Madhuri Vasudev Rao MD

Cardiovascular Surgery

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of General Thoracic and Foregut Surgery

909 Fulton St SEMinneapolis, MN 55455
Phone+1 612-672-7422
Fax+1 612-273-4098

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Education & Training

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiFellowship, Thoracic Surgery - Independent, 2014 - 2016
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences UniversityResidency, Surgery, 2010 - 2014
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (Beth Israel)Residency, Surgery, 2008 - 2010
Kempegowda Institute of Medical ScienceClass of 2003

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Certifications & Licensure

MN State Medical License 2016 - 2027
NY State Medical License 2014 - 2017
American Board of Surgery Surgery
American Board of Thoracic Surgery Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Top Doctors Rising Star Mpls St. Paul Magazine, 2020
Top Doctors Rising Star Mpls St. Paul Magazine Top Doctors, 2019
Fellowship for Robotic Thoracic Surgery Women in Thoracic Surgery and Intuitive, 2019

Publications & Presentations

PubMed

34 citations
Targeting the intracellular immune checkpoint CISH with CRISPR-Cas9-edited T cells in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer: a first-in-human, single-centre, phas...
Emil Lou, Modassir S Choudhry, Timothy K Starr, Timothy D Folsom, Jason Bell
The Lancet. Oncology. 2025-05-01
Multidisciplinary management of a complex case of postesophagectomy tracheoesophageal fistula.
Aitua C Salami, Ilitch Diaz-Gutierrez, Amit Bhargava, Rafael Andrade, Madhuri V Rao
JTCVS Techniques. 2025-04-01
4 citations
Surgical approaches for thymectomy: a narrative review.
Yash Vaidya, Andreas Polycarpou, Sophia Gibbs, Madhuri Rao, Amit Bhargava
Mediastinum. 2025-01-01

Journal Articles

Laparoscopic ligation of cisterna chyli for refractory chylothorax
Gutierrez, I. D., Rao, M. V., & Andrade, R. S, Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Laparoscopic Transdiaphragmatic Chest Surgery: Early Experience
Andrade, R. S., Diaz-Gutierrez, I., Hutchins, J., Kaizer, A., Small, J., & Rao, M., The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Endobronchial Thermoplasty for Asthma.
Zamora, F., Cho, R., Rao, M., Gibson, H., & Dincer, H. E, Journal of Visualized Surgery

Books/Book Chapters

Pearson’s Thoracic and Esophageal Surgery
Chapter: Peptic Esophagitis, Stricture and Short Esophagus
Rao, M., & Andrade, R. SNew York: Churchill LivingstoneEdition 4,
Adult Chest Surgery
Chapter: Plication of the Diaphragm from Below
Rao, M., & Andrade, R. SMcGraw-Hill. Edition 3,
Mount Sinai Expert Guides
Chapter: Esophageal Cancer
Rao, M., & Wolf, AEdition 1,