Satya Rao

Cardiologist Dr. Satya Rao is Board Certified in Cardiology and Echocardiography, and he practices primarily at Cardiology Clinic of San Antonio’s Medical Center location.

Dr. Rao was initially interested in becoming a cardiac electrophysiologist, and began his fellowship at Harvard Medical School's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center after meeting with Dr. Mark E. Josephson, the "father of Cardiology." But once he discovered how non-invasive cardiac imaging could impact how he managed his patients, he switched his sub-specialty to general cardiology with a focus on cardiac imaging including echocardiography, nuclear cardiology, vascular imaging and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging.

He has a medical degree from New York University School of Medicine in New York. He completed his internship and internal medicine residency at New York University Medical Center. Between his residency and fellowship in Cardiology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts, Dr. Rao led a non-profit organization to deliver culturally-competent preventive healthcare to underserved populations in the greater New York area.

Dr. Rao has been committed to a number of other volunteer projects in healthcare, cultural diversity, nutrition, child abuse and affordable housing. Dr. Rao's research interests include diabetes outreach in the South Asian community in New York City, oral cancer and tobacco use in Mumbai, India, atrial fibrillation ablation techniques and, most recently, the development of a novel imaging technique to predict response to cardiac resynchronization therapy.

He is a member of a number of professional organizations including American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association and American College of Physicians.