Portrait: Ricardo Rodriguez

Ricardo Luis Rodriguez

MD
Professional Focus Dr. Ricardo Rodriguez is board certified in Plastic Surgery specializing in cosmetic and reconstructive surgery. He has been practicing Plastic Surgery for over 25 years and has performed thousands of cosmetic and reconstructive cases over the course of his career. These cases have included breast reconstruction, fat transplants, replants of fingers after traumatic injuries, skin grafting on burn patients and diabetics, as well as two decades of experience with the full spectrum of Cosmetic Surgery. His major research interest is the use of adipose stem cells in regenerative medicine.

After graduating Cum Laude and receiving his undergraduate degree from Colgate University, Dr. Rodriguez earned his medical degree from the University of Wisconsin Medical School. He then completed an internship and residency in General Surgery at Tulane University and a residency in Plastic Surgery at Yale University, where he became Chief Resident. He then completed four fellowships in Breast Surgery, Reconstruction of Congenital Ear Defects, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, and Head and Neck Oncologic Surgery.

Currently, Dr. Rodriguez serves as the Medical Director and as a Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon at his private practice Cosmetic Surgery Facility, LLC.

Dr. Rodriguez’s research focuses on the isolation and reinfection of adipose-derived stem cells, ultrasound and artificial intelligence image analysis, fat injection to irradiated and damaged tissues, and reduction mammoplasty and mastopexy using a single vertical incision. He has studied and written numerous research publications and has participated in many clinical trials relating to his specialty. Additionally, Dr. Rodriguez has served as president of IFATS (International Federation for Adipose Therapeutics and Science), which is a prefer fat grafting association.

Outside of medicine, Dr. Rodriguez enjoys squash, computing, and image processing using neural networks, and spending time with his wife of over 30 years and his two grown children. In keeping with his philosophy of helping to educate others about cosmetic surgery topics, Dr. Rodriguez writes a blog on his CosmeticSurg website. He writes about various procedures and responds to questions that he receives from readers.

Member Feedback:
“Dr. Rodriguez was extremely knowledgeable and helpful with his guidance and insights. I am very thankful to have been able to speak to such an expert!”
Research & Publications Selected Publications:

Gluteal Augmentation: Avoidance of Intramuscular Injection Using Precise Superficial Fat Graft Technique RL Rodriguez, RA Damico, R Khouri, JP Rubin Chapter 91 in Plastic and Aesthetic Regenerative Surgery and Fat Grafting: Clinical Application and Operative techniques Springer Nature publishing (in Press)

Dense Pixel-Labeling For Reverse-Transfer And Diagnostic Learning On Lung Ultrasound For Covid-19 And Pneumonia Detection Gautam Rajendrakumar Gare; Andrew Schoenling; Vipin Philip; Hai V Tran; Bennett P deBoisblanc; Ricardo Luis Rodriguez, John Michael Galeotti. 2021 IEEE 18th International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI), 2021, pp. 1406-1410, doi: 10.1109/ISBI48211.2021.9433826.

W-Net: Dense and diagnostic semantic segmentation of subcutaneous and breast tissue in ultrasound images by incorporating ultrasound RF waveform data
Author links open overlay panel Gautam Rajendrakumar Gare, Jiayuan Li, Rohan Joshi, Rishikesh Magara, Mrunal Prashant Vaze, Michael Yousefpour, Ricardo Luis Rodriguez, John Michael Galeotti, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.media.2021.102326

W-Net: Dense Semantic Segmentation of Subcutaneous Tissue in Ultrasound Images by Expanding U-Net to Incorporate Ultrasound RF Waveform Data Gautam Rajendrakumar Gare , Jiayuan Li, Rohan Joshi, Mrunal Prashant Vaze, Rishikesh Magar, Michael Yousefpour, Ricardo Luis Rodriguez, and John Micheal Galeotti arXiv:2008.12413v2 [eess.IV] 2 Sept 2020
Conditions
Breast asymmetry
Breast defects
Breast scars
Burn injuries
Excess skin
Fat atrophy
Lipodystrophy
Nonhealing wounds
Radiation induced fibrosis
Traumatic injuries
Procedures
Abdominoplasty
Adipose stem cell therapy
Autologous fat transfer
Belt lipectomy
Body lift
Breast reduction for female
Breast reduction for male
Brow lift
Buttock lift
Cosmetic surgery of the body
Cosmetic surgery of the face
Fat grafting
Fat transfer
Lip augmentation
Lip lift
Liposculpture
Liposuction
Lumpectomy reconstruction
Regenerative medicine
Skin flap procedures
Skin grafts
Royal Marsden Hospital | Head and Neck Oncologic Surgery
Fellowship
Yale-New Haven Hospital | Plastic Surgery
Residency
Tulane University | General Surgery
Internship, Residency
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Medical School
Board Certifications
American Board of Plastic Surgery
Place of Work
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeon | Cosmetic Surgery Facility, LLC | Solo | Current
Medical Director | Cosmetic Surgery Facility, LLC | Solo | Current