Catherine A. Gao, MD

Dr. Catherine Gao is a pulmonologist and critical care medicine specialist with 11 years of experience treating patients with complex lung and breathing conditions. She earned her medical degree from the University of Michigan Medical School and completed her residency at Yale-New Haven Medical Center in 2019. Dr. Gao further specialized through a fellowship at McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University, which she completed in 2022. She is fluent in Chinese, allowing her to serve a diverse patient population.

Dr. Gao practices at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and sees patients at the Northwestern Medicine Canning Thoracic Institute in Chicago, Illinois. She specializes in caring for patients experiencing respiratory failure, including pediatric cases, and manages acute kidney injury when it occurs alongside breathing problems. Her expertise includes performing pulmonary function testing to assess how well lungs are working, conducting asthma challenge tests to diagnose breathing …conditions, and administering bronchodilator reversibility testing to determine the best treatment approaches for patients with airway disorders.