Rema (Rao) Chaari

Rema (Rao) Chaari, MD, is an academic cytopathologist and healthcare professional and executive leadership coach, currently serving as Staff Pathologist and Co‑Section Head of Cytopathology in the Division of Anatomic Pathology at the Cleveland Clinic. She is triple board‑certified in Anatomic Pathology, Clinical Pathology, and Cytopathology, with more than 15 years of experience across leading academic medical centers. Dr. Chaari completed her pathology residency and cytopathology fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical School, followed by a surgical pathology fellowship at UCSF. She previously served as Assistant and Associate Professor of Pathology at Weill Cornell Medicine and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, where she also directed the residency training and cytopathology fellowship programs respectively. An active academician Dr. Chaari has authored many peer‑reviewed publications, multi‑institutional studies, textbook chapters, and editorial contributi