Meet Dr. Veronica Rodriguez, a Board-Certified Family Medicine Physician with a Master of Public Health. She is of Colombian heritage, raised in Southeast Florida and fluent in Spanish. She graduated with a Bachelor of Science and Master of Public Health from the University of Miami, and obtained her Medical Degree from St. George's University in the Caribbean. She completed her training as a Family Physician in Southeaster Alabama at the South Baldwin Regional Medical Center Family Medicine Residency Program and prior to graduating became Board Certified in Family Medicine. After residency she moved to Santa Rosa Beach, FL where she was the only physician in a privately owned urgent care clinic and while there, helped develop their primary care sector which is still running today. Her main focus is preventive medicine through lifestyle. She prefers to use medications as a last resort when sleep, exercise, and dietary modifications are not enough to maintain a patient's health. While in residency training, she admitted patients to hospitals and managed their care while admitted, monitored her own patient panel in her family medicine clinic. She is experienced in diabetes, mental health, weight management, respiratory conditions, orthopedic conditions and others. She believes in using her patients' goals to determine their health plan and tailors every recommendation specifically to the patient she is seeing. By working with her patients and office staff as a team, she fosters a safe environment where you can voice your concerns and make changes if needed to improve your overall quality of life.