Overview
Er-kai Gao is a Neurosurgery specialist and a Neurologist in La Mesa, California. Dr. Gao is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Anosmia. His top areas of expertise are Benign Rolandic Epilepsy, Memory Loss, Common Peroneal Nerve Dysfunction, and Seizures.
His clinical research consists of participating in 1 clinical trial. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Gao has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
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Areas of Expertise
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Distinguished
- Benign Rolandic EpilepsyDr. Gao isDistinguished. Learn about Benign Rolandic Epilepsy.
- Common Peroneal Nerve DysfunctionDr. Gao isDistinguished. Learn about Common Peroneal Nerve Dysfunction.
- Memory LossDr. Gao isDistinguished. Learn about Memory Loss.
- Optic NeuritisDr. Gao isDistinguished. Learn about Optic Neuritis.
- SeizuresDr. Gao isDistinguished. Learn about Seizures.
- Advanced
- Autosomal Dominant Nocturnal Frontal Lobe Epilepsy (ADNFLE)
- Cerebellar DegenerationDr. Gao isAdvanced. Learn about Cerebellar Degeneration.
- Charles Bonnet SyndromeDr. Gao isAdvanced. Learn about Charles Bonnet Syndrome.
- Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy
- Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
- Congenital Insensitivity to Pain with Anhidrosis
- Experienced
- Alcoholic NeuropathyDr. Gao isExperienced. Learn about Alcoholic Neuropathy.
- Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood
- Alzheimer's DiseaseDr. Gao isExperienced. Learn about Alzheimer's Disease.
- AnosmiaDr. Gao isExperienced. Learn about Anosmia.
- ApoplexyDr. Gao isExperienced. Learn about Apoplexy.
- Arachnoid CystsDr. Gao isExperienced. Learn about Arachnoid Cysts.