Area of Specialty: Child Neurology and Epileptology
Academic Appointment: Assistant Professor of Neurology, Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey.
Graduate Education:
In United States:
Clinical Neurophysiology Fellow (Mainly on EEG and EMU), State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn (SUNY Downstate Medical Center), Brooklyn, NY, 7/01/2005 - 6/30/2006;
Pediatric Neurology Fellow, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY 7/01/2000 - 6/30/2003;
Pediatric Resident, New York Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, NY, 7/01/2003 - 6/30/2005.
In China:
Pediatric Residency: Suzhou Children's Hospital of Medical School of Soochow University, China, 07/1985 - 06/1989;
Pediatric Pulmonary Fellow: Suzhou Children's Hospital of Medical School of Soochow University, China 07/1989-06/1992.
Medical Education:
Undergraduate Student: Department of Medicine, Medical School of Soochow University, China
Degree: Bachelor Degree in Medicine, (i.e., M.D.), 09/1980-07/1985.
Graduate Student: Department of Pediatrics, Medical School of Soochow University, China
Degree: Master Degree in Medicine, 09/1989-07/1992.
Special Board Certification: Pediatrics
Research Interest: Epilepsy
Professional Memberships: American Medical Association (AMA), American Academy of Neurology (AAN), American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), Child Neurology Society (CNS) and American Epilepsy Society (AES).
Honors and Awards: Chief Resident of Pediatric Neurology Training Program at SUNY Downstate Medical Center from 7-01-02 to 6-30-03; Best Graduate with Excellent Theses by Suzhou Medical College in 1992.
Publications:
J. R. Sabater, Y. Mao, W. M. Abraham, et al., “Aerosolization of P2Y(2)-receptor Enhances Mucociliary Clearance in Sheep”, J Appl Physiol, 1999 Dec, 87(6), 2191-6
T.G. O’Riordan, M. D. Weinstein, Y. Mao, et al., "Bench Testing of Nebulizers: A Comparison of Three Methods", J Aerosol Med, 1999, 12(2): 59-66
T.G. O’Riordan, Y. Mao, R.A. Otero, W. M. Abraham, et al., “Budesonide Affects Allergic Mucociliary Dysfunction”, J. Appl. Physiol., 1998, 85(3): 1086-91
T.G. O’Riordan, R.A. Otero, Y. Mao, W. M. Abraham, et al., “Elastase Contributes to Antigen Induced Mucociliary Dysfunction in Ovine Airways”, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 1997, 155(5): 1522-8
Y. Mao, T. G. O’Riordan, W. M. Abraham, et al., “A Small Molecule Inhibitor of Very Late Antigen-4 (VLA-4) Can Block and Reverse the Antigen Induced Impairment of Mucociliary Clearance (MCC) in Ovine Airways”, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine,1999,159(3), A472