Dr. Rodney L. Wright

Rodney L. Wright, MD, MS has been closely involved in research, treatment, and education aimed at combating HIV/AIDS since the early 1980’s. Dr. Wright is currently the Director of HIV Programs in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women’s Health at the Montefiore Medical Center and an Assistant Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Women’s Health at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York. He also is co-Director of Women’s HIV Services at Bronx Lebanon Hospital. He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, completed his residency in obstetrics and gynecology at the University of California, Irvine and completed a fellowship in Maternal Fetal Medicine at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Dr. Wright is very active in research on HIV in women and obtained a Master of Science Degree in Clinical Research Methods in 2007. He has been actively involved in the Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trials Group (PACTG) and the Adult AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG). Most recently, Dr. Wright has been involved in capacity building research in Ethiopia. Dr. Wright is a member of the Society of Maternal Fetal Medicine, the HIV Medicine Association, and is a fellow of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.