Yingcheng "Elaine" Xu MD (She/Her)

Summary

• Dr. Yingcheng Xu is a psychiatrist based in New York, NY, with a focus on medical education, medical ethics, mood disorders, family conflict, and psychopharmacology. She completed her psychiatry residency at the University of Pennsylvania Health System in 2021, after earning her MD from the University of Pennsylvania and a BA in Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology from Washington University in St. Louis. At present, she serves as a Clinical Assistant Professor and Attending Physician at NYU Langone Health and is the Assistant Residency Director there. She previously held several educational and clinical roles at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University and the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Xu has contributed research on informed consent, management options in treatment-resistant mental illness, and neuroethics, among other topics. Her work has been published in notable journals such as AJOB Neuroscience and Molecular Psychiatry. She was honored with the Golden Apple: Excellence in Medical Education award from Cooper Medical School in 2023 and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa in 2013.