Adupa P. Rao, MD

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Areas of Treatment:

Specialties:

  • Pulmonary

Title:

  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
  • Associate Director, Adult Cystic Fibrosis Program, Keck School of Medicine
  • Associate Director, Fellowship Program, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
  • Co-director, Adult Cystic Fibrosis Center

Department:

Background:

Dr. Rao attended the University of Southern California as an undergraduate before returning to his native India for medical school. After receiving his medical degree, Dr. Rao was welcomed back to USC and completed an internship, a residency and two fellowships at the LAC+USC Medical Center. An expert in Cystic Fibrosis, Dr. Rao has taught several courses to medical students on understanding the disease and is the Associate Director of the Keck School of Medicine's Adult Cystic Fibrosis Program. Dr. Rao's research activities include lung transplantation and Cystic Fibrosis: Testosterone, Rate of PFT Decline. He has also been a distinguished lecturer on Sarcoidosis and created a DVD produced by the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation titled “Looking Ahead: Transition for Pediatric to Adult Cystic Fibrosis Patient Care.”

Education:

  • University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, BA, 1987
  • Doctor of Medicine, Mahadevappa Rampure Medical College, Gulburga, Karnataka, India, 1993

Internships:

  • Mahadevappa Rampure Medical College, Gulburga Government General Hospital, Gulburga, Karnataka, India 1993 - 1994
  • LAC+USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, 1995 - 1996

Residencies:

  • LAC+USC Medical Center (Internal Medicine), Los Angeles, CA, 1996 - 1999

Fellowships:

  • LAC+USC Medical Center (Hematology Research), Los Angeles, CA, January 1995 - June 1995
  • LAC+USC Medical Center (Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine), Los Angeles, CA, 1999 - 2002

Board Certification:

  • Internal Medicine
  • Pulmonary Medicine

Professional Society Memberships:

  • American College of Chest Physicians, 2002
  • American Medical Association, 1999
  • Society of Critical Care Medicine, 2001

Awards:

  • Dr. Rao was voted a Top Doctor by Pasadena Magazine in 2011.
  • Tutor of the Year, 1987
  • Resident of the Year, 1998
  • Fellowship Research Award, GlaxoSmithKline, 2001

Languages:

  • English
  • Hindi