Emma Moss Professor of Pathology

 

2021 Perdido St., 7th Floor
New Orleans, LA 70112
frodri@lsuhsc.edu

 

Dr. Fred H. Rodriguez, Jr. M.D. is the Emma Sadler Moss Professor of Pathology at the Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans, Louisiana. He has served as President of the American Society for Clinical Pathology, President of the National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences, National Director of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine for the Department of Veterans Affairs, Director of the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service of the Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System, President of the University New Orleans Alumni Association, and President of the LSU School of Medicine in New Orleans Alumni Association. He has published or presented over 70 articles, abstracts, posters, book chapters, and workshops on a variety of anatomic pathology, clinical pathology, and laboratory administration and management topics. He is a native of New Orleans, Louisiana, and is married with four grown children.

 

Education/Training

Residency in Pathology, Charity Hospital, 1978
Doctor of Medicine Degree, LSU School of Medicine, 1975
Bachelor of Science, Biology, University of New Orleans, 1972

Honors and Awards

• Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society
• Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society
• Distinguished Service Award from the Board of Certification of the American Society for Clinical Pathology
• Emma Sadler Moss Professorship from the LSU School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
• Edward Rhodes Stitt Lecture Award from the Association of Military Surgeons of the United States
• Calendar-Binford Lecture Award from the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
• Israel Davidsohn Award for Outstanding Service from the American Society for Clinical Pathology
• Master Membership Designation from the American Society for Clinical Pathology
• Alumnus of the Year Award from the LSU School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
• Ward Burdick Award for Distinguished Service to Pathology from the American Society for Clinical Pathology
• Alumnus of the Year Award from the University of New Orleans, College of Sciences

Personal Interests

• New Orleans Saints football (season ticket holder since 1968)
• Fine dining (New Orleans has the best food in the world)
• Travel (domestic and international) (I have visited five of the seven continents.)
• Being a grandfather