Dr. Akshata Rao

Assistant Professor

Department of Medicine

SUBJECTS CURRENTLY TEACHING

Subject Semester / Year
Geriatric Medicine

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Degree Specialisation Institute Year of passing
MRCP (PHYSICIANS-2024) Royal College of Physicians of the United Kingdom, RCPUK 2024
MD Geriatric Medicine All India Institute Of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi 2021
MBBS Kempegowda Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS), Bangalore, Karnataka 2018

Experience

Institution / Organisation Designation Role Tenure
Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Karnataka Assistant Professor 23-07-2026 to till date
All India Institute Of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) New Delhi. Senior Resident 28-01-2022 to 27-01-2025

Agreement and Discriminative Ability of the Intrinsic Capacity Tool-10 among Older Adults in Northern India

Journal of the Indian Academy of Geriatrics - 03-08-2026 Swarup Das Akshata Rao Abhijith Rajaram Rao Venugopal Mantry Maroof Ahmad Khan Avinash Chakrawarty Naveet Wig Prasun Chatterjee

Intrinsic capacity and survival among older adults in India: LASI-DAD study (wave 1 and wave 2)

The Lancet – Regional Health – Southeast Asia - June 2026 Abhijith Rajaram Rao Manjusha Bhagwasia Akshata Rao Mujtaba Waris Sakthi Kiruthika Sudeep George Mihir Vedula Shreya Biswal Richa Mallick Tejas Shivamogga Ranganatha

Association between neurofilament light chain, glial fibrillary acidic protein, and sarcopenia in older Indian adults: evidence from LASI-DAD.

BMC Geriatrics - 11-02-2026 Abhijith Rajaram Rao Manjusha Bhagwasia Masroor Anwar Akshata Rao Avinash Chakrawarty Aparajit Ballav Dey Sharmistha Dey

Study of Leptin and Adiponectin among Indian Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment: Initial Experience of Memory Clinic from a Geriatric Tertiary Care Center in India.

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders - 30-07-2025 Abhijith Rajaram Rao Gaurav Desai Swati Bajpai Akshata Rao Rashmita Pradhan Avinash Chakrawarty Prasun Chatterjee Sharmishta Dey A.B. Dey

Cognitive assessment across normal aging and subjective cognitive decline using PGIMS and Stroop color-word test: A cross-sectional study.

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics Plus - 01-03-2025 Akshata Rao Abhijith R Rao Bhawana Painkra Sakthi Kiruthika Sunil Kumar Meenal Thakral Swati Bajpai Shodhan Aithal Aparajit Ballav Dey Prasun Chatterjee

Oral Health and Cognitive Function: Insights from Longitudinal Ageing Study in India (LASI) - A Cross-Sectional Analysis

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics Plus - 04-06-2024 Sakthi Kiruthika K Akshata Rao Abhijith Rajaram Rao Bhawana Painkra Akash Jaiswal Pramod Kumar Nidhi Soni Naveet Wig Prasun Chatterjee Avinash Chakrawarty

Predictors of Survival Among the Oldest Old Following Acute Hospital Admission: Insights From Clinical and Biochemical Factors.

Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine - 28-03-2023 Bhawana Painkra Masroor Anwar Abhinay Kumar Singh Vishwajeet Singh Abhijith Rajaram Rao Akshata Rao Meenal Thakral Avinash Chakrawarty Prasun Chatterjee Aparajit Ballav Dey

Recurrent syncope in long survivors and its association with geriatric syndromes.

Aging Medicine - January 2023 Kamal Bandhu Akshata Rao Ashima Nehra, Sada Nand Dwivedi Avinash Chakrawarty Aparajit Ballav Dey

Use of clinical frailty scale in acute care settings as a predictor of in-hospital and short-term mortality in older adults with severe acute respiratory illness: A prospective pilot cohort study from India.

Journal of the Indian Academy of Geriatrics - 16-12-2021 Pramod Kumar Sunny Singhal Akshata Rao Sunil Jyani Nayer Jamshed Praveen Aggarwal Avinash Chakrawarty Aparajit Ballav Dey

Review Article - Optimizing critical care for the elderly in a resource-limited setting: ICU vs. HDU.

International Journal of Research in Medical Sciences - July 2025 Tilotma Jamwal Akshata Rao Prasun Chatterjee Namrata Makkar

CASE REPORT - Leukemoid reaction following ferric carboxymaltose infusion in an elderly patient.

BMJ Case Reports - January 2026 Venugopal Mantry Akshata Rao Swarup Das Avinash Chakrawarty

CASE REPORT - Monoclonal gammopathy of renal significance presenting as cryoglobulinaemic vasculitis in a frail elderly patient.

BMJ Case Reports - November 2025 Venugopal Mantry Swarup Das Akshata Rao Avinash Chakrawarty

CASE REPORT - A Rare Case of Dermatomyositis Sine Dermatitis in an Indian Geriatric Patient

Journal of the Indian Academy of Geriatrics - December 2024 Saumyarup Pal Akshata Rao Abhijith R. Rao Bhabhor Kaminiben Narsinhbhai Mujtaba Waris Saumya Sahu Avinash Chakrawarty

CASE REPORT - Clinical Vignette: Prominent Neck and Pinna Pulsations

JACC: Case Reports - November 2021 Venkatakrishnan Ramakumar Akshata Rao Sivasubramanian Ramakrishnan

CASE REPORT - Spontaneous regression of chronic Epstein–Barr virus infection-related lymphoproliferative disease

Journal of the Indian Academy of Geriatrics - 17 August 2021 Bharti Kumari Akshata Rao Manicka Saravanan Subramanian Aparajit Ballav Dey

CASE REPORT - Microscopic polyangiitis presenting as acute flaccid paralysis mimicking Guillain–Barre syndrome

Journal of Medical Evidence - 30 August 2021 Abhijith Rajaram Rao Meenal Thakral Akshata Rao Avinash Chakrawarty

BOOK CHAPTERS - Sleep disorders in older adults

Principles and Practice of Geriatric Medicine - November 2025 Akshata Rao

BOOK CHAPTER - Mild cognitive impairment

Principles and Practice of Geriatric Medicine - November 2025 Arunansu Talukdar Akshata Rao

BOOK CHAPTER - Global demography and India's perspective of aging

Principles and Practice of Geriatric Medicine - November 2025 Meenaxi Sharda Mayank Shrivastva Akshata Rao