Richard A. Serrao, MD

Clinical Associate Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

Dr. Serrao received undergraduate training in Biomedical Sciences and his medical degree from the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA via the accelerated University of California UCR/UCLA 7 year premed-med program and received his diplomat in internal medicine from Cedars Sinai medical center in Los Angeles. He went on to infectious diseases fellowship training at Boston Medical Center with additional training in transplantation infectious diseases at Massachusetts General Hospital. He is currently Clinical Associate Professor in the sections of general internal medicine and infectious diseases and attends on many clinical rotations training students, residents and fellows (in infectious diseases) from BU, BIDMC and Brigham and Women's programs at the VA Boston Healthcare System. He was the medical director for the popular Ambulatory Diagnostic Treatment Center (ADTC) at the JPVA and is an associate clerkship director for the internal medicine 3rd year core internal medicine rotation. He is a faculty member of the BUSM Academy of Medical Educators. His current projects focus on enhancing critical thinking in making clinical diagnoses as well as incorporating media into medical education.

Publications

  • Published 7/15/2022

    Lauren E. Merz, Shivani Jindal, Tayla Shahal, Richard Serrao, Anthony C. Breu. A Veteran With Recurrent, Painful Knee Effusion. Federal Practitioner. 2022; 39(7):315-319.

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  • Published 7/15/2022

    Merz LE, Jindal S, Shahal T, Serrao R, Breu AC. A Veteran With Recurrent, Painful Knee Effusion. Fed Pract. 2022 Jul; 39(7):315-319. PMID: 36425346.

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  • Published 4/12/2022

    Emeli TO, Serrao R. Delayed perihepatic abscess caused by Cutibacterium acnes following right partial hepatectomy. BMJ Case Rep. 2022 Apr 12; 15(4). PMID: 35414576.

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  • Published 12/4/2020

    Richard Serrao. Clinical Medicine for Optometrists, David M. Shein, Rachel C. Druckenbrod. Chapter 10: HIV Infection. Wolters Kluwer. Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands. 2020; 317-352.

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  • Published 11/1/2017

    Lakshmana Swamy, MD ; Nicholas J. Butler, MD ; Richard Serrao, MD ; Anthony C. Breu, MD . Fed Pract. 2017 November;34(11):18-23. Boston VA Medical Forum: HIV-Positive Veteran With Progressive Visual Changes. MD Edge/ Federal Practitioner: https://www.mdedge.com/fedprac. n/a. 2017; 34(11):18-23.

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Education

  • University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine, MD
  • University of California, Riverside, BS

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