Background
Rodriguez, Mercedes M. was born on December 31, 1963 in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. Daughter of Amalio Rodriguez and Mercedes Suarez.
Rodriguez, Mercedes M. was born on December 31, 1963 in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico. Daughter of Amalio Rodriguez and Mercedes Suarez.
Degree, U. Caribe, 1989; degree in psychiatry, U. Puerto Rico, 1993; degree in geropsychiatry, St. Saint Louis University, 1996.
Intern, U. Puerto Rico School Medicine, Rio Piedras, 1989-1990; director intermediate care female ward, MEPSI Center, Bayamon, Puerto Rico, 1993-1994; psychiatrist, Puerto Rico Mental Health Department, Bayamon Regional Hospital, 1994-1995; staff physician, St. Louis VA Medical Center, since 1996. Clinical instructor St. Saint Louis University, since 1996. Consultant St. Louis Alzheimer's Association, 1996.
Member American Medical Association, American Psychiatry Association, American Geriatric Society, Eastern Missouri Psychiatry Society, American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, Puerto Rico College Physicians.
Married Fernando Castro, December 23,1988 (div. April 1997); 1 child, Merceditas.