Ruijin Yao
     Graduate student
     Adviser: Sunil Palchaudhuri
     Degree: Ph.D., 1991
     Title of thesis: Genetic studies of invasion plasmid and regulation of invasion plasmid genes in
           Shigella dysenteriae 1

Contact information (as of 12/1/03):
     Assistant Professor/Attending Physician
     Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
     Montefiore Medical Center
     Albert Einstein College of Medicine
     Bronx, NY 10467
     Ph: (718) 920-4133
     Fax: (718) 920-2289
     Home email: ruijinyao@yahoo.com

Current activity: I am working as an attending physiatrist in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center where I completed my residency training in PM&R in June 2000. My work in Montefiore Medical Center involves interventional spinal procedures, pain management, injection techniques, outpatient musculoskeletal disorders, EMG and inpatient consultation