Satish Rao

Chief Medical Officer

Satish has been a Consultant Respiratory Paediatrician at Birmingham Children’s Hospital since 2006 and specialises in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine and, more specifically, helping those with severe asthma, sleep disordered breathing and bronchiectasis.

In addition to his clinical practice, he has an active interest in researching treatment for respiratory conditions such as asthma and delivering models of care that is accessible to all children and young children in the region.

He has a Postgraduate Research degree, Doctor of Medicine with Distinction, from the University of Leicester. Satish has previously worked as a Postgraduate Clinical Tutor and Head of Postgraduate Education making changes to the training of doctors which was recognised by the General Medical Council. He also served as the Specialty Training Advisor at the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, for training of Doctors specialising in Respiratory Medicine.

Satish has continued to lead the Children and Young People Transformation Programme in the Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care System as well as working in partnership with our Women’s and Forward Thinking Birmingham services to represent us both in Birmingham and Solihull as well as regionally and nationally.

He is passionately committed to furthering our ambitions to be an inclusive organisation where all can thrive, supporting our diverse populations both with our colleagues and our communities, and enabling our Trust to lead the way in innovative care and treatment.   

Satish is a Fellow of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health and is a member of both the British Paediatric Respiratory Society and the European Respiratory Society.