Dr. Yao earned his medical degree in 1977 and his M.S. in 1979 from Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Shanghai, China. Yao was a research fellow in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology for Zhong Shan Medical University in Guang Zhou, China and instructor, then assistant professor of Microbiology and Immunology for Shanghai University from 1981 - 1989.This page was last updated October 26, 2009 and is maintained by Michael Curatolo