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Dr Rao completed his under-graduation from the Govt. Dental College (Bangalore) where he secured 1st rank throughout and won 2 gold medals from Bangalore University. He also holds a post-graduate degree in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery from the Govt. Dental College (Madras).

Dr Rao trained in the UK for 8 years in all aspects of Faciomaxillary Surgery and secured two fellowships from the Royal College of Surgeons of England and Ireland. He has also worked as the Senior Registrar at the prestigious St. Barts and the Royal London Hospital, one of the oldest hospitals in the world.

He returned to India in 1999 and worked as a Consultant Faciomaxillary Surgeon at various super-specialty hospitals like NIMHANS, HCG, Shankara Cancer Hospital, Sagar Hospitals, Apollo Hospitals, Trust Well Hospital, and more. He has also served as a Professor and Head - Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery at the RV Dental College & Hospital for 17 years.

Dr Rao has published more than 25 papers in several international journals, has been a keynote speaker in several national and international conferences, and has authored chapters in the international edition of the Hamilton Bailey’s Clinical Methods in General Surgery and Le-fort Access Osteotomy in Juvenile Angiofibroma. He was conferred the Honorary Fellowship by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in 2019, and was also appointed as an Examiner for the Royal College of Surgeons.

He is the President of the South Asian Society of Maxillofacial Implantology, the Founder-Director of the Implant Study Group and MyDentalPlan Healthcare. Dr Rao was also the Vice President and Executive Committee Member of the Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons of India and is currently the Honorary General Secretary-Elect of the Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons of India.