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CURRICULUM VITAE

Raul Rodriguez MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Division of Medicine Infectious Diseases

OFFICE ADDRESS:
9200 West Wisconsin Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53226

EDUCATION:
09/2007 - 09/2013 Luis Razetti School of Medicine, Caracas, Venezuela

POSTGRADUATE TRAINING AND FELLOWSHIP APPOINTMENTS:
12/2013 - 12/2014 Resident, Internal Medicine, ICU, Dr. Rafael Medina Jimenez Hospital, La Guaira
06/2014 - 12/2014 Resident, Oncology, Medical Educational Center La Trinidad, Caracas
01/2015 - 05/2015 Intern in Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine, Universidad Central De Venezuela, Caracas
07/2018 - 07/2021 Internal Medicine Residency, Medicine, Internal Medicine, Loyola Medicine MacNeal Hospital, 3249 S Oak Park Ave, Berwyn, IL 60402
07/2021 - 06/2023 Infectious Diseases Fellowship, Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Cook County Health John H. Stroger Hospital/ Rush University Medical Center, 1969 W Ogden Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
07/2023 - 07/2024 Transplant Infectious Disease Fellowship, Medicine, Infectious Disease, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, 1120 NW 14th Street, Miami, FL 33136

FACULTY APPOINTMENTS:
09/2010 - 10/2012 Microbiology Teaching Assistant, Microbiology, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas, VEN
07/15/2024 - Present Assistant Professor, Medicine, Infectious Disease, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 W Watertown Plank Rd, Wauwatosa, WI 53226

HOSPITAL AND CLINICAL ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS:
01/2014 - 06/2014 Physician Assistant, Dr. Jorge Vera Dermatology Center, Caracas

HOSPITAL STAFF PRIVILEGES:
07/2018 - 06/2021 Loyola Medicine MacNeal Hospital, 3249 S Oak Park Ave, Berwyn, IL 60402
07/2018 - 06/2021 Loyola Medicine MacNeal Hospital, 3249 S Oak Park Ave, Berwyn, IL 60402
07/2021 - 06/2023 John H Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, 1969 Ogden Ave, Chicago, IL 60612
07/2023 - 06/2023 Jackson Memorial Hospital, 1611 N.W. 12th Avenue, Miami, FL 33136
07/2024 - Present Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital, 9200 W Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53226

SPECIALTY BOARDS AND CERTIFICATION:
Board Certified
Issue DateExpiration
American Board of Internal Medicine
08/20/2021
12/31/2031
ABIM - Infectious Disease
11/03/2021
None
   
Licensure
Number Issue DateExpiration
Illinois License
036156890
05/12/2021
07/31/2023
Florida License
37550
05/29/2023
06/30/2025
Wisconsin License
84268-20
07/03/2024
10/31/2025
    

INVITED LECTURES/WORKSHOPS/PRESENTATIONS:
International
Rodriguez RI, Rojas AC, Rios SR, microRNA: A New Class of Epigenetic Regulator. Biogenesis and Function, 17th "Dr. Francisco de Venanzi" Scientific Congress, Caracas, VEN, 11/2008
Rodriguez RI, Rojas AC, Rios SR, microRNA as Biomarkers and/or Molecular Targets for Therapy Using Antagonists to Them (Antagomirs), 17th "Dr. Francisco de Venanzi" Scientific Congress, Caracas, VEN, 11/2008
Rodriguez R. Simkins J, et al., Hospitalization status at time of organ acceptance and its impact on Bloodstream Infections., ECCMID, Barcelona, Spain, 04/27/2024 - 04/30/2024
Rodriguez R, Anjan S., Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus Infection in Multiversceral Transplant and Small Bowel Transplant Recipients: A 10-year Single Center Experience., The Transplantation Society 2024, Istanbul, Turkey, 09/23/2024
 
National
Rodriguez R, Espinoza D, Junia C, If the Test Fits: Diagnosis to Aid in the Treatment of Influenza, National ACP, Los Angeles, CA, 05/2020
Rodriguez R, Espinoza C, Junia C, If the Test Fits: Diagnosis to Aid in the Treatment of Influenza, Loyola Medicine MacNeal Hospital Research Day, Berwyn IL, 05/2020
Rodriguez R, Zerpa R, Bulaja A, Mena Lora A., One in a Million: Diagnosis of Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in the Context of Negative Neuroimaging., ID Week, Philadelphia, PA, 10/2020
Rodriguez R, Zerpa R, Bulaja A, Mena Lora A., One in a Million: Diagnosis of Sporadic Cruetzfeldt-Jakob disease in the Context of Negative Neuroimaging, ID Week, Philadelphia, PA, 10/2020
Espinoza D, Rodriguez R, Colon D, When the conventional management isn't enough: a deadly case of Legionella pneumonia, CHEST, Chicago, IL, 10/2020
Cozzi F, Rodriguez R, Won S, Patterns of Micafungin Prescribing in the Intensive Care Unit in an Observational Retrospective Cohort, ID Week, Boston, MA, 10/2023
Cozzi F, Rodriguez R, Won S, Patters of Micafungin Prescribing in the Intensive Care Unit in an Observational Retrospective Cohort., ID Week, Boston, MA, 10/2023
Rodriguez R, Shankaran S, Sansom S., A Case of Mpox Purulent Deep Soft Tissue Infection with Lemierre's Syndrome and Cervical Lymphadenitis in a patient with AIDS., ID Week, Boston, MA, 10/2023
Anjan S, Rodriguez R, Guerra G., Donor Derived Invasive Mold Infections After Transplantation of Organs Recovered from Drowned Donors., American Transplant Congress, Philadelphia PA, 06/01/2024 - 06/05/2024
Mendoza M, Hall V, Dumais M, Rodriguez R, Natori Y, Razonable R., Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) infections in hospitalized solid organ transplantation recipients (SOTR): Impact of age and disease severity., American Transplant Congress, Philadelphia, PA, 06/01/2024 - 06/05/2024
Rodriguez R, Anjan S, et al., Invasive Candidiasis in Multivisceral Transplant and Small Bowel Transplant Recipients: a 10-year Single Center Experience., American Transplant Congress, Philadelphia, PA, 06/01/2024 - 06/05/2024
Rodriguez R, Natori Y, et al., EBV DN Aemia and Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorders (PTLD) in Multivisceral Transplant and Small Bowel Transplant Recipients: A 10-year Single Center Experience., American Transplant Congress, Philadelphia, PA, 06/01/2024 - 06/05/2024
Bini Votti J, Rodriguez R, Anjan S., Screening and Reactivation of Chagas Disease Among Solid Organ Transplant Candidates and Recipients: a 9-Year Single Center Experience in Florida., American Transplant Congress, Philadelphia, PA, 06/01/2024 - 06/05/2024
 
Regional
Rodriguez R, Navarro P, Andrade E, Samarjian T, Traveler's Diarrhea: A Venezuelan Health Issue, Diarrhea: A Venezuelan Health Issue, Caracas, VEN, 04/2012
Rodriguez R, Espinoza D, Junia C, If the Test Fits: Diagnosis to Aid in the Treatment of Influenza, Loyola Medicine MacNeal Hospital Research Day, Berwyn IL, 05/2019
Espinoza D, Rodriguez R, Colon D., When the conventional management isn't enough: a deadly case of Legionella pneumonia., CHEST, Chicago, IL, 10/2020
 
Local
Espinoza D, Rodriguez R, Junia C, It's Not Always E Coli: An Unusual Case of Emphysematous Cystitis, Loyola Medicine MacNeal Hospital Research Day, Berwyn IL, 05/2019
Rodriguez R, Espinoza D, Junia C, If the Test Fits: Diagnosis to Aid in the Treatment of Influenza, North Illinois Regional ACP, Chicago, IL, 10/2019
Rodriguez R, Espinoza D, Colon D, When the conventional management isn't enough: a deadly case of Legionella PNA, Loyola Medicine MacNeal Hospital Research Day, Berwyn, IL, 05/2020
Rodriguez R, Espinoza D, Junia C., If the Test Fits: Diagnosis to Aid in the Treatment, Loyola Medicine MacNeal Hospital Research, Berwyn, IL, 05/2020
Rodriguez R, Espinoza D, Colon D., When the conventional management isn't enough: a deadly case of Legionella pneumonia., Loyola Medicine MacNeal Hospital Research Day, Berwyn, IL, 05/2020
Rodriguez R, mTOR inhibitors in management of Kaposi's Sarcoma, Rush University Medical Center, Infectious Disease Grand Rounds, Chicago IL, 08/2021
Rodriguez R, Management of persistent MRSA bacteremia, Rush University Medical Center, Infectious Disease Grand Rounds, Chicago IL, 09/2021
Rodriguez R, A case of persistent Candida auris fungemia, Rush University Medical Center, Infectious Disease Grand Rounds, Chicago IL, 10/2021
Rodriguez R, Effectiveness of BNT162b2 vaccine against COVID19 Omicron variant, Rush University Medical Center, Infectious Disease Grand Rounds, Chicago IL, 01/2022
Rodriguez R, A case of hospital-onset Disseminated Cryptococcosis in immunocompromised host, Rush University Medical Center, Infectious Disease Grand Rounds, Chicago IL, 01/2022
Rodriguez R, A Case of Breakthrough Invasive Mould Infection in hematology patient, Rush University Medical Center, Infectious Disease Grand Rounds, Chicago IL, 02/2022
Rodriguez R, A case of Disseminated hypermucoviscous hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteremia, Rush University Medical Center, Infectious Disease Grand Rounds, Chicago IL, 03/2022
Rodriguez R, Whipple's Disease: A Review., Infectious Disease Grand Rounds, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago IL, 04/2022
Rodriguez R, Risk of IMI with BTKI therapy, Infectious Disease Grand Rounds, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago IL, 07/2022
 

COMMITTEE SERVICE:
Hospital
09/2018 - 07/2021 Resident, Recruitment Committee, Medicine, Loyola Medicine MacNeal Hospital
10/2018 - 07/2021 Resident, Internal Medicine Clinic Committee, Medicine, Loyola Medicine MacNeal Hospital
04/2019 - 07/2021 Resident, Hand Hygiene Committee, Medicine, Loyola Medicine MacNeal Hospital
06/2019 - 07/2021 Resident, Antibiotic Stewardship, Medicine, Loyola Medicine MacNeal Hospital
11/01/2022 - 11/14/2023 Committee Member, Antibiotic Stewardship Awareness Week 2022, Infectious Disease, Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
11/2022 - 07/2023 Committee Member, Antibiotic Stewardship Team, Infectious Disease, Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
 

COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES:
09/2012 - 12/2012 Sub Intern at Amazonian Project, Toki, Amazon State, Venezuela.
01/2013 - 08/2013 Sub Internship at Universidad Central De Venezuela, Hospital Perez Carrena, Caracas, Venezuela
04/2017 - 10/2017 Research volunteer, Sergejs Berdnikovs, PhD, Department of Allergy and Immunology, Northwestern University.
 

LANGUAGE FLUENCY:
Native/Functionally Native speaker of both English and Spanish

INVITED MEDIA APPEARANCES:
International
CCH/RUMC Fellowship, Creation and curation of posting content., Instagram & Twitter, 01/2022 - 07/2023
 


BIBLIOGRAPHY
Refereed Journal Publications/Original Papers
1. Espinoza D, Rodriguez R, Orozco H, Kowalski A. A 24 Hours: A Case of Multiorgan Failure Associated with COVID-19. Cureus Journal of Medical Science. 2020 June.
2. Jeong BM, Walker MT, Rodriguez R, Berdnikovs S. More than neutrophils: Lin(+)Ly6G(+)IL-5Ra(+) multipotent myeloid cells (MMC's) are dominant in normal marine bone marrow and retain capacity to differentiate into eosinophils and monocytes. J Leukoc Biol. 2022 Jan:111(1):113-122. doi: 10.1002/JLB.1AB0519-170RR. Epub 2021 Apr 15. PMID: 33857341.
3. Hidalgo, DC, Jasti M, Rodriguez R, Albarillo F. COVID-19 infection characteristics and outcomes in a predominantly Latino community hospital. Germs. 2022 March 31; 12(1):10-15. doi:10-18683/germs.2022.1302. PMID: 35601947; PMC9113678.
4. Tapaskar N, Colon Hidalgo D, Rodriguez R, Giron F, Chaugule A, Rech MA. Sedation Usage in COVID-19 Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome: A Multicenter Study. Ann Pharmacother. 2022 Feb; 56(2):117-123. doi: 10.1177/10600280211021925. Epub 2021 Jun 2. PMID: 34075807.
5. Rodriguez R, Espinoza D, Junia C. If the Test Fits: Diagnosis to Aid in the Treatment of Influenza. Cureus Journal of Medical Science. 2022 August.
6. Chiarella SE, Cuervo-Pardo L, Coden ME, Rodriguez RI, Queener AM, Berdnikovs S. Sex differences in a murine model of asthma are time and tissue compartment dependent. PLoS One. 2023 October 11;18(10):e0271281. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0271281. PMID: 37819947; PMCID: PMC10566727.