PoornimaB.RaoMDFACS

Breast, Surgical Oncology (Other than Breast)

Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery

Overview of Dr. Rao

Dr. Poornima Rao is a general surgeon in South Pasadena, CA and is affiliated with multiple hospitals in the area, including City of Hope's Helford Clinical Research Hospital, Emanate Health Inter-Community Hospital, and Methodist Hospital of Southern California. She received her medical degree from New York Medical College and has been in practice 17 years. Dr. Rao accepts several types of health insurance, listed below. She is one of 22 doctors at Emanate Health Inter-Community Hospital and one of 26 doctors at Methodist Hospital of Southern California who specialize in General Surgery.

Office
209 Fair Oaks Ave
South Pasadena, CA 91030
Book by Phone(877) 530-2743
Fax(626) 396-2638
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Education & Training

Cleveland Clinic FoundationRESIDENCY
New York Medical CollegeMEDICAL_SCHOOL

Certifications & Licensure

CA State Medical License 2010 - 2022
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
CDR3 spectratyping identifies clonal expansion within T-cell subpopulations that demonstrate therapeutic antitumor activity.
Kim, J. A., Rao, P., Graor, H., Rothchild, K., O'keefe, C. L., Maciejewski, J. P.> ;Surgery. 2004 Aug 10

Hospital Affiliations

City of Hope's Helford Clinical Research HospitalDuarte, California
Emanate Health Inter-Community HospitalCovina, California
Methodist Hospital of Southern CaliforniaArcadia, California

Insurance Accepted

Aetna Choice POS II
Aetna HMO
BCBS Blue Card PPO
CIGNA HMO
CIGNA Open Access
CIGNA PPO
First Choice
First Health PPO
Great West PPO
Health Net Oregon CommunityCare
Health Net Oregon PPO
HealthAmerica HealthAssurance PPO
Highmark BCBS ClassicBlue
Highmark BCBS PPOBlue
Lifewise Health Plan of Oregon
Multiplan PHCS PPO
ODS Network
PacificSource Preferred PSN
Providence Health System Personal Option
Providence Health System Preferred PPO
Regence Oregon - Preferred Provider Network
United Healthcare - Direct Choice Plus POS
United Healthcare - Direct Options PPO
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