Jose R. Rodriguez, MD
- Cardiac Surgery
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About me
I provide the highest level of cardiac surgery care. I’m committed to using state-of-the-art technology and minimally invasive techniques whenever possible. These techniques shorten recovery time, reduce pain, and allow patients to return more quickly to the lives they love.
Excellent patient experience is essential for recovery. I am deeply committed to a human-centered approach to healthcare. I treat every patient with compassion, respect, and individualized attention. I take time to explain their condition and treatment options to them and their families. I make it a priority to communicate clearly and answer their questions. My goal is for my patients and their families to feel fully supported through recovery.
I see patients as people, not as conditions or procedures. This drives my passion to improve healthcare delivery. Making healthcare more accessible, affordable, and fair for all is essential. I am also committed to improving access in our healthcare system so patients can get the timely care they deserve.
Specialties
- Cardiac Surgery
Areas of focus
- Robotic and other minimally invasive approaches to heart and thoracic surgery
- Coronary revascularization
- Atrial fibrillation (AFib) MAZE surgery
- Surgical treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (septal myectomy)
- Aortic valve repair and replacement
- Mitral valve repair and replacement
- Tricuspid valve surgery
- Pericardial disease surgery
- Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG)
Titles and faculty positions
- Director, Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery and Quality
- Associate Professor of Surgery, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth
Year joined
- 2025
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Education
Medical school
- MD, Doctor of Medicine, University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, San Juan, PR, 1999
Residency
- General Surgery, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, 2005
- General Surgery, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2002
Fellowship
- Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham AL, 2007
Graduate
- MHS, Master of Health Care Delivery Science, Dartmouth College Tuck School of Business, Hanover, NH, 2025
Board certification
- Cardiothoracic Surgery
- General Surgery