Overview of Dr. Rao
Dr. Poornima Rao, MD is a general surgeon in South Pasadena, California. She is currently licensed to practice medicine in California, Oregon, and Pennsylvania. She is affiliated with Huntington Hospital, Methodist Hospital of Southern California, and City of Hope's Helford Clinical Research Hospital.
Office
209 Fair Oaks Ave
South Pasadena, CA 91030Fax(626) 396-2638- Is this information wrong?
Education & Training
- Cleveland Clinic FoundationResidency, Surgery, 2000 - 2008
- New York Medical CollegeClass of 2000
Certifications & Licensure
- OR State Medical License 2021 - 2023
- CA State Medical License 2010 - 2024
- PA State Medical License 2008 - 2010
- OH State Medical License 2000 - 2010
- American Board of Surgery Surgery
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification Allscripts Enterprise EHR, Allscripts, 2012
- Fellow American College of Surgeons
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Multicenter evaluation of a standardized protocol for noninvasive gene expression profiling.Keslar, K. S.,Lin, M.,Zmijewska, A. A.,Sigdel, T. K.,Tran, T. Q.,Ma, L.,Bhasin, M.,Rao, P.,Ding, R.,Iklé, D. N.,Mannon, R. B.,Sarwal, M. M.,Strom, T. B.,Reed, E. F.,He...> ;Am. J. Transplant.. 2013 Jul
- 5 citationsCDR3 spectratyping identifies clonal expansion within T-cell subpopulations that demonstrate therapeutic antitumor activity☆Julian A Kim, Poornima B. Rao, Hallie Graor, Kevin Rothchild, Christine L. O'Keefe, Jaroslaw P. Maciejewski> ;Surgery. 2004 Aug 1
Hospital Affiliations
- City of Hope's Helford Clinical Research HospitalDuarte, California
- Emanate Health Inter-Community HospitalCovina, California
- Methodist Hospital of Southern CaliforniaArcadia, California
- Huntington HospitalPasadena, California
Insurance Accepted
- Aetna Choice POS II
Aetna HMO
BCBS Blue Card PPO
CIGNA HMO
CIGNA Open Access
CIGNA PPO
First Choice
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Great West PPO
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Lifewise Health Plan of Oregon
Multiplan PHCS PPO
ODS Network
PacificSource Preferred PSN
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Regence Oregon - Preferred Provider Network
United Healthcare - Direct Choice Plus POS
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