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Alexis Luz Rodriguez, MD, IBCLC, serves as an Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at Yale School of Medicine. She is a pediatric hospitalist who works exclusively in hospital settings, supporting newborns through their initial transition period, guiding new mothers in breastfeeding, and caring for children with conditions like asthma, dehydration, and influenza.
- Primary Appointment: Pediatric Hospital Medicine
- Additional Affiliations: NICU GRAD Program, Pediatric Hospitalist Program
Dr. Rodriguez completed her medical education at Meharry Medical College (MD, 2010), followed by internship (2011) and residency (2013) at Yale-New Haven Children's Hospital. Her undergraduate degree is in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology from Yale University.
Her clinical and research interests focus on well newborn care, special care nursery practices, breastfeeding medicine, outpatient follow-up for infants with complex medical conditions, quality improvement initiatives, and optimizing electronic medical record systems for physicians. She approaches patient care with developmental sensitivity, adjusting her communication style based on each child's developmental stage rather than just chronological age.
Dr. Rodriguez's publication record demonstrates her commitment to improving care for high-risk infants, particularly in optimizing communication protocols for administering preventive treatments like palivizumab to infants with heart conditions.
- Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society (2009)
As an active clinical faculty member, Dr. Rodriguez contributes to multiple hospital programs including the NICU GRAD follow-up program, Children's Hospital Quality Improvement Team, and serves as an EPIC physician builder. She is establishing a prenatal consultation service for families expecting newborns at risk for neonatal abstinence syndrome, demonstrating her commitment to innovative approaches in pediatric care.
Her work spans clinical care, quality improvement, and medical education, with particular emphasis on optimizing transitions of care for vulnerable pediatric populations.