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Education

Bachelor of Science                                                                           

Union College

Schenectady, NY  


Navy ROTC                                                                                          

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Troy, NY  


Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine                                                     

New York College of Osteopathic Medicine

Old Westbury, NY

(Date of Graduation- May 24, 1999)


Pediatric Intern/Resident                                                                 

Children’s Hospital of New Jersey at

Newark Beth Israel Medical Center

Medical Education

Newark, NJ  

  

Pediatric Neurology Resident 

(Chief Resident- July 2003-2004)                                                   

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center                              

Division of Child Neurology

Cincinnati, OH  


Clinical Research Fellow    

Focus on Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis

Department of Neurology

Stony Brook University Hospital

Department of Neurology

Stony Brook, New York


Board Qualifications
 

                        American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology

Neurology Boards with Special Certification in Child Neurology      

                                Certificate Number 11459, Letter dated April 19, 2005

               

Military Service 

U.S. Navy, Commissioned Unrestricted Line Officer,            June 1990-June 1993 (Active)

Surface Warfare                                                                           July 1993- June 1999 (Reserve)
Honorable Discharge


Medical Staff Member with Admitting Privilages at:

A.I. duPont Children's Hospital    Wilmington,  Delaware

Scientific/Advisory Committee Positions:


Delaware Chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society
Board of Trustees
Clinical Advisory Committee
Research Advocate
Delaware Chapter of the Epilepsy Foundation
      
          Professional Advisory Board 


Abstracts

 

1)       “Revisiting McDonalds’ Dissemination in Space Criterion in the Diagnosis of Pediatric MS” MacAllister, W.S., Rao, S., McLinsky, N., Milazzo, m., Belman, A.L., Krupp, L.B., 57th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology, Miami, FL.

 

2)       “Progressive Cognitive Decline in Pediatric MS” MacAllister, W.S., Krupp, L.B., Christodoulou, C., Milazzo, M., Rao, S., & Belman, A.L. (2005, April).  57th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology, Miami FL.  

 

3)       “Mechanism of Stroke Like Events in Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation” Rao, S., Dinopolous, T.J., DeGrauw, D.L. Presentation:  Annual Meeting of the Child Neurology Society.  Oct. 2003 Miami, FL.

 

 

4)       “Diagnosis and Treatment of Headache in a Pediatric Emergency Department” Rao, S.C., Gonzalez, R., Powers, S.C., Kabbouche, and A.D. Presentation: 45th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Society. June 2003 Chicago, IL.

 

 

Lectures by Invitation

  1. August 31, 2005 “Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis” A.I. du Pont Hospital for Children, Department of Pediatrics Grand Rounds
  2. June 4, 2006 “Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis Update” Brain Teasers: Delaware Valley Child Neuroscience Update.
  3. May 31, 2006 “Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis” Thomas Jefferson University, Pediatric Grand Rounds.
  4. May 14, 2006 “Pediatric Migraine and Restless Leg Syndrome” The Second Annual Educational Lecture Series of the New York Osteopathic Medical Society.
  5. February 28, 2006 “Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis” Bryn Mawr Hospital MLH Department of Pediatrics CME Lecture Series
  6. March 7, 2006 “Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis” Riddle Memorial Hospital Pediatric Grand Rounds
  7. April 26, 2006 “Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis Update” Atlanticare Regional Medical Center- Mainland Campus, Pediatric Lecture Series
  8. March 10, 2007  “Pediatric Multiple Sclerosis”  Delaware State Osteopathic Medical Society Winter Conference 

Published Works

  • “Differential diagnosis and evaluation in pediatric multiple sclerosis” Jim S Hahn, Daniela Pohl, Mary Rensel, Sanjai Rao.  Neurology, 2007 American Academy of Neurology
  • “Radiologic and neurophysiologic aspects of stroke-like episodes in children with congenital disorder of glycosylation type la.”  Dinopoulos A, Mohamed I, Jones B, Rao S, Frantz D, deGrauw T.  Pediatrics. March 2007; 119 (3); e 768-72.  Epub 2007 Feb 16.
  • Serotonin Inhibition of Action Potential evoked Calcium Transients in NOS-Containing Mesopontine Cholinergic Neurons”  C.S. Leonard, S.C. Rao, Inoue T. Journalof Neurophysiology, Sept 2000, Vol 84 (3) pp 558-72.
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  • “Modulation of Calcium by Inhibitory Systems in the Developing Auditory System”  Y.J.LO,   S.C. Rao, D.H. Sanes Neuroscience, Apr 1998, pp 1075-84
  • “Patterns of Neuromodulation and the Nitric Oxide Signaling Pathway in Mesopontine Cholinergic Neurons” C.S. Leonard, S.C. Rao, R.M. Sanchez Seminars in the Neuroscience Vol. 7, pp 319-328, 1995.

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