Valentina Rodriguez, MD

EDUCATION:

Endocrinology Fellowship: New York University (NYU)

Internal Medicine Residency: Lenox Hill Hospital - Northwell Health Hofstra School of Medicine

Medical School: University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Rodriguez is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at the University of Miami. A Miami native, she attended the University of Miami as part of the Medical Scholar Honors Program and completed a Dual Degree 7-year BS/MD Program.

She completed her residency in Internal Medicine at North Shore LIJ, Lenox Hill Hospital, where she studied the timing of insulin administration in the inpatient setting, as well as the physical effects of chronic stress.

She completed her fellowship in Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism at New York University (NYU). During her time at NYU, she was nominated for the Gold Humanism Honor Award. Her research interests focused on thyroid cancer and thyroid disease complications, including papillary thyroid microcarcinomas and thionamide-induced agranulocytosis. She later served as faculty at NYU, during which she was actively involved with teaching fellows, residents, and medical students. She also was involved with clinical research examining cardiovascular benefits of newer type 2 diabetes therapies, such as SGLT2 inhibitors.

In 2019, Dr. Rodriguez moved back home and joined the faculty at the University of Miami. Her interests include thyroid cancer, thyroid disease, and endocrine side effects of immunotherapies.

Dr. Rodriguez is fluent in English, Spanish, French, and Italian.