Dr.

Abdul Rao USF Led

Research at Three Primary
Colleges at USF
Dr. Abdul Rao held the post of Senior
Associate Vice President for Research and
Graduate Studies at USF Health. Dr. Rao
was also the Vice Dean for Research and
Graduate Studies at the College of
Medicine. He played an important role in
bridging the gap in research at USF and
USF Healthy campuses.
Dr. Abdul Rao is well known for his
expertise in his chosen field and
professionals in the medical industry look
up to him for guidance and inspiration. Dr.
Rao finished his medical degree from Dow
Medical University, Karachi, Pakistan in
1983 and completed his residency training
in Orthopedic Surgery.
He joined the Department of Physiology,
Boston University School of Medicine and
graduated in 1989 with a Masters in
Physiology. Dr. Abdul Rao USF also
completed a year of Post-Doctoral Research
Fellowship in the Department of Neurology,
Harvard Medical School.
From 1990-1993, he worked as a clinical
instructor at the Nuffield Department of
Surgery, University of Oxford, Oxford UK. He
completed his graduation from University of
Oxford in 1993 with a D.Phil (Doctor of
Philosophy) in transplantation immunology.
The work done by Dr. Abdul Rao USF was
hailed as next frontier on bringing complex
scientific findings to bear on improving
health. Stephen Klasko, M.D, M.B.A., Vice
President of USF Health and Dean of the
College of Medicine suggest that Dr. Abdul
Rao USF had the leadership qualities
Dr. Abdul Rao, USF has said that he was
delighted to get such an opportunity to work
with faculty, staff and students at the USF
Health institutes and enhance the research
capacity while improving the quality of the
graduate programs.
He is positive about being a part of the
institute as a catalyst in the process of its
transformation towards a better future for
science and medical fraternity. He led
research that tied three main USF health
colleges of Medicine, Nursing and Public
Health.