She received her Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the University of Southern California in 2009. After graduation, Dr. Cao completed a pharmacy practice residency at the University of California, San Francisco, and a PGY-2 cardiology specialty residency at the University of Southern California. She worked as a lead critical care pharmacist and was on faculty at the Loma Linda University School of Pharmacy prior to joining CNUCOP. Dr. Cao’s research primarily focuses on cardiovascular pharmacotherapy in the acute care setting.