Dr. Girish Rao completed his under-graduation at Govt. Dental College Bangalore. He secured 1st Rank in all four years in Bangalore University and obtained 2 Gold Medals. He then joined post-graduation in Oral & Maxillofacial surgery at the Govt. Dental College, Madras through all India quota having secured 5th Rank. After completion of his post-graduation, he worked in Kidwai to gain experience in oral cancer.

He trained in the UK and obtained 2 fellowships from the Royal College of Surgeons of England and Ireland. He gained experience in all aspects of Faciomaxillary surgery and worked as the Senior Registrar at the prestigious St.Barts and Royal London Hospital, which is the oldest hospital in the world.

He returned back to India in 1999 and is a consultant Faciomaxillary surgery various super specialty hospitals in Bangalore like NIMHANS, Sagar Hospitals, Apollo Hospitals, Bangalore Institute of Oncology and Sri Shankara Cancer Hospital. He was Professor & Head of Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, RV Dental College & Hospital for 17 years.

His special interests are in cleft lip and palate surgery, oral cancer, correction of facial deformities, facial trauma and craniofacial surgery.

He has published more than 25 papers in International journals and has been invited as a keynote speaker in several national and international conferences.

He has authored chapters in Hamilton Bailey’s Clinical methods in General Surgery and Le-fort Access Osteotomy in Juvenile Angiofibroma.

He was the Vice President of the Association of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeons of India and the Ambassador for the International Congress of Oral Implantology.

The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh has honored him this year with a Fellowship & has appointed him as an examiner for the Membership Exam in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery held at Cairo, Dubai, Bangalore, and Hong Kong.