Mahendra Rao

Dr. Mahendra S.
Rao is a Director & Chief Strategy Officer at Q Therapeutics, Inc., a Chairman of US Food & Drug Administration and a Chief Executive Officer at Implant Therapeutics.
He is on the Board of Directors at Q Therapeutics, Inc. Dr. Rao was previously employed as an Independent Director by Cesca Therapeutics, Inc., a Director-Intramural Center by National Institutes of Health, a Vice President-Stem Cell Research by Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., a Chief Scientific Advisor by Q Therapeutic Products, Inc., a Chief-Stem Cell Section by National Institute on Aging, a Vice President by Invitrogen Corp., an Associate Professor by National Centre for Biological Sciences, a Co-Chairman by panCELLa, Inc., an Associate Professor by The Johns Hopkins University, and an Associate Professor by University of Utah.
He also served on the board at Cesca Therapeutics, Inc. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Mumbai and a doctorate degree from California Institute of Technology.