Consultant in Anaesthesia and Peri-operative Medicine at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK. He specialises in management of major cancer surgeries and also as a peri-operative physician in anaesthesia focussing on pre-operative risk assessment to improve patient outcome after major cancer surgeries.

His research projects include peri-operative anaemia management, cardio-pulmonary exercise testing, Intravenous vs Gas Anaesthesia, prehabilitation prior to major cancer surgery and evidence based management of major haemorrhage. Dr Rao Baikady is a key opinion leader in anaemia management in major surgery.