Dr. Priya Venkataraman-Rao

Board Certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Gastroenterology

Dr. Venkataraman-Rao was born and raised in Western New York. She attended SUNY Buffalo for her undergraduate degree and went on to St. George?s University School of Medicine to obtain her M.D. degree. She completed her Pediatric residency at the Maria Fareri Children?s Hospital in Westchester, New York and Pediatric Gastroenterology fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas.

She started her professional career as an attending physician at Children?s National Medical Center in Washington, D.C. and moved on to be a Medical Officer in the Gastroenterology Devices Branch at the US Food and Drug Administration, while continuing to see patients at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.

She is board certified in both Pediatrics and Pediatric Gastroenterology.

She lives in Howard County with her husband and 2 children.