The Team

Dr. Adrian O. Rodriguez is in private practice in Nashville, TN, and serves as adjunct clinical faculty in the Department of Medicine, University of TN Health Sciences Center. His primary focus is in medical and surgical dermatology, including skin cancer, psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, wound healing, and complex medical dermatology.

Dr. Rodriguez received his Bachelor of Science in Microbiology from the University of California, San Diego in 1994. He pursued advanced training at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, joining the Medical Scholars Program with appointments in the Department of Biochemistry and College of Medicine. While there, he received a National Cancer Institute Predoctoral Fellowship for his academic career. He received the Adolph O. Rostenberg Award in Dermatology from the University of Illinois. After earning his M.D. in 2003, Dr. Rodriguez pursued his clinical training, which included an internship at St. Thomas Midtown (Baptist) Hospital in Nashville through the University of Tennessee Internal Medicine program, followed by a residency in dermatology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.

In addition to authoring several articles in national peer-reviewed medical journals in biochemistry and dermatology, Dr. Rodriguez is the Medical Director/Principal Investigator of Advanced Research Experts, PLLC, and has presented at numerous national meetings.  As the PI of ARE he is involved in cutting-edge research investigating and advancing new therapies for numerous dermatologic conditions such as psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, hidaradenitis suppuritiva, vitiligo, and alopecia areata.  

He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology and a Diplomate of the American Board of Dermatology. He is an active member of the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD), the Skin of Color Society (SOCS), the Tennessee Dermatology Society (TDS), the Nashville Dermatology Society (NDS), the National Psoriasis Foundation (NPF), the TN Medical Association (TMA), the Nashville Academy of Medicine and the American Medical Association (AMA).

Dr. Rodriguez currently serves on the Board of Directors of the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD), the Nashville Academy of Medicine (NAM), and the Tennessee Medical Association (TMA). He has served as President of the Tennessee Dermatology Society (2015) and the Nashville Dermatology Society (2009-2014). He is the current Chair of the Education Committee for the TMA as well as serving on the Finance Committee and Appointments Committee. For the AAD he served on the State Policy Committee, Professionalism and Ethics Committee and the Ad Hoc Monkeypox Task Force.