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Gabriel Rodriguez, Ph.D., is a renown clinical neuropsychologist based in Houston, Texas. Better known for his 14 years pioneer work on awake-patient brain tumor surgeries. He specializes in working with patients who have experienced brain injuries and strokes. Dr. Rodriguez is heavily involved in the Brain Injury and Stroke Program at TIRR Memorial Hermann, one of the leading rehabilitation hospitals in the world. Dr. Rodriguez is also an adjunct professor at UTHealth Houston's Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, where he contributes to teaching and research, with a focus on complex neuropsychological cases. His extensive experience includes consulting for international organizations and conducting research on cognitive disorders and neuropsychological interventions. He is responsible for the discovery of Generalized Anosognosia, Anosodiaphoria after bifrontal injury GAAB Syndrome in January of 2024this discovery was accepted and published in Neurological Sciences Journal. Born:San José, Costa Rica

Known for:awake-brain surgeries, brain mapping.

Fields:Neuropsychology, Brain injury

Career

Dr.Rodriguez studied Pyschology in Costa Rica.Shortly after he was invited to join an awake-patient brain surgery program. With just 21 years of age he was responsible of preserving language functions in brain tumor patients. At age 23 doctor Rodriguez went to Montpellier, France to train with Dr.Hugues Duffau and his team on awake-patient brain mapping procedures, an effort that culminated in the creation of a communication channel between Costa Rica and Montpellier. By facilitating this collaboration, multiple neurosurgeons and anesthesiologists from Costa Rica leaded by Dr.Rodriguez got trained in Montpellier, and, as a consequence they opened multiple awake-patient surgeries programs in Costa Rica, leading to more access for underserved and rural area patient to top surgeries. Dr.Rodriguez remained working on awake surgeries in Costa Rica and finished his doctoral degree in Neuropsychology at Salamanca University. After 15 years working on these surgeries, he joined TIRR Memorial Hermann Hospital where he sees an array of brain injury presentations from patients from all over the world.

Legacy

His discovery of GAAB Syndrome is helping interdisciplinary health teams all over the world understand the mechanisms of visual and generalized anosognosia (denial of an illness or condition) secondary to a frontal brain injury instead of the classically location: occipital injury.

References

Rodríguez G, Azariah A, Ritter AM, Esquenazi Y, Sherer M, Boake C, Fernandez VL, Garcia-Garcia R. Generalized anosognosia, anosodiaphoria, and visual hallucinations with bilateral enucleation after severe bifrontal brain injury: a case report describing similarities with and differences from Anton syndrome. Neurol Sci. 2024 Jun;45(6):2769-2774. doi: 10.1007/s10072-024-07323-z. Epub 2024 Jan 12. PMID: 38214846.

Rodríguez G, Azariah A, Quoilin M, Garcia-Garcia R, Ladera Fernandez V, Boake C, Meurgue Ritter A, Gonzalez A. Generalized and visual anosognosia, Anosodiaphoria after bifrontal injury: symptom length and cognitive outcomes after one year from first report documented. Brain Inj. 2024 Sep 8:1-4. doi: 10.1080/02699052.2024.2396018. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39245972.