Gianna M Rodriguez

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Clinical Professor of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and Medical Director, Wheelchair Seating Services, Medical School
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Gianna M Rodriguez
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    Research Overview

    My research is characterized by interdisciplinary collaboration with specialists in physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R), urology, neurosurgery, gastroenterology, gynecology, pulmonology, wound care, and wheelchair seating, both in clinical settings and through involvement in interdisciplinary clinics. I have participated in Model Systems Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Care System research initiatives and contributed to team-based research efforts. In addition to publishing textbook chapters in physiatry and related fields, my primary research interests include spinal cord injury/disorder (SCI/D) and its sequelae—particularly neurogenic bowel and bladder dysfunction, respiratory failure, pressure injuries, wheelchair seating, and community reintegration. I am also engaged in research on spinal cord regeneration and peripheral nerve transfers for SCI/D.

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    • Journal Article
      Identifying Likely Incidents of Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury and Elevated Risk of Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia: Health Care Cost Institute Data
      Doza A, Lin P, Rodriguez GM, Cigolle C, Mahmoudi E. Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation, 2025 Sep 1; 31 (4): 188 - 198. DOI:10.46292/sci24-00050
      PMID: 41268140
    • Chapter
      Predicting Outcomes Following Spinal Cord Injury
      Snider B, Engel-Haber E, Park A, Smith A, Rodriguez G, Kirshblum S. 2025 Oct 11; Spinal Cord Medicine, DOI:10.1891/9780826139498.0012
    • Presentation
      Predictive Models for Readmission for Spinal Cord Model Systems-Leveraging Medicare Administrative Claims
      Meade MA, O'Leary M, Lin P, Seiler K, Peterson M, Kamdar N, Rodriguez G. 2025 Jul 2;
    • Journal Article
      Mo1716: DELAYED GASTRIC EMPTYING IN SPINAL CORD INJURY PATIENTS LEADS TO BLUNTING OF STOMACH-TO-SMALL-BOWEL LUMINAL TEMPERATURE GRADIENT
      Bellampalli SS, samaddar P, Baker J, Moshiree B, Hasler WL, Beyder A, RodrigueZ G. Gastroenterology, 2025 Jul 4; 169 (1): s-1177-s-1178 DOI:10.1016/s0016-5085(25)03616-9
    • Journal Article
      Clarifications of the Motor Level Definition in the International Standards for Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury in Not Clinically Testable Myotomes.
      Schuld C, Franz S, Heutehaus L, EMSCI Study Group , Walden K, Rodriguez G, Guest J, Biering-Sørensen F, Kirshblum S, Rupp R, European Multicenter Study about Spinal Cord Injury (EMSCI) Study Group . Topics in spinal cord injury rehabilitation, 2025 Aug 28; 31 (3): 37 - 47. DOI:10.46292/sci24-00094
      PMID: 40873965
    • Journal Article
      International Standards for Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury: Classification Questions and Cases.
      Snider B, Kirshblum S, Rupp R, Schuld C, Biering-Sorensen F, Burns S, Guest J, Jones L, Krassioukov A, Rodriguez G, Schmidt Read M, Tansey K, Walden K. Topics in spinal cord injury rehabilitation, 2025 Aug 28; 31 (3): 77 - 88. DOI:10.46292/sci25-00013
      PMID: 40873960
    • Additional Scholarship
      Bowel Management after Spinal Cord Injury: A review and discussion of the practicalities for individuals living and aging with neurogenic bowel
      Rodriguez G, Vandenberg J, Varner C, Nedela M, Meade M. 2025 Jul 2;
    • Journal Article
      MP69-03 THE EFFECTS OF GENTAMICIN INTRAVESICAL INSTILLATIONS ON DECREASING URINARY INFECTIONS IN PATIENTS WITH NEUROGENIC BLADDER AFTER SPINAL CORD INJURY (GENIUS) TRIAL
      Cameron AP, Rodriguez GM, Troost J, Sullivan E, Rozmys K, Tate DG. Journal of Urology, 2024 Apr 17; 211 (5S): e1118 DOI:10.1097/01.ju.0001008892.86171.de.03