Oncology
CLIFTON RODRIGUES
PHYSICIAN
Thane,MH
Summary
Enthusiastic physician eager to contribute to team success through hard work, attention to detail and excellent organizational skills. Clear understanding of emergency medicine, medical, surgical and critical care management principles. Motivated to learn, grow and excel in a hospital inpatient environment
Overview
6
6
Languages
4
4
Certifications
7
7
years of post-secondary education
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
General Surgery Resident
University of Illinois Metropolitan Group Hospitals Residency in General Surgery
Chicago, Illinois
07.2019 - 06.2021
- Patient assessment: History & Physical, interpretation of laboratory values and imaging
- Invasive procedures: competent at ultrasound-guided central venous catheter placement, arterial line placement, and set up, chest tube placement, emergent cricothyroidotomy, urethral catheter placement, nasogastric tube placement, incision, and drainage of abscesses, debridement of wounds, laceration repairs, and dressing changes, negative pressure wound therapy [NPWT].
- Critical Care: comfortable with ventilator management, sedation, pain, and vasopressor medications, management of tracheostomy. management gastro-jejunal feeding tubes. Management of surgical nutrition: enteral and parenteral. Knowledgeable in advanced cardiac life support [ACLS] and basic life support protocols [BLS].
- Trauma: Knowledgeable in advanced trauma life support [ATLS] protocol for trauma assessment and management. [Experience at level 1 trauma center]
- Operating room: competent with minor breast and anorectal procedures, comfortable with laparoscopic appendectomy and cholecystectomy. Able to assist in urgent open surgical procedures.
Clinical Research Fellow
Pancreas Biology Laboratory, Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts
01.2018 - 01.2019
- Assisted with analysis of research data in collaboration with research department.
- Prepared scholarly manuscripts and final study reports to communicate results of research to broader scientific community.
- Designed, constructed and implemented research proposals, protocols, and procedures.
- Attended and gave seminars under direction of scientific director.
- Presented research findings to scientific audience and general public.
- Collected and stored human tissue from patients for the human pancreas bio-bank.
- Performed pancreatectomies on mice.
Junior Medical Officer
Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation, Urban Health Post, Airoli
Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra
06.2017 - 12.2017
- Operated an outpatient clinic daily consulting 100 patients per day
- Supervised local execution of national immunization programs
- Continued treatment of tuberculosis patients as per the revised national tuberculosis control program [RNTCP] guidelines.
Education
MBBS - Medicine
Rajiv Gandhi Medical College
Thane, Maharashtra, India 07.2010 - 05.2017
Skills
Trauma Surgery
Certification
Medical License: Maharashtra Medical Council - [2017-2022]
Publications
Hank T, Sandini M, Ferrone CR, Rodrigues C, Weniger M, Qadan M, Warshaw AL, Lillemoe KD, Fernández-Del Castillo C. Association Between Pancreatic Fistula and Long-term Survival in the Era of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy. JAMA Surg. 2019 Oct 1;154(10):943-951. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2019.2272. PMID: 31411659; PMCID: PMC6694396.
Rodrigues C, Hank T, Qadan M, Ciprani D, Mino-Kenudson M, Weekes CD, Ryan DP, Clark JW, Allen JN, Hong TS, Wo JY, Ferrone CR, Warshaw AL, Lillemoe KD, Fernandez-Del Castillo C. Impact of adjuvant therapy in patients with invasive intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms of the pancreas. Pancreatology. 2020 Jun;20(4):722-728. doi: 10.1016/j.pan.2020.03.009. Epub 2020 Mar 19. PMID: 32222340.
Zhang ML, Kem M, Rodrigues C, Sandini M, Ciprani D, Hank T, Kunitoki K, Qadan M, Ferrone C, Lillemoe K, Fernández-Del Castillo C, Mino-Kenudson M. Microscopic size measurements in post-neoadjuvant therapy resections of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) predict patient outcomes. Histopathology. 2020 Jul;77(1):144-155. doi: 10.1111/his.14067. PMID: 31965618.
Majumder S, Taylor WR, Yab TC, Berger CK, Dukek BA, Cao X, Foote PH, Wu CW, Mahoney DW, Aslanian HR, Fernández-Del Castillo C, Doyle LA, Farrell JJ, Fisher WE, Lee LS, Lee YN, Park W, Rodrigues C, Gould Rothberg BE, Salem RR, Simeone DM, Urs S, Van Buren G, Smyrk TC, Allawi HT, Lidgard GP, Raimondo M, Chari ST, Kendrick ML, Kisiel JB, Topazian MD, Ahlquist DA. Novel Methylated DNA Markers Discriminate Advanced Neoplasia in Pancreatic Cysts: Marker Discovery, Tissue Validation, and Cyst Fluid Testing. Am J Gastroenterol. 2019 Sep;114(9):1539-1549. doi: 10.14309/ajg.0000000000000284. PMID: 31306149; PMCID: PMC7294458.
Interests
Critical Care
Timeline
General Surgery Resident
University of Illinois Metropolitan Group Hospitals Residency in General Surgery
07.2019 - 06.2021
Medical License: Illinois medical licence - [2019-2021]
07-2019
ACLS/ BLS Training - [2019-2021]
07-2019
Clinical Research Fellow
Pancreas Biology Laboratory, Massachusetts General Hospital
01.2018 - 01.2019
ECFMG certification - [Indefinite]
09-2017
Junior Medical Officer
Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation, Urban Health Post, Airoli
06.2017 - 12.2017
Medical License: Maharashtra Medical Council - [2017-2022]
06-2017
MBBS - Medicine
Rajiv Gandhi Medical College
07.2010 - 05.2017
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