Dr. Steven Kai Chao M.D.
Adolescent Psychiatrist | Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
5325 BALLARD AVE NW SEATTLE WA, 98107About
Dr. Steven Chao practices Child & Adolescent Psychiatry in Washington, DC. Dr. Chao evaluates patients throughout childhood and adolescence using many different procedures, in order to determine what treatments must be carried out in order to properly assess their symptoms. Child & Adolescent Psychiatrists are trained and certified to administer psychotherapy, medication, and many other means of treatment. Dr. Chao seeks to improve each patients quality of life.
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Psychiatry and NeurologyAmerican Board of Psychiatry and NeurologyABPN
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