Krishna A. Rao, MD, PhD  

Krishna A. Rao, MD, PhD
Department of Internal Medicine
Division of Hematology/Oncology
Associate Professor of Medicine

Office Location: 415 North 9th Street
Carol Jo Vecchie, Room 2W106
Springfield, Illinois 62702
Appointments: 217-545-5817


Degree Year Institution Area
BS 1984 University of Miami Mathematics (Cum Laude)
MD 1991 University of Miami Medicine w/ Research Distinction
PhD 2002 University of Washington Pathology
Residency 1994 Mayo Graduate School of Medicine Internal Medicine
Fellowship 1998 Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Hematology/Oncology
 
Board Certifications
Internal Medicine
Medical Oncology
Hematology
 
Academic Interests

See http://www.siumed.edu/medicine/ho/research.htm
 
Clinical Interests

Experienced in bone marrow and peripheral blood stem cell transplantation. An accomplished researcher in the areas of breast cancer and bone marrow transplantation. Dr. Rao sees breast and head and neck cancer patients.

 
Representative Publications
  1. Rao K, Bryant E, McDougall JK. Production of spindle cell carcinoma by transduction of H-Ras 61L into immortalized primary human mammary epithelial cells. Cancer Letters 201: 79-88, 2003.
  2. Cheng J, Ding M, Aribi A, Shah S, Rao K. Loss of Rab25 expression in breast cancer. Int J Cancer 118(12):2957-64, 2006.
  3. Rao K, Alper O, Opheim K, Bonnet G, Wolfe K, Bryant E, Larrivee S, Porter P, J. Cytogenetic characterization and H-ras associated transformation of immortalized human mammary epithelial cells. Cancer Cell Intl 6:15 (26 May 2006).
  4. Ma J, Yan R, Zu X, Cheng J-M, Rao K, Liao D-F Cao D. Aldo-keto reductase family 1 B10 affects fatty acid synthesis by regulating the stability of acetyl-CoA carboxylase-α in breast cancer cells. J Biol Chem 283(6):3418-3423, 2008.

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