Orange Coast Medical Center

Lianying Gao, MD, practices family medicine. Dr. Gao earned her medical degree from Shandong Medical University in China. She later completed her internship and residency at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in Colton, California. Dr. Gao is a good listener and stresses preventive healthcare and patient education in her practice. Outside of the office, she knits, gardens, and likes to drive. In addition to English, Dr. Gao is fluent in Mandarin.

Sepulveda Ambulatory Care Center, based in Sepulveda, Calif., provides ambulatory (non-emergency) services, health care and outpatient treatment to United States veterans in the surrounding area. The outpatient clinic s services include programs for women s health, dentistry, mental health care and stroke rehabilitation care. Sepulveda Ambulatory Care Center is affiliated with the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System. The system is a part of the VA Desert Pacific Healthcare Network that encompasses health care services to veterans in such areas as Long Beach, Loma Linda and San Diego, Calif., and Las Vegas, Nev. All VA Systems fall under the National Department of Veteran Affairs in Washington, D.C., the United States government cabinet department that addresses the issues and needs of the country s veterans and their families.