Dr. Mohana Rao Patibandla is a consultant neurosurgeon and founder of Dr. Rao's Hospital - International Institute of Neurosciences (IIN) in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh. He completed his neurosurgical training at Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS), Hyderabad, and subsequently underwent advanced fellowship training in minimally invasive skull base surgery, pediatricneurosurgery, cerebrovascular and endovascular neurosurgery, neuro-oncology and stereotactic radiosurgery in the United States.
He is a Fellow and an active member of several national and international neurosurgical organisations.
Dr. Rao has received the Brainlab Neurosurgery Award from the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS), USA, as well as Gold Medals at COSSCON, PASMISSCON and MISSABCON for excellence in minimally invasive spine surgery. His clinical interests include precision neurosurgery, cerebrovascular surgery, minimally invasive brain and spine surgery, neurocritical care and neurosurgical innovation.