Publications
Peer Reviewed Articles
Harrison LB, Zelefsky MH, Pfister DG, Carper E, Raben A, Kraus DH, Strong EW, Rao A, Thaler H, Polyak T, Portenoy RK. Detailed Quality of Life Assessment in Patients Treated with Primary Radiation Therapy for Squamous Cell Cancer of the Base of Tongue. Head & Neck 1997; 19: 169-175.
Rao A and Bradley SF. Clostridium difficile in Older Adults and Residents of Long-Term Care Facilities. Annals of Long-Term Care 2003; 11: 42-47.
Deshpande O, Reid MC, Rao AS. Attitudes of Asian Indian Hindus Towards End-of-Life Care. J Am Geriatr Soc 2005; 53: 131-135.
Rao AS, Deshpande OM, Jamoona C, Reid MC. Elderly Indo-Caribbean Hindus and End-of-Life Care: A Community-Based Exploratory Study. J Am Geriatr Soc 2008; 56: 1129-1133.
Books, Book Chapters, and Reviews
Rao A. Transitions: Perspectives on fellowship from a new faculty member. American Geriatrics Society Fellows-In-Training Newsletter. Spring 2003.
Rao AS. “Subcontinent Elders” The Encyclopedia of Elder Care. Eds. Capezuti EA, Siegler EL, Mezey MD. New York: Springer Publishing Company, 2008. 750-752
Periyakoil VJ, Rao AS, Sharma P. “Hindu American Elders” Doorway Thoughts: Cross-Cultural Health Care for Older Adults, Vol 3. Eds. Adler RA & Kamel HK. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers. May 2008.
Abstracts and Presentations
Harrison LB, Zelefsky MH, Pfister DG, Carper E, Raben A, Kraus DH, Strong EW, Rao A, Thaler H, Polyak T, Portenoy RK. Quality of life assessment in patients treated with radiation therapy for cancer of the base of the tongue.
Poster presentation (in absentia) American Society for Therapeutic Radiation & Oncology Annual Meeting April 1997
Rao A, Mody L, Bradley S. Prevalence of colonization with gram-negative bacilli (GNB) and ceftazidime resistance (CTZ-R) in long-term care facilities (LTCF).
Platform presentation, Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2002 Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT.
Rao AS, Mody L, Bradley SF. Significance of Ceftazidime-resistant (CTZ-R) gram-negative bacilli (GNB) in long-term care facilities. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2002; 50(4, Supplement S1-S204): S113.
Poster presentation at the American Geriatrics Society Annual Scientific Meeting May 2002, Washington, D.C.
American Federation for Aging Research Fellow Poster Session Awardee
Rao A, Mody L, Bradley S. Prevalence of resistant gram-negative bacilli (GNB) in nursing homes (NH). International Journal of Infectious Diseases 2002; 6: 2S29-2S30.
Poster presentation at the ICHS Annual Meeting 6/02
Breckman R, Adelman R, Lachs M, Anderson M, Ansell P, Capello C, Chin D, Mole D, Pillemer K, Race J, Rao A, Reid C, Rosenstiel D. A geriatrics psychosocial screening tool for use in primary care practice: Needs assessment and instrument development. The Gerontologist 2003; 43: 298.
Presented as a poster at the Gerontological Society of North America Annual Scientific Meeting, November 2003
Rao AS, Singh U, Nakasone R, Pan CX. End-of-Life Care From the Perspectives of Hinduism, Sikhism, & Buddhism.
Presented as a workshop at the 2005 Annual Meeting of the American Geriatrics Society, Orlando, FL
Deshpande OM, Reid MC, Jamoona C, Rao AS. Attitudes of Asian-Indian Hindu Elders Towards End-of-Life Care: A Pilot Study.
Presented as a poster at the 2006 Annual Meeting of the American Geriatrics Society, Chicago, IL
Presented as a poster at NYU’s Center for the Study of Asian American Health 3rd Annual Asian American Health Conference in September 2006.
Rao AS and Raik BL. The Psychosocial Curriculum and the ACGME. Presented at the Jarvie Consortium to Strengthen Psychosocial Educational Programming in Geriatric Medicine Fellowship Programs. November 2007.
LoFaso VM and Rao AS. Effective Clinical Precepting. Presented at the 10th Annual Weill Cornell Medical College Faculty Curriculum Retreat. April 2008.
