Areas of Special Interest:

• IMRT (Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy)
• Adaptive Radiotherapy: IGRT (Image Guided Radiation Therapy)
• PET-CT based IMRT (Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy) Planning for Head & Neck, Prostate and Lung Cancer
• GEC- Estro Based Image-Guided Brachytherapy
• Head & Neck Cancers
• Gynecologic Cancers
• Prostate Cancer Gold Seed Fiducial Based Image-guided Radiotherapy

Dr Rao is specialized in performing head & neck intensity-modulated radiation with Sib technique; SRS (Stereotactic Radio Surgery), SRT (Stereotactic Radio Therapy), IGRT, and 3DCRT (Three Dimensional Conformal Radio Therapy) techniques; and interstitial brachytherapy. Dr Rao has several years of experience in institutions such as HCG (Hubli and Bangalore), and Vishwabharathi Cancer Hospital in Kurnool, where he worked as a radiation oncology consultant. He has also worked as a visiting consultant at Vikram Hospital, BGS Global, Apollo, Baptist hospital and Fortis hospitals.

Dr Rao has also been involved in several research projects and studies at national and international levels.