Dr. Gloria M. Rodriguez-Vega, MD, FACP, FCCP, MCCM
Internist | Critical Care Medicine
100 Av. Luis Muñoz Marín Caguas PR, 00725About
Dr. Gloria Rodriguez-Vega is a critical care surgeon practicing in Caguas, PR. Dr. Rodriguez-Vega specializes in the needs of critically ill surgical patients. Critical care surgeons are experts in treating physiologic responses to tissue injury from trauma, burns, infections, acute inflammation, operation and more. They are also trained to know how such injuries interact with other diseases that a patient may have. As a critical care surgeon, Dr. Rodriguez-Vega has a broad knowledge base and full understanding of the biology of the critically ill patient and the patients organ system functions.
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Fellowships
- Brown University (Neurocritical Care) (2000)
Professional Society Memberships
- Society of Critical Care Medicine, American College of Chest Physicians, American College of Physicians, Neurocritical Care Society, European Society of Intensive Care Medicine
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