• 2002 Bachelor of Science, Master of Engineering in Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

    • 2008 Doctorate of Medicine, Rush Medical College, Chicago IL

    • 2011, Certificate of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

    • 2011-2014 General Adult Psychiatry Residency, St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center/Tufts University School of Medicine

    • 2014-2015 Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Fellowship, Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute

    • 2015-2016 Campus Mental Health Fellowship, Harvard University Health Services

    • 2014 Medical License, Board of Registration in Medicine, Commonwealth of Massachusetts

    • 2015 Biofeedback and Neurofeedback

    • 2015 Board Certified in Psychiatry, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

    • 2017 Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)

  • Psychiatrist in Charge & Clinical Instructor at McLean Hospital, a teaching hospital and affiliate of Harvard Medical School:

    • Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) Service

    • Adult inpatient services of Division of Depression and Anxiety Disorders, of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Inpatient Program, and of Dissociative Disorders and Trauma Inpatient

 

Hello!

I am Dr. Ying Cao, a Harvard-trained and affiliated psychiatrist and MIT-trained engineer with a background in Traditional Chinese Medicine and Genetics. I practice integrative, intentional psychiatry guided by concepts from systems engineering, traditional mind-body medicine, modern molecular and systems medicine as well as various schools of psychology and wellness coaching.

I would like to first extend my heartfelt gratitude to all of my patients, teachers, and colleagues for their ongoing training and inspiration. I feel very fortunate to be in a field of utter fascination that also offers endless opportunities to make a positive difference.

Even though branding as an expert for a particular diagnosis, targeted patient population, and/or treatment modality are often better for marketing and business growth, my years of clinical experience suggest a broader approach in managing both primary diagnosis as well as comorbidities using multiple treatment modalities often leads to the best outcome for patients.

As such, instead of being a specialist for a particular diagnosis or treatment modality, I focus on providing the most personalized and effective integration of various tools of mental healthcare guided by both the holistic biopsychosocial as well as root-cause-resolution approaches.

In my day to day practice, I am to deliver bespoke treatment plans that encompasses comprehensive assessment, up-to-date patient education, integrative psychotherapy and wellness care, biomarker-guided nutraceuticals and pharmaceuticals, and psycho-pharmacogenetic testing, and interventional therapeutics such as TMS and esketamine.

With my team, we strive to implement the art, science, and technology of psychiatry as well as traditional and modern mind-body medicine to actualize health, fitness, and wellness that would serve as the basis for fulfilling and actualized lives.