Rohan Rao, MD

Rohan Rao, MD

Rohan is a SoCal native, born and raised in Orange County, CA.  He attended college at Georgetown University where he majored in neurobiology and minored in theology & mathematics.  While working in the lab of Dr. Kathleen Maguire-Zeiss focusing on synucleinopathies, he gained an appreciation for the intricacies of the CNS through microscopy and Cajal's illustrations. His next stop on his cross-country tour of the U.S. was the University of Cincinnati for medical school. Under the mentorship of Dr. Soma Sengupta and Dr. Daniel Pomeranz Krummel, theoretical cellular neuroscience became grounded in patients' experiences as he explored neuro-oncology clinics and research. In particular, he investigated focused ultrasound as a drug delivery method for GBM and precision oncology with small molecule inhibitors. He gives special thanks to the ABTA, AAN, AOA, and University of Cincinnati for supporting his research and making him feel welcome in the neurology community. He is thrilled to join UCLA Neurology and participate in the thriving academic community.  Non-medical interests include getting overly competitive at Santa Monica pick-up basketball games, pretending to be a LA food critic on Beli, and being an unreasonably optimistic Lakers fan.