After completing her training, Idelka Rodriguez, M.D., joined Montefiore Medical Group where she worked as a primary care physician and served a diverse community of patients. In 2018, she joined James J. Peters VA Medical Center in the Bronx where she provided care to female patients under the Comprehensive Women's Health Veterans Program. She enjoyed working with medical students and residents. During her tenure, she was involved in different leadership roles. Dr. Rodriguez became the VA site director for the Prevention Medicine Residency Program at Mount Sinai and was the manager of the Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Program (HPDP) at the Bronx VA for two years. She was involved in multiple population health projects related to CVD prevention, Immunization uptake, Cancer Screening, and more. She was also the lead clinician for the Tobacco Cessation Program.

During the pandemic, she transitioned from that role and became the co-director and lead clinician of a COVID-19 After Care Program, a recovery program designed for veterans with persistent symptoms or sequelae of COVID-19 (PASC) also known as Long COVID.

Areas of Expertise

• women’s health
• Long COVID
• tobacco and alcohol cessation
• Prevention medicine and whole health
• Care of the military veterans
• geriatrics 

Education

• Fellowship: Geriatric Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center Wakefield Campus
• Residency: Family Medicine, The Brooklyn Hospital Center
• M.D., Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM), Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic

Publications

• Gustavson AM, Purnell A, Adly M, et. al. "A Learning Health System Approach to Long COVID Care." Federal practitioner : for the health care professionals of the VA, DoD, and PHS, 39(7), (2022) 310-314. doi: 10.12788/fp.0288

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Recent Presentations

• “Oseltamivir Induced Encephalopathy: A rare but serious side effect.” Bronx County Society (2015)
• “Barriers to HPV vaccination in Adolescents”. National Scientific Assembly AAFP, San Diego, California (2013)

Professional Service

• Diagnosis and management of acute and chronic conditions
• Appropriate referrals to specialists
• Health care maintenance & preventative services

Memberships and Affiliations

• Member, American Academy of Family Physicians
• Member, American Medical Association 

Teaching Responsibilities

• Clerkship Director, Family Medicine Rotation at New York Medical College