Specialty Emergency Medicine Facility Hayward/Fremont Medical Centers Department of Emergency Medicine Address Hayward Emergency Dept. 27400 Hesperian Boulevard (cross street: Tennyson) Hayward CA 94545 Fremont Emergency Dept. 39400 Paseo Padre Parkway (park at Civic Center & Walnut) Fremont CA 94538 Map & Directions Telephone Hayward 510 675-4010 Fremont 510 248-3055 E-mail your doctor View your preventive services

Hello and thank you for visiting my website!

My name is Richard Rodriguez, MD. I am an emergency medicine physician covering both the Kaiser Permanente Medical Centers in Hayward and Fremont. Most of the time I am in the main emergency department, but on occasion you can find me working in minor injury clinic at Hayward too.

I recently relocated to the Bay Area to join Kaiser Permanente in July 2005. Prior to this I was in Lansing, Michigan completing my residency in emergency medicine at Sparrow Hospital. I enjoyed my time in Michigan, and will miss the beautiful fall foliage and great fishing, but I am pleased to be back in my home state of California where I don’t have to shovel snow for six months each year!

I chose to pursue emergency medicine because it gives me the ability to help a variety of people. Each day is different and challenging and I always strive to give my patients the best care possible since I know that is what I would want if my own family were in the same situation. I‘m pleased to have the opportunity to serve the Spanish speaking community in the Hayward and Fremont region and hope my fluency in the language make them more at ease when facing a medical emergency.

Working at Kaiser Permanente provides me with the ability to see essentially all parts of my patient’s file. This helps me practice a higher level of care since I have as much information as possible at my finger tips to do my job. I really enjoy working with the other doctors, nurses and support staff in the emergency department. They are a terrific, hard working, and fun group and I’m glad to call them my colleagues.

In my free time I enjoy reading, listening to jazz and blues music, watching sports (I’m a big Cal fan).

My Credentials

Medical school	Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Residency	Sparrow Hospital, Lansing, MI
Board certification	Emergency Medicine, American Board of Emergency Medicine

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