Professor Director of Hospital and Specialty Medicine, VA Puget Sound Medical CenterVice-Chair, Department of Medicine, VA Puget Sound Health Care SystemSites of Practice: VA Puget Sound Health Care SystemFaculty Information Biography National and International Responsibilities: Chair, VA Kidney Medicine Field Advisory Board Chair, ABIM Nephrology Board Nephrology Training Program Directors Executive Committee, American Society of Nephrology, 2010-2015 Member, American Society of Nephrology Member, International Society of Nephrology Member, National Kidney Foundation Member, American College of Physicians Education & Training: Nephrology Fellowship University of California San FranciscoSan Francisco, CA1994 Medicine ResidencyCalifornia Pacific Medical CenterSan Francisco, CA1992 Medical SchoolCharles R. Drew University of Medicine /University of California Los AngelesLos Angeles, CA1989 Honors: Master Clinician Award, University of California, San Francisco2006 Consultant of the Year, San Fransisco General Hospital2005 Faculty of the Year (SFGH Association of Business Officers Group), San Francisco General Hospital2004 Contact Email: rudy.rodriguez@va.govPhone: (206) 277-3282Mailing Address: VA Puget Sound Health Care System Renal Dialysis Unit Building 1, Room 229 1660 S. Columbian Way Seattle, WA 98108 Research & Clinical Interests Research Interests: Association of viral Infections and kidney disease Interplay of geography, race, poverty, and kidney diseases Clinical Interests: Dialysis Clinical nephrology Publications PubMed: PubMed Bibliography