Overview
Dr. Rai was awarded the “TOP DOC” in Gastroenterology award by Baltimore Magazine for 2016. Dr. Rai is a Gastroenterologist & Hepatologist, with over 22 years of experience in this field. He is the Medical Director of Gastro Center of Maryland & Cascades Endoscopy Center and has served on the Medical Faculty at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine for many years, starting in 1997. He has been in many leadership positions in the Johns Hopkins Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, including as the Medical Director, Adult Liver Transplantation and Director, Clinical Effectiveness. He completed his Gastroenterology & Hepatology Fellowship at Johns Hopkins University in 1996 and completed an additional year of Advanced Fellowship at Johns Hopkins University in Transplant Hepatology and Biliary Disorders. Dr. Rai is considered a national thought leader and expert in the field of Gastroenterology and Liver disease and presents regularly at national and regional meetings. He has received many awards including Excellence in Clinical Research Award from the American College of Gastroenterology, Passano Clinician Scientist Award from Johns Hopkins University, Industry Research Scholar Award & Astra-Merck Award from the American Digestive Health Foundation, among others. He has published dozens of scholarly articles in peer-reviewed journals and authored many chapters for medical textbooks. He has performed over 50,000 procedures in this field and pioneered new and innovative medical techniques.
Dr. Rai is rated as an Experienced provider by MediFind in the treatment of Macroamylasemia. His top areas of expertise are Crohn's Disease, Gastric Dysmotility, Colitis, Colonoscopy, and Gastrectomy.
His clinical research consists of participating in 1 clinical trial. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
Suite 100, Columbia, MD 21045
Additional Areas of Focus
Dr. Rai has provided the following conditions as areas of focus. Please note that we may not have enough data to validate their experience in some of these conditions.
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
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Areas of Expertise
MediFind evaluates expertise by pulling from factors such as number of articles a doctor has published in medical journals, participation in clinical trials, speaking at industry conferences, prescribing and referral patterns, and strength of connections with other experts in their field.
Learn more about MediFind’s expert tiers
- Distinguished
- Crohn's DiseaseDr. Rai isDistinguished. Learn about Crohn's Disease.
- Advanced
- Attenuated Familial Adenomatous Polyposis
- Barrett EsophagusDr. Rai isAdvanced. Learn about Barrett Esophagus.
- Childhood VolvulusDr. Rai isAdvanced. Learn about Childhood Volvulus.
- Chronic Idiopathic Constipation (CIC)
- ColitisDr. Rai isAdvanced. Learn about Colitis.
- Colonic MalakoplakiaDr. Rai isAdvanced. Learn about Colonic Malakoplakia.
- Experienced
- Autoimmune HepatitisDr. Rai isExperienced. Learn about Autoimmune Hepatitis.
- Benign Esophageal StrictureDr. Rai isExperienced. Learn about Benign Esophageal Stricture.
- Celiac DiseaseDr. Rai isExperienced. Learn about Celiac Disease.
- CholedocholithiasisDr. Rai isExperienced. Learn about Choledocholithiasis.
- Chronic Erosive GastritisDr. Rai isExperienced. Learn about Chronic Erosive Gastritis.
- CirrhosisDr. Rai isExperienced. Learn about Cirrhosis.