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FACULTY

Fred H. Rodriguez, Jr., MD

Clinical Professor of Pathology
Emma Sadler Moss Endowed Professor of Pathology

Pathology
Academic Office:

Center for Advanced Learning and Simulation
Department of Pathology
2021 Perdido St., 7th Floor
New Orleans, LA 70112

Bio

Dr. Rodriguez is the Emma Sadler Moss Professor of Pathology at the Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans, Louisiana. He has served as President of the American Society for Clinical Pathology, President of the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences, National Director of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine for the Department of Veterans Affairs, Director of the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service of the Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System, President of the University New Orleans Alumni Association, and President of the LSU School of Medicine in New Orleans Alumni Association. He has published or presented over 70 articles, abstracts, posters, book chapters, and workshops on a variety of anatomic pathology, clinical pathology, and laboratory administration and management topics. He is a native of New Orleans, Louisiana, and is married with four grown children.

Honors and Awards include:

  • Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
  • Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society
  • Distinguished Service Award from the Board of Certification of the American Society for Clinical Pathology
  • Emma Sadler Moss Professorship from the LSU School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
  • Edward Rhodes Stitt Lecture Award from the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States
  • Calendar-Binford Lecture Award from the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
  • Israel Davidsohn Award for Outstanding Service from the American Society for Clinical Pathology
  • Master Membership Designation from the American Society for Clinical Pathology
  • Alumnus of the Year Award from the LSU School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
  • Ward Burdick Award for Distinguished Service to Pathology from the American Society for Clinical Pathology
  • Alumnus of the Year Award from the University of New Orleans, College of Sciences

Personal interests include:

  • Being a grandfather
  • New Orleans Saints football (season ticket holder since 1968)
  • Fine dining (New Orleans has the best food in the world)
  • Travel (domestic and international) (he has visited five of the seven continents.)

Education

Degree:
Doctor of Medicine Degree
LSU School of Medicine - New Orleans

Residency:
Residency in Pathology
Charity Hospital, New Orleans, LA

Publications

  1. Conner, E., Rodriguez, F., et al: “Impact of a Quality Improvement/Patient Safety Rotation Experience for Residents” LSUHSC 3rd Annual Quality Improvement Forum, New Orleans, LA, May 2015
  2. Murtuza, J., Harkin, V., Lake, T., Pruitt, E., Rodriguez, F., McGoey, R., “The EQUIP Rotation at the Interim LSU Hospital: Integrating House Officers into Hospital Based Quality and Safety Work” AAMC Integrating Quality: Improving Value through Clinical Transformation, Education and Science Meeting, Rosemont, IL, June 2015
  3. Donthamsetty, S., Leach, A., Hotard, J., Vivero, R., McCutcheon, B., Brazda, F., Rodriguez, F., Ragan, A., “Implementation of a Self-Audit in Point of Care Testing (POCT) as a Tool to Improve Laboratory Oversight” College of American Pathologists Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, October 2015
  4. Murtuza, A., Lake, T., McGoey, R., Peters, L., Pruitt, E. Rodriguez, F. “The EQuIP Rotation – from Interim LSU Hospital to University Medical Center New Orleans: An Interprofessional Approach to Hospital-Based Quality and Patient Safety Education During a Clinical Site Transition” AAMC Group on Resident Affairs Spring Meeting, New Orleans, LA, May 2016

 

Teaching Activities

Laboratory Management and Administration
Quality Management and Process Improvement
Nephropathology
Immunopathology