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Vinay Rao, DO

Assistant Professor
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Biography

Vinay Rao, DO, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine and an internal medicine-trained palliative care physician who cares for patients at Yale New Haven Hospital and Smilow Cancer Hospital. Dr. Rao completed his fellowship in hospice and palliative medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University and received his doctoral degree in osteopathic medicine from A.T. Still University, the founding institution of osteopathic healthcare. 

Dr. Rao joined Yale from the Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University where he was an Assistant Professor of Medicine and a palliative medicine attending physician at the Miriam Hospital and Fain Cancer Center. He has conducted research pertaining to palliative care and improving the quality of care for high-risk patients with unmet needs. Using his compassion, experience, and knowledge, Dr. Rao seeks to address care of the whole person and help to shape healthcare in underserved populations.

Appointments

Board Certifications

  • Hospice & Palliative Medicine

    Certification Organization
    AB of Internal Medicine
    Original Certification Date
    2018
  • Internal Medicine

    Certification Organization
    AB of Internal Medicine
    Original Certification Date
    2017

Research

Research at a Glance

Yale Co-Authors

Frequent collaborators of Vinay Rao's published research.

Publications

2023

2020

2019

2007

Academic Achievements & Community Involvement

  • activity

    Yale New Haven Hospital Ethics Committee

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    NCCN Distress Management Panel

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    Vital Talks

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    Smilow Cancer Hospital Mortality Review Committee

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    American Society of Clinical Oncology

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