Dr. Alejandro Rodriguez

Alejandro Remigio Rodríguez MD FACS, is a urologist with subspecialty in urology oncology, as well as, robotics and minimally invasive surgery at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, in Winston Salem, North Carolina. He holds the rank of Associate Professor and is the Program Director of the Urology Residency Program, as well, as the Director of Minimally Invasive Surgery for the Department of Urology in this institution. He is American Board of Urology Certified, and former Secretary General of the Confederación Americana de Urología (CAU)(1st term 2019-2022; 2nd term 2022-2025). He is former Treasurer of the CAU (1st term 2015-2018; 2nd term 2018-2019). He is former Chief of Urology and Urology Oncology – Director of Robotics and Minimally Invasive Surgery at Samaritan Medical Center in Watertown, New York (2012-2018). He is former urologist and urologist oncologist at Rochester General Hospital, Rochester – New York (2018-2022). He worked as Assistant Professor of Urology, Director for Robotics and Laparoscopic Surgery at the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, in Tampa, Florida from 2011-2012. He is former Editor of the AUA News in Spanish (2019-2025). He is Fellowship trained in Urology Oncology at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, and Fellowship trained in Urology Oncology and Minimally Invasive Surgery in Rennes - France. He completed Urology training and Chief Residency in the Department of Urology of the University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, in Tampa, Florida. He is an active member of multiple societies such as: AUA, SIU, CAU, EAU, SUO, Society of Academic Urologists, Endourological Society, Society of Robotic Surgeons, SLS, GURS, ACS, and Sociedad Peruana de Urología. He is honorary member of the American Urological Association, European Association of Urology, Associación Española de Urología, Sociedad Brasileira de Urología, Sociedad Argentina de Urología, Associação Portuguesa de Urología, Sociedad Chilena de Urología, Asociación Urológica de Centro América y el Caribe (AUCA), Sociedad Panameña de Urología and Academia Peruana de Cirugía. Prior to his career in the USA and France, he worked as a Urologist in Lima-Peru, after having completed a Urology Residency at the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos in 1998. He obtained his medical doctor degree in 1993 from the Autonomous University of Guadalajara in Mexico, having graduated at top of his class. Dr. Rodríguez has published over 200 peer review manuscripts and abstracts. His passion is innovation in minimally invasive surgical approaches (Robotics and Laparoscopy) for malignant and benign diseases in urology. Among some honors and awards he has received, are: Murphy Scholar Award in Prostate diseases in 2006, 2008, and 2009; SLS Outstanding Laparoendoscopic surgeon award in 2009 - 2011; America’s Top Surgeon – Urology (2014 - 2025); Castle Connolly Top Doctor - Urology in 2017-2025; “Humberto Villavicencio” Medal, highest award given to urologist by the Sociedad Boliviana de Urología in 2017; Silver Medal from the Assoçiacão Portuguesa de Urología (APU) in 2023; Federico Texo Silver Medal from the Sociedad Argentina de Urología in 2023.