FATIMA RODRIGUEZ

Fátima Rodriguez, MD, MPH is an Associate Professor in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at Stanford University and a noninvasive and preventive cardiologist. Dr. Rodriguez earned her medical degree from Harvard Medical School and her MPH from the Harvard School of Public Health as Zuckerman Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Center for Public Leadership. She then completed internal medicine residency at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Dr. Rodriguez arrived at Stanford University in 2014, where she completed a cardiovascular medicine fellowship and served as Chief Fellow. She currently serves as Section Chief of Preventive Cardiology in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine.

Dr. Rodriguez’s research interests include a range of issues relating to racial and ethnic disparities in guideline adherence, cardiovascular disease prevention, Hispanic cardiovascular health, and leveraging technology to improve the care of diverse patients. She has authored over 170 peer-reviewed publications on these topics and received the American College of Cardiology’s Douglas P. Zipes Distinguished Young Scientist Award. She has also been a two-time winner of Stanford University’s Alderman Award for Excellence in Clinical Research and the Department of Medicine Chair Diversity Investigator Award. Her work is funded by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, the American Heart Association, and the Doris Duke Foundation. Dr. Rodriguez is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology, the American Heart Association, and the American Society of Preventive Cardiology. She serves as the Co-Chair of the National Minority Cardiovascular Alliance and is a member of the American Heart Association’s Science Advisory and Coordinating Committee (SACC). She is also Associate Director of the American Heart Association Strategically Focused Research Network on the Science of Clinical Trial Diversity.