Dr. Rao is Chief Medical Officer and Vice President of Medical Affairs for Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital. He is also the residency program director for the Marianjoy residency program and professor and chairman of the Physical Medcine & Rehabilitation Program at the Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University in North Chicago, Illinois.

Dr. Rao previously taught at Rush University in Chicago as an assistant professor.

Dr. Rao was named a Top Doctor by Chicago Magazine in 1997 and 2001.

Areas of Interest

• Electrodiagnosis for Neuromuscular Pain and Conditions
• Orthotics and Gait Evaluation
• Brain Injury Rehabilitation
• Rehabilitation Outcome Predictors
• Continuous Quality Improvement
• Dysphagia Evaluation and Rehabilitation
• Incontinence and Bladder Clinic
• Balance Impairment in Neuropathic Conditions
• Rehabilitation of peripheral neuropathic, multiple-sclerosis and other neuromuscular disorders
• Assessment and treatment of balance impairments in stroke

Programs

• Stroke
• General Rehabilitation
• Neuromuscular
• Brain Injury
• Musculoskeletal

Outpatient Clinic

• Marianjoy Medical Group – Wheaton