Dr. Kao graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University and earned her medical degree from the University of Virginia. She completed her internal medicine residency training and gastroenterology fellowship at the University of Vermont.


Current Position
- Specialist in Gastroenterology and Hepatology , Salem Gastroenterology Consultants, (Salem, Oregon)
Education
- Virginia Commonwealth University, (Richmond, VA), 1993-1996
Bachelors of Science in Biology, minor in Chemistry, summa cum laude, Fall 1996
- University of Virginia, (Charlottesville, VA), 1997-2001
School of Medicine, Medical doctorate, June 2001
- University of Vermont, College of Medicine, Fletcher Allen Healthcare, (Burlington, VT), 2001-2004
Department of Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine Residency Program
- University of Vermont, College of Medicine, Fletcher Allen Healthcare,(Burlington, VT), 2004-2007
Department of Internal Medicine - Gastroenterology, Gastroenterology Fellowship
Board Certification
- American Board of Internal Medicine, 2004
Honors and Distinctions
- Clinical Vignette Poster Winner, Associate division - American College of Physicians meeting, April 2004
- Outstanding Fellow Presentation Winner - Maine Gastroenterology meeting, March 2004
- Philip Morris Graduate Scholarship, 1997-2001
- Phi Kappa Phi University Graduate Fellowship Scholarship, University Scholarship, and Lifetime membership, 1996
- Presidential Scholarship to Virginia Commonwealth University, 1993-1996
Hospital Affiliations
- Active Medical Staff, Salem Hospital, (Salem, Oregon)
Organizational Memberships
- Attending Physician, Salem Hospital since 2008
- American Gastroenterological Association
- American College of Gastroenterology
- American Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
- Marion/Polk County Medical Society
- Oregon Medical Association
- Mid-Valley Independent Physicians Association