Dr. Shiavax J. Rao is a board-certified internist, currently specializing in cardiovascular medicine at the University of Virginia Health System in Charlottesville, Virginia. He completed his internal medicine training at MedStar Health-Georgetown University in Baltimore, Maryland, and completed a 1-year term as Assistant Chief of Service after. He has published extensively in the field of cardiovascular medicine and is also actively involved in clinical trials and national registry studies.