Dr. Robert Rodriguez

Dr. Rodriguez grew up in the border city of Brownsville, Texas. After graduating summa cum laude from the University of Notre Dame, he attended Harvard Medical School, Dr. Robert Rodriguez then completed an Emergency Medicine residency at UCLA and a Critical Care Medicine fellowship at Stanford.

As a former Department of Emergency Medicine Diversity Director and recipient of the 2013 University of California San Francisco Martin Luther King Jr. Award, Dr. Rodriguez is committed to improving health care for under-served populations. He has mentored over 150 students at all levels of education in their quest for careers in medicine. As a Professor and the Associate Chair of Research in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the UCSF School of Medicine, he has over 100 research publications, many of which focus on health care in Latinx populations, especially undocumented immigrants. He is currently working on seven research studies that relate to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Panel Information

Saturday, August 15

2:00 PM ET

A Discussion on COVID-19 and its impact on Health Care and the Latino Community

With special guests Dr. Jill Biden, Rep. Raul Ruiz, and Rep. Filemon Vela

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