Robertino Garcia Cortes, MD
Associate Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

Robertino Garcia Cortes is an Associate Professor of Internal Medicine. He received his undergraduate degree from Washington University in St Louis, where he majored in Biology. He subsequently earned his medical degree from Rush Medical College.

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Upon completion of residency, he worked as primary care physician and preceptor for outpatient internal medicine residents and as a hospitalist in NYC, before focusing his attention on inpatient care.

Robertino maintains strong interests in quality improvement, sepsis management and perioperative evaluation. He strives to improve the patient care by standardizing practices through evidence based medicine.

Awards

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• COVID-19 Pandemic Recognition, The Montefiore-Einstein Department of Medicine, 2021

Education & Training

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• Internal Medicine Residency Medical College of Wisconsin 06/2014
• MD Rush Medical College 06/2011

Publications (1)

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Diseases in TwinsReceptors, GABA-AGenetic MarkersChromosomes, Human, Pair 6AustraliaMarijuana AbuseCell Adhesion Molecules, NeuronalChromosomes, Human, Pair 4Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1Chromosome MappingNeuropeptidesLod ScoreReceptors, Cell SurfaceChromosome AberrationsTobacco Use Disorder

• An autosomal linkage scan for cannabis use disorders in the nicotine addiction genetics project.
  Archives of general psychiatry 2008 Agrawal A, Pergadia ML, Saccone SF, Lynskey MT, Wang JC, Martin NG, Statham D, Henders A, Campbell M, Garcia R, Broms U, Todd RD, Goate AM, Rice J, Kaprio J, Heath AC, Montgomery GW, Madden PA