Education

Medical School
Baylor College of Medicine (2006)
Residency
Emory University School of Medicine/Grady Memorial Hospital (2009), Pediatrics
Fellowship
Boston Children's Hospital (2012), Pediatric Pulmonology

Publications

Featured Publications LegendFeatured Publications

ATS Core Curriculum 2016: Part III. Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine.
Boyer D, Thomson CC, Cohen R, Rao D, Dell S, Rayment J, Wang R, Dy FJ, Wambach J, Tam-Williams J, Simon D, Price E, Oermann CM, Singh A, Rettig JS, Duncan ED, Baker CD, Liptzin DR, Moore PE Ann Am Thorac Soc 2016 Jun 13 6 955-66
An Overview of Fractional Exhaled Nitric Oxide and Children with Asthma.
Rao DR, Phipatanaku W Expert Rev Clin Immunol 2016 Jan
Association between allergic sensitization and exhaled nitric oxide in children in the School Inner-City Asthma Study.
Rao DR, Sordillo JE, Kopel LS, Gaffin JM, Sheehan WJ, Hoffman E, Ozonoff A, Gold DR, Phipatanakul W Ann. Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2015 Jan
Perceived neighborhood safety and asthma morbidity in the School Inner-City Asthma Study.
Kopel LS, Gaffin JM, Ozonoff A, Rao DR, Sheehan WJ, Friedlander JL, Permaul P, Baxi SN, Fu C, Subramanian SV, Gold DR, Phipatanakul W Pediatr. Pulmonol. 2014 Jan
Impact of cilia ultrastructural examination on the diagnosis of primary ciliary dyskinesia.
Simoneau T, Zandieh SO, Rao DR, Vo P, Palm KE, McCown M, Kopel LS, Dias A, Casey A, Perez-Atayde AR, Zhong Z, Graham D, Vargas SO Pediatr. Dev. Pathol. 2013 Jul
The utility of forced expiratory flow between 25% and 75% of vital capacity in predicting childhood asthma morbidity and severity.
Rao DR, Gaffin JM, Baxi SN, Sheehan WJ, Hoffman EB, Phipatanakul W J Asthma 2012 Aug 49 6 586-92
The school inner-city asthma study: design, methods, and lessons learned.
Phipatanakul W, Bailey A, Hoffman EB, Sheehan WJ, Lane JP, Baxi S, Rao D, Permaul P, Gaffin JM, Rogers CA, Muilenberg ML, Gold DR J Asthma 2011 Dec 48 10 1007-14
Impact of environmental controls on childhood asthma.
Rao D, Phipatanakul W Curr Allergy Asthma Rep 2011 Oct 11 5 414-20

Honors & Awards

  • Travel Award
    American Thoracic Society's Fellows Track Symposium (2011)

Professional Associations/Affiliations

  • American Academy of Pediatrics, Section on Pediatric Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine (2010-2014)
  • American College of Chest Physicians (2011)
  • American Medical Association (2009-2014)
  • American Thoracic Society (2009)