| Robert Rodriguez | |
| Birth Place: | Brownsville, Texas, U.S. |
| Education: | University of Notre Dame (BS) Harvard University (MD) |
| Work Institutions: | San Francisco General Hospital UCSF School of Medicine |
| Field: | Emergency medicine Internal medicine Critical care medicine |
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.
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]