate in their native language.

Dr. Gao practices at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and sees patients at the Northwestern Medicine Canning Thoracic Institute in Chicago, Illinois. Her clinical expertise includes treating respiratory failure in both adult and pediatric patients, as well as managing acute kidney injury. Dr. Gao performs specialized diagnostic procedures such as pulmonary function testing to assess …lung capacity and breathing patterns. She also conducts asthma challenge tests and bronchodilator reversibility testing to help diagnose and monitor asthma and other breathing disorders.