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Rakesh Rao, M.D.
Rao_R@kids.wustl.edu
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Newborn Medicine
Newborn Medicine
phone: (314) 454-6148
Education
MBBS,
Gold medal in Biochemistry
,
University College of Medical Sciences
,
1992
MD,
Maulana Azad Medical College
,
1996
Training
Fellowship, University of Kentucky (Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine)
,
2000
-
2003
Residency , University of Kentucky
,
2003
-
2005
Licensure and Board Certification
Neonatal Resuscitation Program
1996
Medical Council of India
2005
-
2007
KY
2005
-
2012
American Board of Pediatrics
2006
-
2017
MO
2008
-
Pres
American Board of Pediatrics, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
2015
-
Pres
American Board of Pediatrics (recertification)
Honors and Awards
Ranked 143rd out of ~60,000 in M.B;B.S entrance examination (Delhi University, India)
,
1987
Gold Medal in Biochemistry, 1st MBBS (India)
,
1988
Stood 5th in the Final MBBS Examination conducted by Delhi University
,
1991
Ranked 129th out of ~10,000 in Post-Graduate entrance examination (Delhi University, India)
,
1993
Nominated for the PN Taneja Award for best dissertation during postgraduate training
,
1995
Trainee Travel Award (Southern Society for Pediatric Research)
,
2001
Chief Fellow, Neonatal-perinatal Medicine, University of Kentucky
,
2002
- 2003
Trainee Travel Award (Southern Society of Pediatric Research)
,
2003
Outstanding Resident, Pediatric Gastroenterology, University of Kentucky
,
2003
- 2004
Newborn Medicine Follow Up Clinic: April Faculty Recognition from Division of Newborn Medicine
,
2011
Golden Collaborative Award (awarded to SLCH team by the CHND/CHA for efforts in the STEPP IN project )
,
2015
Silver Sustainabilty Award (Awarded by the CHA/CHNC to the SLCH team for the STEPP IN project)
,
2015
First Place: A Sustained Inter-Professional Improvement Initiative for Unplanned Extubation Reduction in the NICU. 2020 Patient Safety & Quality Symposium
,
2020
Recent Publications
view all (37)
Publication Co-Authors
Shalini Shenoy, M.D.
Christopher McPherson
Zachary A. Vesoulis, MD MSCI
Amit M Mathur, M.D., M.R.C.P.
Steve M. Liao, M.D., MSCI
Halana Whitehead, MD
Francis Sessions Cole, III, M.D.
Rao R, Mietzsch U, DiGeronimo R, Hamrick SE, Dizon MLV, Lee KS, Natarajan G, Yanowitz TD, Peeples ES, Flibotte J, Wu TW, Zaniletti I, Mathur AM, Massaro A..
Utilization of Therapeutic Hypothermia and Neurological Injury in Neonates with Mild Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy: A Report from Children's Hospital Neonatal Consortium.
J Perinatol
.
2020.
doi:
doi: 10.1055/s-0040-1716341.
PMID:
32892328
Whitehead HV, McPherson CC, Vesoulis ZA, Cohlan BA, Rao R, Warner BB, Cole FS..
The Challenge of Risk Stratification of Infants Born Preterm in the Setting of Competing and Disparate Healthcare Outcomes
J Peds
.
2020;223:194-196.
doi:
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2020.04.043
PMCID:
PMC7476078
PMID:
32711746
Morris HF, Schuller L, Archer J, Niesen A, Ellsworth S, Egan J, Rao R, Vesoulis ZA, Mathur AM..
Decreasing Unplanned Extubation in the Neonatal ICU With a Focus on Endotracheal Tube Tip Position
Respir Care
.
2020.
doi:
doi: 10.4187/respcare.07446
PMID:
32265290
Rao R, Lee KS, Zaniletti I, Yanowitz TD, DiGeronimo R, Dizon MLV, Hamrick SE, Natarajan G, Peeples ES, Murthy K, Mathur AM, Massaro A.
Antimicrobial therapy utilization in neonates with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE): a report from the Children's Hospital Neonatal Database (CHND)
J Perinatol
.
2020;40:70–78.
doi:
DOI: 10.1038/s41372-019-0527-2
PMID:
<31611619>
Rakesh Rao , Kyong-Soon Lee, Isabella Zaniletti, Toby D. Yanowitz , Robert DiGeronimo, Maria L. V. Dizon, Shannon E. Hamrick, Girija Natarajan, Eric S. Peeples, Karna Murthy, Amit M. Mathur, An Massaro.
Antimicrobial therapy utilization in neonates with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE): a report from the Children’s Hospital Neonatal Database (CHND)
Journal of Perinatology
.
2019;40
(1):
70-78.
doi:
10.1038/s41372-019-0527-2
Kerri Z. Machut, Ankur Datta, Jason Z. Stoller, Rakesh Rao, Amit Mathur, Theresa R. Grover, Zeenia Billimoria, Karna Murthy.
Association of neonatologist continuity of care and short-term patient outcomes
J Peds
.
2019;212:131-136.
doi:
doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2019.05.023
PMID:
31201026
Machut KZ, Datta A, Stoller JZ, Rao R, Mathur A, Grover TR, Billimoria Z, Murthy K..
Association of Neonatologist Continuity of Care and Short-Term Patient Outcomes.
J Peds
.
2019;2019 Sep;212:131-136.e1.
doi:
10.1016/j.jpeds.2019.05.023.
PMID:
31201026
Lust C, Vesoulis Z, Jackups R Jr, Liao S, Rao R, Mathur AM.
Early red cell transfusion is associated with development of severe retinopathy of prematurity.
J Perinatol
.
2019;39
(3):
393-400.
doi:
doi: 10.1038/s41372-018-0274-9. Epub 2018 Nov 20.
PMCID:
PMC6391181
PMID:
30459388
Dizon MLV, Rao R, Hamrick SE, Zaniletti I, DiGeronimo R, Natarajan G, Kaiser JR, Flibotte J, Lee KS, Smith D, Yanowitz T, Mathur AM, Massaro AN..
Practice Variation ni anti-epileptic drug use for neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy among regional NICUs
BMC Pediatrics
.
2019;19
(1):
67.
doi:
doi: 10.1186/s12887-019-1441-7.
PMID:
30813933
Natarajan G, Mathur A, Zaniletti I, DiGeronimo R, Lee KS, Rao R, Dizon M, Hamrick S, Rudine A, Cook N, Smith D, Flibotte J, Murthy K, Massaro A; Children's Hospitals Neonatal Consortium (CHNC)..
Withdrawal of Life-support in neonatal Hypoxic-ischemic Encephalopathy
Pediatr Neurol
.
2019;91:20-26.
doi:
doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2018.08.027. Epub 2018 Nov 23.
PMID:
30559002
Rao R, Trivedi S, Distler A, Liao S, Vesoulis Z, Smyser C, Mathur AM..
Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in neonates with Mild hypoxic-ischemic encephaloapthy treated with Therapeutic Hypothermia
Am J Perinatol
.
2019.
doi:
doi: 10.1055/s-0038-1676973.
PMID:
30609430
Whitehead HV, Vesoulis ZA, Maheshwari A, Rao R, Mathur AM.
Anemia of prematurity and cerebral near-infrared spectroscopy: should transfusion thresholds in preterm infants be revised?
J Perinatol
.
2018.
doi:
doi: 10.1038/s41372-018-0120-0
PMID:
29740185
Vesoulis ZA, Liao SM, Rao R, Trivedi SB, Cahill AG, Mathur AM.
Re-examining the arterial cord blood gas pH screening criteria in neonatal encephalopathy
Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed.
.
2017.
doi:
<10.1136/archdischild-2017-313078>
PMID:
28942435
Bhandari R, Lindley A, Bhatla D, Babic A, Mueckl K, Rao R, Brooks P, Geiler V, Gross G, Al-Hosni M, Shenoy S.
Awareness of cord blood collection and the impact on banking.
Pediatr Blood Cancer
.
2017;64
(7).
PMID:
28111924
Vesoulis ZA, Rao R, Trivedi SB, Mathur AM.
The effect of therapeutic hypothermia on heart rate variability.
J Perinatol
.
2017;37
(6):
679-683.
doi:
10.1038/jp.2017.42
PMID:
28383534
Trivedi SB, Vesoulis ZA, Rao R, Liao SM, Shimony JS, McKinstry RC, Mathur AM.
A validated clinical MRI injury scoring system in neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy.
Pediatr Radiol
.
2017;11
(47):
1491-1499.
doi:
10.1007/s00247-017-3893-y. Epub 2017 Jun 16.
PMID:
28623417
Morales DM, Silver SA, Morgan CD, Mercer D, Inder TE, Holtzman DM, Wallendorf MJ, Rao R, McAllister JP, Limbrick DD Jr.
Lumbar Cerebrospinal Fluid Biomarkers of Posthemorrhagic Hydrocephalus of Prematurity: Amyloid Precursor Protein, Soluble Amyloid Precursor Protein α, and L1 Cell Adhesion Molecule.
Neurosurgery
.
2017;80
(1):
82-90.
PMCID:
PMC5326702
PMID:
27571524
Rao R, Trivedi S, Vesoulis Z, Liao SM, Smyser CD, Mathur AM.
Safety and Short-Term Outcomes of Therapeutic Hypothermia in Preterm Neonates 34-35 Weeks Gestational Age with Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy
J Pediatr
.
2016.
doi:
doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2016.11.019
PMID:
27979578
Massaro AN, Murthy K, Zaniletti I, Cook N, DiGeronimo R, Dizon ML, Hamrick SE, McKay VJ, Natarajan G, Rao R, Richardson T, Smith D, Mathur AM; Children's Hospital Neonatal Consortium.
Intercenter Cost Variation for Perinatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy in the Era of Therapeutic Hypothermia.
J Peds
.
2016;173:76-83.
doi:
10.1016/j.jpeds.2016.02.033
PMID:
26995699
Srinivasakumar P, Zempel J, Trivedi S, Wallendorf M, Rao R, Smith B, Inder T and Mathur A.
Treating EEG seizures in Hypoxic Ischemic encephalopathy: A randomized controlled trial.
Pediatrics
.
2015;136
(5):
e1302-9.
doi:
10.1542/peds.2014-3777
PMID:
26482675
Yarborough CK, Bandt SK, Hurth K, Wambach JA, Rao R, Kulkarni S, White FV, Frater JL, Leonard JR.
Congenital Acute leukemia with unique translocation t(11;19)(q23;p13.1)
Cureus
.
2015;7
(7):
e289.
doi:
10.7759/cureus.289
PMCID:
4523210
Juan Remon, Sachin Amin, Sangeeta Mehendale, Rakesh Rao, Angel Luciano, Steven Garzon, and Akhil Maheshwari .
Depth of Bacterial Invasion in Resected Intestinal Tissue Predicts Mortality in Surgical Necrotizing Enterocolitis
J Perinatol
.
2015.
Morales DM, Holubkov R, Inder TE, Ahn HC, Mercer D, Rao R, McAllister JP 2nd, Holtzman DM, Limbrick DD Jr.
Cerebrospinal fluid levels of amyloid precursor protein are associated with ventricular size in post-hemorrhagic hydrocephalus of prematurity.
PLoS One
.
2015;10
(3):
e0115045.
doi:
10.1371/journal.pone.0115045
PMCID:
PMC4349693
PMID:
25738507
Massaro AN, Murthy K, Zaniletti I, Cook N, DiGeronimo R, Dizon M, Hamrick SE, McKay VJ, Natarajan G, Rao R, Smith D, Telesco R, Wadhawan R, Asselin JM, Durand DJ, Evans JR, Dykes F, Reber KM, Padula MA, Pallotto EK, Short BL, Mathur AM.
Short-term outcomes after perinatal hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy: a report from the Children's Hospitals Neonatal Consortium HIE focus group.
J Perinatol
.
2014.
doi:
10.1038/jp.2014.190
PMID:
25393081
Liao SM, Rao R, Mathur AM.
Head Position Change Is Not Associated with Acute Changes in Bilateral Cerebral Oxygenation in Stable Preterm Infants during the First 3 Days of Life.
Am J Perinatol
.
2014.
doi:
10.1055/s-0034-1390348
PMID:
25282608
Murthy K, Evans JR, Bhatia AM, Rothstein DH, Wadhawan R, Zaniletti I, Rao R, Thurm C, Mathur AM, Piazza AJ, Stein JE, Reber KM, Short BL, Padula MA, Durand DJ, Asselin JM, Pallotto EK, Dykes FD.
The association of type of surgical closure on length of stay among infants with gastroschisis born≥34 weeks' gestation.
J Pediatr Surg
.
2014;49
(8):
1220-5.
doi:
10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2013.12.020
PMID:
25092080
Srinivasakumar P, Limbrick D, Munro R, Mercer D, Rao R, Inder T, Mathur A.
Posthemorrhagic ventricular dilatation-impact on early neurodevelopmental outcome.
Am J Perinatol
.
2013;30
(3):
207-14.
doi:
10.1055/s-0032-1323581
PMID:
22898993
Rao R, Bryowsky K, Mao J, Bunton D, McPherson C, Mathur A.
Gastrointestinal complications associated with ibuprofen therapy for patent ductus arteriosus.
J Perinatol
.
2011;31
(7):
465-70.
doi:
10.1038/jp.2010.199
PMID:
21252965
Rao R, Mashburn CB, Mao J, Wadhwa N, Smith GM, Desai NS.
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor in infants <32 weeks gestational age: correlation with antenatal factors and postnatal outcomes.
Pediatr Res
.
2009;65
(5):
548-52.
doi:
10.1203/PDR.0b013e31819d9ea5
PMCID:
PMC2735819
PMID:
19190539
Vachharajani AJ, Rao R, Keswani S, Mathur AM.
Outcomes of exomphalos: an institutional experience.
Pediatr Surg Int
.
2009;25
(2):
139-44.
doi:
10.1007/s00383-008-2301-y
PMID:
19066916
Rao R, Sampers JS, Kronsberg SS, Brown JV, Desai NS, Anand KJ.
Neurobehavior of preterm infants at 36 weeks postconception as a function of morphine analgesia.
Am J Perinatol
.
2007;24
(9):
511-7.
doi:
10.1055/s-2007-986675
PMID:
17907073
Rao R, Shashidhar H.
Intestinal lymphangiectasia presenting as abdominal mass.
Gastrointest Endosc
.
2007;65
(3):
522-3, discussion 523.
doi:
10.1016/j.gie.2006.10.026
PMID:
17321261
Rao R, Lowas S, Shashidhar H.
Surgical complications of Salmonella Enteritis.
Clin Pediatr (Phila)
.
2005;44
(9):
767-9.
PMID:
16327962
Rao R, Logan B, Forrest K, Roszman TL, Goebel J.
Lipid rafts in cytokine signaling.
Cytokine Growth Factor Rev
.
2004;15
(2-3):
103-10.
doi:
10.1016/j.cytogfr.2004.01.003
PMID:
15110794
Goebel J, Forrest K, Flynn D, Rao R, Roszman TL.
Lipid rafts, major histocompatibility complex molecules, and immune regulation.
Hum Immunol
.
2002;63
(10):
813-20.
PMID:
12368033
Rao R, Desai NS.
OxyContin and neonatal abstinence syndrome.
J Perinatol
.
2002;22
(4):
324-5.
doi:
10.1038/sj.jp.7210744
PMID:
12032797
Rao R, Ramji S.
Pulse oximetry in asphyxiated newborns in the delivery room.
Indian Pediatr
.
2001;38
(7):
762-6.
PMID:
11463963
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