Last week Governor Beverly Perdue appointed Shiva K. Rao, MD to the North Carolina Medical Board. Dr. Rao practices general surgery in Roanoke Rapids and is a 2004 graduate of the NCMS Leadership College.

He is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a past chief of staff at Halifax Regional Medical Center. Dr. Rao is also a past president of the Halifax-Northampton County Medical Society. His term will expire on October 31, 2014.