Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
(2020)
Masters of Business Administration at the Isenberg School of Business, GPA 4.0
Teaching
Clinical Assistant Professor
(2023)
School of Medicine,
Anesthesiology
Publications
Rajan, Niraja MD, FASA, SAMBA-F*; Duggan, Elizabeth W. MD, MA†; Abdelmalak, Basem B. MD, FASA, SAMBA-F‡; Butz, Steven MD, SAMBA-F§; Rodriguez, Leopoldo V. MD, MBA, FAAP, FASA, SAMBA-F?; Vann, Mary Ann MD, FASA¶; Joshi, Girish P. MBBS, MD, FCAI, FASA#. Society for Ambulatory Anesthesia Updated Consensus Statement on Perioperative Blood Glucose Management in Adult Patients With Diabetes Mellitus Undergoing Ambulatory Surgery. Anesthesia & Analgesia ():10.1213/ANE.0000000000006791, March 22, 2024. | DOI: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000006791
Pai SL, Grech D, Gayer S, Rodriguez L, Joshi GP, Rajan N. Should rocuronium and sugammadex replace succinylcholine for airway emergencies in class B ambulatory anesthesia settings?. Minerva Anestesiol. 2023 Mar;89(3):197-205. PubMed PMID: 36326774
Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology – March 2023 – Benchmarking Outcomes for Day Surgery. Leopoldo Vicente Rodriguez, Joshua Aaron Bloomstone. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpa.2023.03.001
Rodriguez LV, Bloomstone JA. Benchmarking outcomes for day surgery. Best Pract Res Clin Anaesthesiol. 2023 Sep;37(3):331-342. doi: 10.1016/j.bpa.2023.03.001. Epub 2023 Mar 9. PMID: 37938080.
Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology – December 2022 – Leopoldo Vicente Rodriguez, J. Aaron Bloomstone, COVID-19 infection and ambulatory surgery: Decision making based on known knowns, Best Practice & Research Clinical Anaesthesiology, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpa.2022.12.002
Citation
Leopoldo V. Rodriguez, Joshua A. Bloomstone, Gary S. Hindin; The Practice of Ambulatory Anesthesiology. ASA Monitor 2021; 85:25–26 doi: https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000791604.70898.82
Anesthesia Clinics of North America – 2019 Ambulatory Anesthesia Edition. Outcomes in Ambulatory Anesthesia. Measuring What Matters.
Leopoldo V. Rodriguez, MD FAAP FASA; Joshua A. Bloomstone MD MSc; Gerald A. Mascioli, MD MBA, FCCM. Anesthesiology Clin 37 (2019) 361–372. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anclin.2019.01.008
Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America: Anesthesia for Ambulatory and Office-based ENT Surgery (In print) Leopoldo V. Rodriguez, MD FAAP FASA
Otolaryngol Clin N Am - (2019) -–- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.otc.2019.08.012
Personal Interests
Ambulatory Anesthesiology
Hiking
Camping
Volunteer Activities
I have volunteered as a primary care physician in Venezuela, South America.
Have volunteered at the Legislative Clinic of the Florida Legislature.
Public Speaking Yes
The value of Physician led care
Ambulatory Anesthesiology topics
General Information
Medical Schools:
MD, Universidad Central de Venezuela, Caracas
(1993)
Graduate Schools:
MBA, University of Massachusetts Amherst
(2020)
Internships:
Vanderbilt University Medical Center Program
(1997)
Residency Programs:
Vanderbilt University Medical Center Program, Chief Resident, Anesthesiology (2000)