Biography

Sangeetha Rao, MD, is a pediatric intensivist with dual fellowship training in pediatric critical care and cardiac critical care. She has held academic appointments at several major children’s hospitals and is deeply committed to education, having co-led residency curriculum development at Boston Children’s Hospital. Her clinical and research efforts focus on improving outcomes in critically ill children, with ongoing work in fluid management and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support.

Education

Doctor of Medicine
Stanley Medical College, Chennai, India, 2008
General Pediatric Residency
St. Barnabas Hospital/AECOM affiliate, Bronx, NY, 2013
Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship
Children's of Alabama/University of Alabama Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 2016
Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Medicine Fellowship
Children's of Alabama/University of Alabama Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 2017

Areas of Interest

Clinical Interests

Extracorporeal support

Fluid and electrolyte management

Research Interests

Quality improvement in fluid overload management

Outcomes in pediatric acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)

ECMO physiology and application