Dr. P. N. Rao is an eminent Cardiothoracic Surgeon with more than two decades of experience working with reputed hospitals both in India and abroad. His areas of expertise include Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Off Pump Coronary Bypass Surgery, Arterial Revascularization, treatment of Congenital Heart Diseases, Complex Valve Surgeries, repair of Aortic Dissection and Aneurysms, Redo-Surgeries and others. His distinguished academic record includes MBBS from Andhra University, MS (Gen. Surgery), MCH (Cardiothoracic & Vascular) and research fellowship from the prestigious All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi. This apart, he presented several papers and was a prominent part of many international conferences across the globe.