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Personal History
Dr. Eduardo Rodriguez is a native Floridian who received a Bachelor of Science in Neurobiology from the University of Florida in 1988, followed by a DDS degree from New York University in 1992. He pursued Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery training at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York and completed his residency in 1997. He continued on to the Medical College of Virginia, receiving his MD degree in 1999. He completed his prerequisite general surgery training at Johns Hopkins Hospital in 2001 and was accepted to the combined plastic surgery program at Johns Hopkins Hospital / University of Maryland Medical Center, where he completed training in 2003. He subsequently completed an International Reconstructive Microsurgery Fellowship at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital in Taipei, Taiwan in 2004.
Dr. Rodriguez is a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Plastic Surgery. He is currently Chief of the Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Division at R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, Associate Professor of Surgery at University of Maryland School of Medicine and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and Program Director of the Craniofacial Fellowship at R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center and Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Research Interests
Dr. Rodriguez is currently involved in basic science, translational and clinical research projects focused on novel strategies of immunosuppression for composite facial allotransplantation.
Clinical Speciality
Dr. Rodriguez specializes in craniomaxillofacial reconstruction, reconstructive designer microsurgery and complex wound management.
Current Grant Support:
Composite Tissue Transplantation for Civilian and Combat Casualties
Principal Investigator: Stephen Bartlett, MD
Co- Principal Investigator: Eduardo Rodriguez, MD, DDS
Co- Principal Investigator: Rolf Barth, MD
Award No.: N000140810766
Osteointegration of Long Bone (Fibula) and Flat Bone (Mandible) in Composite Tissue Allotransplantation in a Non-Human Primate Model
Principal Investigator: Eduardo Rodriguez, MD, DDS
Award period = Jan 1, 2009 to Dec 31, 2009
Publications
Selected Publications
Rodriguez ED, Rosson G, Blubond-Langner R, Bocchichio G, Grant M, Singh N, Silverman R, Scalea TM. The Utility of the Anterolateral Thigh Donor Site in Reconstructing the United States Trauma Patient. J of Trauma. 2007 Apr; 62(4):892-7.
Rodriguez ED, Bluebond-Langner R, Silverman R, Bocchichio G, Yao A, Manson P, Scalea T. Abdominal Wall Reconstruction Following Severe Loss of Domain: The R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center Algorithm. Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 2007 Sept; 120(3): 669-80.
Rodriguez ED, Martin M, Bluebond-Langner R, Khalifeh M, Singh N, Manson P. Microsurgical Reconstruction of Post-Traumatic High-Energy Maxillary Defects: Establishing the Effectiveness of Early Reconstruction. Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 2007 Dec; 120(7): 103S-117S.
Rodriguez ED, Bluebond-Langner R, Park J, Manson P. Preservation of Contour in Periorbital & Midfacial Craniofacial Microsurgery: Reconstruction of the Soft Tissue Elements and Skeletal Buttresses. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2008 May;121(5):1738-1747.
Rodriguez ED, Bluebond-Langner R, Devgan L, Grant M, Iliff N, Manson P. Correction of the Recalcitrant Post-Traumatic Periorbital Soft Tissue Deformity: A Novel Microsurgical Approach. Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 2008 Jun; 121(6):1978-81.
Rodriguez ED, Stanwix M, Nam A, St. Hilaire H, Simmons O, Christy M, Grant, M. 26 Year Experience Treating Frontal Sinus Fractures: A Novel Algorithm Based on Anatomical Fracture Pattern & Failure of Conventional Techniques. Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 2008 Dec; 122(6): 1850-1866.
Barth RN, Bluebond-Langner R, Nam A, Stanwix M, Shipley S, Bartlett ST, Rodriguez ED. Facial subunit composite tissue allografts in nonhuman primates: I. Technical and immunosuppressive requirements for prolonged graft survival. Plast Reconstr Surg. 2009 Feb; 123(2):493-501.
Rodriguez ED, Stanwix M, Nam A, St. Hilaire H, Simmons O, Manson P. Definitive Treatment of Persistent Frontal Sinus Infections: Elimination of Dead Space and Sino-Nasal Communication. Plast. Reconstr. Surg 2009 Mar; 123(3): 957-967.
Rodriguez ED, Bluebond-Langner R, Copeland C, Grim N CRNP, Singh N, Scalea T. Functional Outcomes of Post-Traumatic Lower Limb Salvage: A Pilot Study of Anterolateral Thigh Perforator Flaps vs Muscle Flaps. J Trauma 2009 May; 66(5):1311-4.
Banks N, Hui-Chou H, Tripathi S, Collins B, Stanwix M, Nam A, Rodriguez ED. An Anatomic Study of External Carotid Artery Vascular Territories in Face and Midface Flaps for Transplantation. Plast. Reconstr. Surg 2009 June; 123:1677-1687.