Dr. Abdul Rao MD, MA, DPhil, was appointed as the Senior Associate and Vice President for Research and Graduate studies at USF Health. He was also the Vice Dean for Research and Graduate Studies for the College of Medicine. Dr. Abdul Rao at USF Health was the in charge of research for three main colleges- medicine, nursing and public health. His constant effort was to bridge research across USF and USF Health campuses.
Abdul S. Rao is a renowned doctor who received his medical degree from Dow Medical University, Karachi, Pakistan in 1983. As soon as his Orthopedic Surgery training was completed, he joined the Department of Physiology at Boston University School Medicine and then graduated in 1989 with a Masters in Physiology. In addition to that, he also completed a year of post-doctoral Research Fellowship in the Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School. From 1990 to 1993, Dr. Abdul Rao joined the Nuffield Department of Surgery as a Clinical Instructor, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. He later graduated with a D.Phil. (Doctor of Philosophy) in Transplantation Immunology in 1993. His research interest focused on bench to bedside (and reverse) translation of novel therapeutic strategies aimed at alleviating a clinical problem.
Dr. Abdul Rao, along with his group worked on the protocol of induction of donor-specific tolerance in organ allograft recipients (funded by National Institutes of Health); cellular therapeutic treatment of refractory post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorders (funded by Cancer Research Treatment Foundation); islet cell transplantation to reverse type I insulin-dependent diabetes (funded by National Institutes of Health and the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation International); transmission of infection following animals to humans (funded by an extramural grant) organ and cell transplantation. Other than that, his group has also been proactively involved in basic cellular and molecular biology research in the following areas: induction of tolerance, dendritic and NK cell immunobiology, post-transplant vasculopathy (chronic rejection); islet cell transplantation, liver-derived growth factors; generation of transgenic pigs and xenotransplantation.
Monday, September 27, 2010
Monday, September 20, 2010
Dr. Abdul Rao Recommends Google Health For Its Advanced Concepts
Google Health, as defined by Wikipedia, is a personal health information centralization service (or a personal health record service) offered by the leading search engine, Google. With this service Google users are free to volunteer their health record either manually or by logging into their accounts at partnered health services providers. With it they can log into Google Health system and merge potentially separate health records into one centralized Google Health Profile.
The information that is put on the system can include 'health conditions, medications, allergies and lab results of the patients. The information is entered in Google Health and it helps the user in getting a merged health record, information on conditions and possibility of interactions between drugs, conditions and allergies. The healthcare industries worldwide process enterprise-wide information sharing cost effective, secure and flexible platforms. With such integration health care providers have been able to increase the efficiency of their facilities and quality of healthcare that is delivered to the patients.
Although it is a known fact that most of the existing platforms lack the ability to integrate information across various enterprises which hinders the usefulness of such applications. They also lacked the most critical feature of endowing the patients and their caregivers an ability to access their stored healthcare information in a secure and user-friendly environment. Dr. Abdul Rao, Institute of Women's Health of North America in Florida has started implementing a strategic plan to create an enterprise-wide paper less environment in all its campuses and also at the same time make it available to a wide array of patients and their caregivers in a safe and user friendly environment.
Dr. Abdul Rao (Chief Executive Officer and Chief Research Officer, the Institute of Women s Health of North America North America) while speaking at an International Health Information Technology Forum in Sarasota, Florida laid emphasis on the importance of having a cross-enterprise electronic platform for timely integration of patient specific healthcare information. Dr. Abdul Rao implies that with the help of Google Health patients can store and manage their comprehensive healthcare information in a central place. It is not only secure and safe but also quite flexible electronic platform to suit individual's needs and requirements. Dr. Abdul Rao suggests its use as it is 24*7 accessible and very user friendly.
The information that is put on the system can include 'health conditions, medications, allergies and lab results of the patients. The information is entered in Google Health and it helps the user in getting a merged health record, information on conditions and possibility of interactions between drugs, conditions and allergies. The healthcare industries worldwide process enterprise-wide information sharing cost effective, secure and flexible platforms. With such integration health care providers have been able to increase the efficiency of their facilities and quality of healthcare that is delivered to the patients.
Although it is a known fact that most of the existing platforms lack the ability to integrate information across various enterprises which hinders the usefulness of such applications. They also lacked the most critical feature of endowing the patients and their caregivers an ability to access their stored healthcare information in a secure and user-friendly environment. Dr. Abdul Rao, Institute of Women's Health of North America in Florida has started implementing a strategic plan to create an enterprise-wide paper less environment in all its campuses and also at the same time make it available to a wide array of patients and their caregivers in a safe and user friendly environment.
Dr. Abdul Rao (Chief Executive Officer and Chief Research Officer, the Institute of Women s Health of North America North America) while speaking at an International Health Information Technology Forum in Sarasota, Florida laid emphasis on the importance of having a cross-enterprise electronic platform for timely integration of patient specific healthcare information. Dr. Abdul Rao implies that with the help of Google Health patients can store and manage their comprehensive healthcare information in a central place. It is not only secure and safe but also quite flexible electronic platform to suit individual's needs and requirements. Dr. Abdul Rao suggests its use as it is 24*7 accessible and very user friendly.
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Dr. Abdul Rao Recommends Using Google Health For Keeping A Record Of Medical Information
Dr. Abdul Rao recommends using Google Health for availing advanced benefits from technology. Google Health, as defined by Wikipedia, is a "personal health information centralization service offered by the famous search engine Google. It allows users to volunteer their health records manually or by logging into their accounts at partnered health services providers- into the health system which helps them in managing separate health records into one centralized Google Health profile".
It is a safe and secure highly flexible electronic platform that allows patients to store and manage their comprehensive information on healthcare in a central place. Dr. Abdul Rao is the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Research Officer of the Institute of Women's Health of North America. He attends various conferences and seminars around the country on health issues and concerns. Recently he spoke at International Technology Forum in Sarasota, Florida about the importance of creating a cross enterprise electronic platform for helping patients with timely integration of healthcare information. As per Dr. Abdul Rao, presently there are many cost effective, secure and flexible platforms for enterprise-wide information sharing that are in use in healthcare industry globally. With the help of this integration, the health care providers are able to increase their efficiency and facilities and they have been able to completely improve the quality of healthcare that is being delivered to the patients.
The institute of the Women's Health of North America is the largest healthcare provider for women in Florida. Under the guidance of Dr. Abdul Rao, it has proactively started implementing a strategic plan with which emphasis has been laid on creating an enterprise-wide paper-less environment in its campuses and making it available to patients and their caregivers in a safe and user friendly environment. Other than that, Dr. Abdul Rao encourages and motivates his patients to get acquainted with Google Health with which they can get specific information across the enterprises to be uploaded in this platform. It is estimated that the patients of this institute's affiliated campuses will establish Google Health accounts by the end of 2010 with which they will be able to securely upload their data into this platform.
It is a safe and secure highly flexible electronic platform that allows patients to store and manage their comprehensive information on healthcare in a central place. Dr. Abdul Rao is the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Research Officer of the Institute of Women's Health of North America. He attends various conferences and seminars around the country on health issues and concerns. Recently he spoke at International Technology Forum in Sarasota, Florida about the importance of creating a cross enterprise electronic platform for helping patients with timely integration of healthcare information. As per Dr. Abdul Rao, presently there are many cost effective, secure and flexible platforms for enterprise-wide information sharing that are in use in healthcare industry globally. With the help of this integration, the health care providers are able to increase their efficiency and facilities and they have been able to completely improve the quality of healthcare that is being delivered to the patients.
The institute of the Women's Health of North America is the largest healthcare provider for women in Florida. Under the guidance of Dr. Abdul Rao, it has proactively started implementing a strategic plan with which emphasis has been laid on creating an enterprise-wide paper-less environment in its campuses and making it available to patients and their caregivers in a safe and user friendly environment. Other than that, Dr. Abdul Rao encourages and motivates his patients to get acquainted with Google Health with which they can get specific information across the enterprises to be uploaded in this platform. It is estimated that the patients of this institute's affiliated campuses will establish Google Health accounts by the end of 2010 with which they will be able to securely upload their data into this platform.
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