KAVITHA RAO
Winchester Hospital Associate Pathologist
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Staff pathologist
Sonic Healthcare USA
Exeter, NH (USA)
January 2014-Present
Consultant Surgical Pathologist
Bangalore, India
July 2007 – Sept 2007
Kilpauk Medical College
Rotatory Internship
Chennai, India
Sept 1997- March 1998
Government Medical College
Rotatory Internship
Mysore, India
May 1997 – Sept 1997
HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS
Anna Jaques Hospital
Newburyport, MA
January 2014-Present
York Hospital
York, ME
January 2014-Present
Medical Lab director
Core Physicians Laboratory Services
Exeter, NH (USA)
April 2021-Present
Medical Lab director
University of New Hampshire Laboratory
March 2015-Aug 2019
EDUCATION
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Fellowship
Cytopathology
Lebanon, NH
July 2012 – June 2013
Hartford Hospital
Fellowship
Surgical Pathology
Hartford, CT
July 2011 – June 2012
University Hospitals of Cleveland
Case Western Reserve University
Anatomic and Clinical Pathology Residency
Cleveland, OH
July 2001 – June 2005
Government Medical College
MBBS
Mysore, India
Aug 1992 – March 1999
BOARD CERTIFICATION
American Board of Pathology – Anatomic Pathology – December 2005
American Board of Pathology- Cytopathology – August 2013
LICENSURE
Massachusetts license
New Hampshire license
Maine license
RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS
- K Rao, K Brister, P VanderLaan, H Wang, J Marotti. Rapid on-site cytologic evaluation
of CT-guided lung biopsies: an inter-institutional comparison of two academic medical
centers. United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, 2013
- P VanderLaan, K Brister, K Rao, J Marotti, H Wang. Rapid on-site cytologic evaluation
(ROSE) for endobronchial ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration (EBUS-FNA): an
inter-institutional comparative study. United States and Canadian Academy of
Pathology, 2013
- K Brister, K Rao, P VanderLaan, J Marotti, H Wang. Rapid on-site cytologic evaluation
of endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine needle aspirations (EUS-FNAs): a tale of two
institutions. United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology 2013.
- K Rao, S Markowitz, J Willis. Pathologic prognostic factors and outcomes in colon
cancer with low lymph node yields. Department of Pathology and Medicine, University
Hospitals of Cleveland and Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland OH.
Gastroenterology 01/2003,124(4).