Vishal Rao
Vishal Narasinga Rao, MD, MPH
Office
25 Courtenay Dr
1st Floor
Charleston, SC 29425
About
Vishal Rao
Dr. Vishal Rao is an Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiologist at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC). He completed his Internal Medicine residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital, followed by fellowships in Cardiovascular Disease and Advanced Heart Failure & Transplant Cardiology at Duke University. Dr. Rao provides comprehensive care across the full spectrum of heart failure, from early diagnosis to the management of advanced and end-stage disease. His clinical expertise includes optimizing medical therapy, implementing device-based strategies to reduce hospitalizations, guiding lifestyle modifications, and performing heart transplantation and durable left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation. He is also highly skilled in invasive hemodynamic testing, which he uses to uncover complex heart failure phenotypes and tailor individualized treatment plans. His research interests span implementation science, cardiometabolic risk profiling in heart failure populations, and advanced phenotyping using both non-invasive and invasive diagnostics. Dr. Rao actively contributes to cutting-edge clinical trials aimed at improving outcomes for patients with heart failure. Dr. Rao is committed to partnering with patients to deliver personalized, compassionate care that empowers them to live fuller lives with heart failure.
Primary Specialty
Cardiologist
Practice
Vishal Narasinga Rao, MD, MPH
Education
University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Training
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Duke University School of Medicine: Cardiovascular Disease, Duke Clinical Research Institute: Clinical Research, Duke University School of Medicine: Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
Accepting New Patients
Insurances Accepted
Aetna (Preferred Provider Organization), Aetna (Managed Choice), Aetna (Open Choice), Ambetter from Absolute Total Care (Marketplace) , BCBS Blue Essentials (Marketplace), Blue Choice Blue Option (Marketplace), Blue Cross Blue Shield Preferred Blue (PPC), Blue Cross Blue Shield Blue Choice HealthCare (Group Health Plan), Blue Cross Blue Shield Federal (FEP), Blue Cross Blue Shield Planned Administrators, Blue Cross Blue Shield State Health Plan for South Carolina, Cigna, Coventry, Employers Health Network (EHN), First Health, Great West Healthcare (Part of Cigna now), Medcost, Tricare, United HealthCare, AllWell by Absolute Total Care, Clover Health , Absolute Total Care (NEIC), Blue Choice Medicaid, First Choice/Select Health (NEIC), Molina Healthcare , WellCare, Absolute Total Care Healthy Connections Prime Dual Medicare/Medicaid Plan , First Choice VIP Care Plus Healthy Connections Prime Dual Medicare/Medicaid Plan, Molina Healthy Connections Prime Dual Medicare/Medicaid Plan, Humana Healthy Horizons (through March 31, 2025), Humana Medicare (through March 31, 2025), Humana ChoiceCare PPO (Group Health Plan) (through March 31, 2025), Aetna (Exclusive Choice), First Choice Next, Veterans' Affairs Community Care Network (CCN), Medicare A & B (Traditional Medicare), Aetna Medicare, Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare, Healthy Blue Medicaid by Blue Choice, Cigna Medicare
Degrees
Medical Doctor, Master of Public Health
Languages
English
Services
Vishal Rao provides cardiology services in Charleston, SC. A cardiologist is a physician who is certified to diagnose and treat disorders of the circulatory system and the cardiovascular system — the heart, arteries and veins.
To learn more, or to make an appointment with Vishal Narasinga Rao, MD, MPH in Charleston, SC, please call for more information.
To learn more, or to make an appointment with Vishal Narasinga Rao, MD, MPH in Charleston, SC, please call for more information.
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