Meet Dr. Evelyn M Rodriguez Thomas
Evelyn M Rodriguez Thomas MD, MPH, MBA, FAAP,
CDR (Ret) US Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, is the physician founder of Grand Strand Psychiatry.
Dr. Rodriguez Thomas has a unique, and unmatched, combination of expertise in Psychiatry (Child, Adolescent, and Adult), Pediatrics, and General Preventive Medicine and Public Health.
“Increasing demands have placed unprecedented challenges and coping with them can be difficult."
Dr. Rodriguez Thomas is passionate about working with young people to ensure they have the tools and resilience they need to thrive and succeed.
"I take a comprehensive approach and spend the time necessary to tailor the best treatment plan for patients. Unlike most psychiatrists who only prescribe medications, I tailor treatment plans using cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), and other approaches to alleviate distressing symptoms and achieve better clinical outcomes".
Dr. Rodriguez Thomas believes that symptoms of anxiety, panic disorder, depression, ADHD, bipolar disorder, postpartum depression, and other mental health issues can be treated successfully.
Selected Education/Training:
Harvard Medical School, Medical Doctorate
Boston Children’s Hospital, Pediatrics Intern
Babies Hospital, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, Pediatrics Resident
Columbia University School of Public Health, Master of Public Health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Epidemic Intelligence Officer
Fairleigh Dickinson University, Executive MBA
Augusta University/Medical College of Georgia Psychiatry Fellowship
Professional Organizations:
American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), Fellow and Executive Member of the Subcommittee of Evaluation, Public Health, and Epidemiology
AAP, South Carolina Chapter
American Medical Association (AMA), Member
American Psychiatry Association (APA), Member
American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP), Member
Association of Military Surgeons (AMSUS), Lifetime Member
Implementation and evaluation of a Project ECHO telementoring program for the Namibian HIV workforce. Bibinesi, L, O’Bryan G, Roscoe C, Mekonen T, Shoopala N, Mengitsu AT, Sawadogo S, Agolory, S, Mutandi, G, Garises, V, Pati R, Tison L, Igboh L, Johnson C, Rodriguez EM, Ellerbrock T, Menzies H, Baughman AL, Brandt L, Forster N, Scott J, Wood B, Unruh KT, Arora S, Ianodioro M, Kalishman S, Zalud-Cerrato S, Lehmer J, Lee S, Mahdi MA, Spedoske S, Zuber A, Reilly B, Ramers CB, Hamunime, N, O’Malley G, Struminger, B. Hum Resour Health 18, 61 (2020).
Cluxton RJ, Zili L, Heaton PC, Weiss SR, Zuckerman IH, Moomaw, CJ, Van Doren H, Rodriguez EM. Impact of Regulatory Labeling for Troglitazone and Rosiglitazone on Hepatic Enzyme Monitoring Compliance: Findings from the State of Ohio Medicaid Program. Pharmacoepidemiology Drug Safety. 2005; 14: 1-9. Senior Author and Principal Investigator, 2006 Annual Award Winner for Best Paper.
Lambert JJ, McNamara JG, Rodriguez EM, Fast PE. Summary of the Perinatal Intervention Working Group: Advances in AIDS Vaccine Development. Fifth Annual Meeting of the National Cooperative Vaccine Development Groups for AIDS, 1992. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 9 (Suppl 1): S53,1993.
Rodriguez EM, De Moya EA, Guerrero E, Quinn TC, Puello E, Monterroso, ER, Glasner PD, Zacharias, F, Vermund, SH. HIV-1 and HTLV-I in Sexually Transmitted Disease Clinics in the Dominican Republic. J Acquir Immune Def Syndr. 6(3):313, 1993.
Garris I, Rodriguez EM, de Moya EA, Guerrero E, Pena C, Puello E, Gomez E, Monterroso ER, Weissenbacher M, Vermund SH. Predominance of Heterosexual Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus in the Dominican Republic: AIDS Surveillance Data from 1983 to 1989. J Acquir Immune Def Syndr 4(12):1173, 1991.Translated into Spanish: E Bol of Sanit Panam 115(2): 111,1993.
Rodriguez EM, Vermund SH: Maternal Drug Use and Pediatric HIV Infection: A Methodologic Review. Ped AIDS and HIV Infection: Fetus to Adolescent 2(3):107, 1991. Translated into Spanish: Medico Interamericano 6(35): 35,1993.
Paneth N, Rudelli R, Monte W, Rodriguez EM, Pinto J, Kairam K, Kazam E: White Matter Necrosis in Very Low Birth Weight Infants: Neuropathologic and Ultrasonographic Findings in Infants Surviving Six Days or More. J Peds 116(6):975, 1990.