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American emergency physician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Robert M. Rodriguez is an American emergency physician working at the San Francisco General Hospital. He is a professor of emergency medicine at the UCSF School of Medicine and was a member of the COVID-19 Advisory Board of U.S. president Joe Biden.
Robert Rodriguez | |
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Born | Brownsville, Texas, U.S. |
Education | University of Notre Dame (BS) Harvard University (MD) |
Medical career | |
Field | Emergency medicine Internal medicine Critical care medicine |
Institutions | San Francisco General Hospital UCSF School of Medicine |
Rodriguez was born in Brownsville, Texas to a Latino family.[1] He earned his undergraduate degree at University of Notre Dame and a medical degree at Harvard Medical School. Rodriguez completed a 5-year residency in emergency medicine and internal medicine at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. He developed an interest in the physiology of critically ill patients and completed a 2-year critical care fellowship at Stanford University Medical Center. Rodriguez is board certified in emergency medicine, internal medicine, and critical care medicine.[2]
Rodriguez is an emergency physician at San Francisco General Hospital and a professor of emergency medicine at the UCSF School of Medicine.[3] In July 2020, Rodriguez treated patients along the Mexico–United States border during the COVID-19 pandemic in Texas.[4] He researched heightened stress and anxiety levels among physicians during the COVID-19 pandemic.[5][6] In November 2020, he was named to the COVID-19 Advisory Board of President Joe Biden.[7]
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