Victor Rao was a general practitioner in Birmingham. He was born on 28 May 1928 and studied medicine in Calcutta, qualifying in 1952. He studied neurosurgery in India and gained his fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1957 and an MS degree in 1962. In 1971 he became a general practitioner in Birmingham. He also worked as a clinical assistant at the Migraine Research Clinic, Birmingham and taught medical students and GPs in training. He partially retired in 1998, but continued to work part-time. He finally retired in September 2011 at the age of 82. He was married to Monica. Rao died on 22 April 2016 at the age of 87.