Staff Clinician, Primary Immune Deficiency Clinic (ALPS Clinic), NIH, USA.

Dr. Rao received his undergraduate and pediatric post-graduate medical education at SCB Medical College (Cuttack, Odisha, India) followed by Hematology training at the CMC Hospital (Vellore, India) and the Tata Memorial Hospital (Mumbai,  India). Dr. Rao then undertook specialized training through a Hematology fellowship in Australia at Westmead and Sydney Children’s Hospital, followed by a pediatric hematology oncology fellowship at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland in 1995. Dr. Rao qualified as a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia (FRCPA). Since 2003, Dr. Rao has been a staff physician in NIAID conducting clinical research and providing care for patients with ALPS and related disorders. Since 2006, Dr. Rao has chaired the NIAID Institutional Review Board (IRB) overseeing clinical research protocols.

Dr. Rao’s current research and clinical activities focus on autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome (ALPS) and the related RAS-associated Leukoproliferative disorder (RALD).