Abdul Rao Sets A New Vision To Transform Women's Healthcare In Florida
Lisa Murray is a free lance reporter. She writes for many syndicated media outlets.
- (1888PressRelease) August 21, 2010 - December 01, 2009 Over 10% of Floridians are presently uninsured and/or under-insured and lack the resources to obtain quality and affordable health care. This crisis is not limited to the State of Florida but has impacted the lives of Americans in each and every state in the Union. This calamity has been further compounded by the on-going global recession with burgeoning unemployment in the U.S. President Obama and the U.S. Senate and the Congress are taking proactive measures to address this catastrophe by possibly signing into law a bill that would provide healthcare insurance to all Americans without any exclusions for pre-existing medical conditions.
Abdul Sohail Rao, MD, MA, DPhil., was recruited earlier this year as the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Research Officer of the Institute of Women's Health of North America; a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization registered in the state of Florida. Dr. Rao presently leads the largest healthcare provider for women in the State and among the largest in North America. He speaks candidly with Lisa Murray about his vision for transforming women's healthcare and clinical research in Florida and for timely implementation of a state-wide plan for effective prevention and treatment of communicable diseases (particularly HIV and STDs).
Before joining the Institute, Dr. Rao had made substantial contribution to improving healthcare in the Greater Tampa Bay region as a Senior Associate Vice President of the University of South Florida Health. He was also the Vice Dean for Research and Graduate Studies, College of Medicine, Director, School of Biomedical Sciences, and Medical Director, Tampa General Hospital. He also served as the Chief Operating Office of the Johnnie B. Byrd, Sr. Alzheimer's Center & Research Institute which, until Summer 2008 was an independent entity but ultimately integrated with USF Health as one of its research and clinical centers. He also served as the Institutional Official for the entire USF System and was responsible for providing oversight of all research integrity and compliance issues in the University.
During his tenure at USF Health, Dr. Rao was responsible for establishing 13 core research facilities, enhancing NIH funding by almost three fold particularly during the period when NIH funding was declining, recruited and/or retained >17 faculty, and enhanced the ranking of the medical school from 79 (in 2006) to top 50 in the U.S., in NIH funding.
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About Abdul Rao
Dr. Rao obtained his medical degree from Dow Medical College and proceeded to obtain a Master's in Physiology from Boston University. After serving as a Post-doctoral Fellow at Harvard University, he joined the Nuffield Department of Surgery at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford UK as a Clinical Instructor. During his tenure at the University of Oxford, he also obtained his doctorate (Doctor of Philosophy) in Immunology and Pathology. He has to his credit >140 publication in peer-reviewed journals and innumerable invited lectures and presentations.
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