Dr Rodrigo Rodriguez-Fernandez

About Rodrigo

Experience

Dr. Rodriguez-Fernandez is the Global Medical Director of Non-Communicable Disease (NCDs), Workplace Wellbeing/Wellness and Consulting for International SOS based London, UK. He also currently serves as the CEO and Founder of the NCD Asia Pacific Alliance as well as a Senior Lecturer at Manchester University. He currently acts as Chief Medical Officer to various large Blue Chip Multinationals as well as Heads of State on complex decision making, health policy development, integrated models of healthcare delivery, non-communicable disease prevention and large scale employee centered Workplace Wellbeing interventions. He is also a Cordon Bleu trained chef.

Previous Work

Prior to joining International SOS he served as a special advisor to the World Health Organization, USAID, the World Bank, the European Commission, as well as Ministries of Health in Latin America, Africa, Europe, Central Asia and South-East Asia in the areas of Health System Strengthening, Health Policy and NCD prevention.

Education

Dr. Rodriguez-Fernandez trained as a medical physician and public health practitioner and holds advanced degrees from the Autonomous University of Guadalajara, Harvard Medical School, Charite University Institute of Tropical Medicine Berlin and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and as a Chef at Cordon Bleu.

media and speaking events

RT International

FT Financial Times

Non-communicable disease, workplace wellbeing, workplace wellness, chief medical officer, chief medi

Dr Rodrigo Rodriguez-Fernandez explains the different Government approaches to COVD19 response

FT Financial Times

I explain in the FT how the new era of quarantine has created a muddled set of travel rules

The Economist

FT Financial Times

Strategic Risk

Addressing non-communicable diseases in adolescence

Strategic Risk

The COVID-crisis has exacerbated mental distress in three key ways, and tackling #MentalHealth is not just the right thing to do, but an essential exercise in #RiskManagement. International SOS Medical Director, Dr Rodrigo Rodriguez-Fernandez speaks to Strategic Risk.

CGTN Europe

Strategic Risk

CGTN Europe

Is business travel stressful? Watch Dr Rodriguez explain the pressures and potential mental health impacts of international travel on CGTN Europe

talkRADIO

Strategic Risk

CGTN Europe

I join Mike Graham on ‘Talk Radio’ to discuss the latest information on lockdown, COVID-19 vaccine and its rollout, as well as when it would be possible to relax some measures and for society reopen in the UK.

International SOS

Dr Rodriguez-Fernandez explains how the COVID19 vaccine rollout with play out.

Aon

International SOS

I speak to Aon on the future outlook of the COVD19 Pandemic

talkRADIO

International SOS

Continuity Central

I join Penny Smith in talkRADIO to discuss #MentalHealth and #wellbeing issues during the pandemic as well as providing advice on how employees can bring up mental health challenges to their employers. (8:30-9:00am; starts at minute 16)

Continuity Central

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the duty of care that organizations have for employee well-being and how this sometimes requires extreme measures. Dr. Rodrigo Rodriguez-Fernandez from International SOS highlights some key lessons learned during the pandemic.

International SOS

Continuity Central

International SOS

COVID-19 || Situation Update | Feb 21

Afghanistan NCDs

Continuity Central

International SOS

Travelling from Monaco to Afghanistan, Dr Rodrigo Rodriguez-Fernandez discusses one global epidemic that threatens these two very different locations.

Drilling Contractor IADC

Dr Rodriguez-Fernandez explains how to put the H in HSE. Moving beyond safety: the case for health-promoting workplaces

Global (re) Insurance

Drilling Contractor IADC

Tackling mental health is not just the right thing to do, but an essential exercise in risk management, according to International SOS’ Dr Rodrigo Rodriguez-Fernandez.

People Management

Drilling Contractor IADC

Tomorrow's Health And Safety

Five ways any business can improve Workplace Wellness and Wellbeing according to Dr Rodriguez-Fernandez

Tomorrow's Health And Safety

I look at Non-communicable Diseases in the workplace, and what businesses can do to combat them, including International SOS’ six-point framework

Mining Magazine

Tomorrow's Health And Safety

Mining Magazine

Non-communicable diseases, have now been deemed a global epidemic according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Mining, one of the most hazardous occupations in the world, has also been shown to be one of the most at risk, with mine employees experiencing an alarmingly higher number of NCDs compared to the general population

Energy Voice

Tomorrow's Health And Safety

Mining Magazine

I speak to Energy Voice about on whether on or offshore, the work and lifestyle of a remote rotational worker is unique. While lucrative for some, it has long been associated with a high impact on mental health and wellbeing.

Business Travel Magazine

Continuity Insurance & Risk Magazine

Business Travel Magazine

As companies prepare for a travel restart the wellbeing of their travellers is being placed high on

I speak to Business travel magazine on how as companies prepare for a travel restart the wellbeing of their travelers is being placed high on the agenda

Energy Voice

Continuity Insurance & Risk Magazine

Business Travel Magazine

On Page 31 "Wellness at Home Must be a Priority"

Continuity Insurance & Risk Magazine

On page 50 I discuss how the desire to develop sophisticated mental wellbeing strategies to fulfil duty of care responsibilities and help employees with their mental health resilience is now far more widespread than ever

HR Magazine

Personnel Today

Continuity Insurance & Risk Magazine

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant negative impact on the #mentalhealth of workers on rotation. 40% report experiencing suicidal thoughts in the past year. I share with HR magazine how organisations, HR teams and managers with a #DutyofCare for remote #rotationalworkers need to be acutely aware of high impact on mental health this mode of working can have.

Personnel Today

“There is an urgent need for increased focus, understanding and strategies to mitigate mental ill health and promote better #mentalhealth of the #remoterotationalworkforce. This is highlighted in our survey, which uncovers significantly high levels of critical mental ill health issues, including suicidal thoughts and depression among the remote rotational workers.” International SOS Dr Rodrigo Rodriguez-Fernandez shares on PERSONNEL TODAY.

Academic publications (select)

BMJ

Occupational Medicine

R. Rodriguez-Fernández, F. Celleti, K. Haripurnomo, M. Bangs, R. M. Amiya. Non-communicable Disease Risk Factors in Indonesian Miners: Longitudinal Findings from the Cardiovascular Outcomes in a Papuan Population and Estimation of Risk (COPPER) Study. Occup Environ Med 2015

Occupational Medicine

. R. Rodriguez-Fernández . Governments must catch up with workplace non-communicable disease prevention May 2018 Occupational Medicine 68(3):158-159 DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqy041

BMJ

Occupational Medicine

Global Public Health

R. Rodriguez-Fernández, W. Aditya, R. M. Amiya, R. Wyber, J. Carapetis. Rheumatic heart disease: findings from an occupational cohort in Papua, Indonesia. Heart Asia; 7:2 44-48 2015

Global Public Health

American Journal of Health Promotion

Global Public Health

Z. Solomos K. P. Puchner,R.Rodriguez-Fernandez, M.Oliver. Non-communicable diseases and tuberculosis: Anticipating the impending global storm. February 2019 Global Public Health DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2019.1580760

BMC Public Health

American Journal of Health Promotion

R. Rodriguez-Fernández, R. M. Amiya. The double burden of disease among mining workers in Papua, Indonesia: at the crossroads between Old and New health paradigms. BMC Public Health BMC series – open, inclusive and trusted201616:951

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-016-3630-8

American Journal of Health Promotion

R. Rodriguez-Fernández , A.M. Kirby. Taking Workplace Health Promotion Global: The Art of Cultural Integration. March 2019 American journal of health promotion

keynotes

The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

https://oilandgasuk.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Non-Communicable-Diseases-and-Wellness-Programs-Rodrigo-Rodriguex-Fernandez-International-SOS.pdf

The Australia–Indonesia Centre

https://australiaindonesiacentre.org/network/dr-rodrigo-rodriguez-fernandez/

“Health metric evaluation” IADC Annual health conference, 2019 Amsterdam, Netherlands

International Association of Drilling Contractors

“The business impact of health and future trends” Danish Business Association, 2019 Copenhagen De

Danish Business Association

NCD prevention in remote locations. The role of the private sector

Remote site medical conference. Middle East and Africa 2017 Abu Dhabi

Regional Capacity Building for Non-communicable Diseases in the Asia Pacific Region

ASCEND Regional Forum 2015. Kalutara, Sri Lanka