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Office
10012 Kennerly Rd
Saint Louis, MO 63128Phone+1 310-825-9111- Is this information wrong?
Education & Training
- UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterFellowship, Cardiac Surgery, 2021 - 2023
- Washington University/B-JH/SLCH ConsortiumResidency, Surgery, 2016 - 2021
- University of Cincinnati College of MedicineClass of 2016
- Wake Forest UniversityEconomics, Summa Cum Laude, 2008 - 2012
Certifications & Licensure
- CA State Medical License 2021 - 2025
- MO State Medical License 2016 - 2025
- American College of SurgeonsAdvanced Trauma Life Support
- American Heart AssociationAdvanced Cardiovascular Life Support
- American Heart AssociationBasic Life Support
- Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic SurgeonsFundamentals of Endoscopic Surgery (FES)
- Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic SurgeonsFundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS)
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- AATS Honoring Our Mentors Award American Association for Thoracic Surgery, 2022
- Lebsche Award Washington University in St. Louis Section of Acute and Critical Care Surgery, 2019
- STS Looking to the Future Resident Scholarship The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, 2017
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Routine chest radiography after thoracostomy tube removal and during postoperative follow-up is not necessary after lung resection.Justin S Heidel, James Miller, Eileen Donovan, Rahul Handa, Robert Van Haren, Hai Salfity, Sandra L Starnes> ;The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2024 Feb 1
- 3 citationsSurgeon specialty does not influence outcomes of hiatal hernia repair.Joseph Hadaya, Rahul Handa, Russyan Mark Mabeza, Yas Sanaiha, Peyman Benharash, Vishal Dobaria> ;Surgery. 2022 Aug 1
- 3 citationsMulti-Disciplinary Trauma Evaluation and Management Simulation (MD-TEAMS) training for emergency medicine and general surgery residentsKatharine E. Caldwell, Al Lulla, Collyn T. Murray, Rahul R. Handa, Ernesto J. Romo, Jason Wagner, Paul E. Wise, Jennifer M. Leonard, Michael M. Awad> ;American Journal of Surgery. 2021 Feb 1
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Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- First Successful Implant of Endovascular Aortic Arch Device in the United StatesKachroo, P., Handa, R., Ohman, J., Sanchez, L., Moon, M, Southern Thoracic Surgical Association 66th Annual Meeting, Marco Island, FL, 11/7/2019
- Gender-related Differences in Aortic Dissection in Marfan SyndromeCook, J., Henn, M., Ramayya, T., Handa, R., Kachroo, P., Braverman, A., Ohman, J., Midwestern Vascular Surgical Society 43rd Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, 9/12/2019
- Assessment of Cardiac Output by Extracorporeal Ultrasound Dilution MeasurementHanda, Rahul, Division of Surgical Sciences 18th Annual Resident and Fellow Research Day, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC., 11/12/2010
Authored Content
- Cohost: SurgCast - A Podcast Designed Specifically for the Busy General Surgery ResidentJuly 2019
Committees
- Codeveloper, TIES: Transition to Internship and Education in Surgery 2019 - Present
- Cardiac Surgery Section Editor, TSRA Literature Review 2018 - Present
- Member, TSRA Projects Committee 2018 - Present
Professional Memberships
- Member
- Resident Member
- Association for Surgical Education - ASEResident Member
- Thoracic Surgery Residents AssociationMember
Other Languages
- Spanish, Hindi, Gujarati
Hospital Affiliations
- Mercy Hospital St. LouisSaint Louis, Missouri
Industry Relationships
- Author, General Surgery, TrueLearn Medical Smartbanks2019 - Present
- Resident Brand Ambassador, TrueLearn Medical Smartbanks2018 - Present
- Co-Founder, OpComm, LLCCapital Funding via Alchemist Accelerator for Startups and Enterprises, Class XVIV Harvard Business Review Top 5 U.S. Start-Up Accelerators Forbes Platinum Level Business Incubator2016 - Present
- Medical Student Advisory Board, Doximity2015 - 2016
External Links
- SurgCasthttp://www.surgcastpodcast.com
- OpComm, LLChttps://opcommllc.wixsite.com/opcommsolutions
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