Biographical summary
Dr. Rodriguez-Pla is a Senior Associate Consultant in Rheumatology at Mayo Clinic in Arizona. She earned her medical degree from the Universidad de Navarra in Spain, and went on to rheumatology training at the Hospital Santa Creu i Sant Pau and Hospital Malalties Reumatiques, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (Spain). She then earned her Ph.D. from the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, working in translational and epidemiological research on giant cell arteritis.
Her longstanding interest in vasculitis led her to pursue post-doctoral training in the United States, from 2003 to 2007, as a visiting post-doctoral research fellow at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Rodriguez-Pla gained further experience in translational research in vasculitis and had the opportunity to see many patients with vasculitis. During her last two years at Johns Hopkins, she was funded through a Vasculitis Clinical Research Consortium (VCRC)/Vasculitis Foundation (VF) fellowship. She also received a Master’s in Public Health (MPH) degree at The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in 2007.
After practicing as a clinical rheumatologist in Spain, she returned to the U.S. at the end of 2008 and worked in lupus research at Baylor Institute for Immunology Research in Dallas. She then completed a clinical fellowship in rheumatology at Boston University and residency in internal medicine at Lahey Hospital and Medical Center in Burlington, Mass.
After completing her clinical training, she worked as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine in Tucson where she was the co-founder and the Co-Director of the Scleroderma Center and the founder and Director of the Vasculitis Center. At University of Arizona, she was a preceptor in the fellows clinic.
She has authored several case reports and research papers, primarily related to autoimmune conditions, especially in the field of vasculitis and scleroderma. Her clinical and research interests are vasculitis and scleroderma.
Research interests:
- Vasculitis and scleroderma
Board certifications:
- Internal Medicine, 2018
- Rheumatology, 2019
Conditions treated
Procedures performed
Interests
- Vasculitis and scleroderma
Mayo Clinic locations
Education
- 2017
Resident - Internal MedicineDepartment of Internal Medicine, Lahey Clinic
- 2017
Resident - (Rotator - two weeks)Division of Rheumatology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
- 2015
Clinical FellowshipDivision of Rheumatology, Boston University
- 2014
Clinical Fellowship - (Rotation one day a week)IgG4-Related Diseases Center, Division of Rheumatology
- 2007
Research FellowshipDivision of Clinical and Molecular Rheumatology, The Johns Hopkins University
- 2007
MPH - Public HealthJohns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
- 2005
Research FellowshipStanley Division of Developmental Neurovirology, The Johns Hopkins University
- 2003
Ph.D. - Immunology/RheumatologyUniversitat Autonoma de Barcelona
- 1998
Clinical Fellowship - Internal Medicine and RheumatologyHospital de Santa Creu i de Sant Pau and Hospital Malaties Reumatiques, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
- 1994
MD - MedicineUniversidad de Navarra
Activities and honors
Certifications
- 2019
RheumatologyAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
- 2018
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
Awards and honors
- 2019
Co-Director of Scleroderma Center Recognized as Scleroderma Center of ExcellenceNational Scleroderma Foundation
- 2005
Vasculitis Clinical Research Consortium (VCRC)-Vasculitis Foundation (VF) FellowshipJohns Hopkins
- 2004
Travel Award - San AntonioSpanish Society of Rheumatology
- 2003
Cum Laude in Internal Medicine/ImmunologyUniversitat Autonoma de Barcelona
- 2003
Travel Award - OrlandoSpanish Society of Rheumatology
- 2002
Travel Award - New OrleansSpanish Society of Rheumatology
- 2001
Travel Award - San FranciscoSpanish Society of Rheumatology
- 2000
Travel Award - PhiladelphiaSpanish Society of Rheumatology
- 1999
Travel Award - BostonSpanish Society of Rheumatology
- 1998
Fellowship - One Week in Lupus Unit, St. Thomas Hospital, London, UKEuropean League Against Rheumatism (EULAR)
- 1998
Travel Award - San DiegoSpanish Society of Rheumatology
- 1997
Travel Award - PragueEuropean League Against Rheumatism (EULAR)
- 1992
Scholarship - Erasmus ProgrammeRegional Hospital of Galway
- 1988
Scholarship - Hidroelectrica/Iberdrola Medicine StudiesUniversity of Navarra
Professional memberships
- 2013 - present
MemberAlumni Association, University of Navarra
- 2013 - present
MemberAmerican College of Physicians
- 2012 - present
MemberFederation of Clinical Immunology Societies
- 2011 - present
MemberAssociation of Women in Science
- 2009 - present
MemberArthritis Foundation
- 2008 - present
MemberAlumni Association, The Johns Hopkins University
- 2007 - 2008
MemberMedical Board of Cantabria
- 2003 - present
MemberAmerican College of Rheumatology
- 1996 - present
MemberSpanish Society of Rheumatology
- 1995 - 2003
MemberMedical Board of Barcelona
Publications