Kyle G. Rodino, PhD, D(ABMM)
Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Assistant Director, Clinical Microbiology Laboratory
Director, Rittenhouse Molecular Laboratory
Co-Director, Clinical Microbiology Fellowship Program
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
Contact InformationHospital of the University of Pennsylvania
4 Gates Building
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Specialty Division
Laboratory Medicine, Precision and Computational Diagnostics
Education
BS (Clinical Laboratory Science), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2009
PhD (Microbiology and Immunology), Virginia Commonwealth University, School of Medicine, 2018
Specialty Certification
American Society of Clinical Pathology, Medical Laboratory Science, 2009
Mayo Clinic Quality Fellow, Mayo Clinic Quality Academy, 2018
American Board of Medical Microbiology, 2020
Postgraduate Training
Fellow, Clinical Microbiology , Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education, 2018-2020
Awards and Honors
Mary P. Coleman Award for Extraordinary Achievement in Graduate Research, 2016
Outstanding Abstract and Travel Award. European Society for Coxiella, Chlamydia, Anaplasma, and Rickettsia, 2017
Phi Kappa Phi Honors Society, 2017
Chairman's Award, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Penn Medicine, 2021
University of Pennsylvania Commitment to Excellence Award, 2022
American Society for Clinical Pathology 40 Under Forty, 2022
Penn Medicine Awards of Excellence Alfred Stengel Health System Champion, 2024
Chairman's Award, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Penn Medicine, 2025
Faculty of the Semester, Pennsylvania Hospital School of Medical Laboratory Science, 2025
Memberships and Professional Organizations
American Society for Microbiology, 2008 - Present
American Society for Rickettsiology, 2014 - 2018
Pan American Society for Clinical Virology, 2020 - Present
ABMM Examination Validation Committee, 2021 - 2023
American Society for Clinical Pathology, 2022 - Present
CDC NCEZID Special Emphasis Panel CK22-005 Vector-Borne Diseases Centers of Excellence, 2022 - Present
Association for Molecular Pathology, 2023 - Present
Web Links
Perelman School of Medicine Faculty Page
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Faculty Page
Selected Publications
Update on North American tick-borne diseases and how to diagnose them
Rodino KG, Theel ES, Pritt BS, J Clin Microbiol, 2025, PMID:40643260
Help Us to Help You: Recommendations for Continued Enforcement Discretion for Common Infectious Disease Test Modifications under the FDA Final Rule
Rodino KG, Larkin PMK, Graf EH., Clin Chem, 2025, PMID:40238134
Validation of a Qualitative Real-Time PCR Assay for the Detection of Candida auris for Hospital Admission Screening
Laura Cowden, Kathrine McAulay, Sarah Herlihy, Kyle Rodino, ASM Microbe, 2025
HIV Testing and Counseling. Fundamentals of HIV Medicine
M. Elle Saine and Kyle G. Rodino, Oxford University Press, 2025
Selection of Nucleic Acid Amplification Systems: In Vitro Diagnostic Tests. Manual of Molecular Microbiology; Fundamentals and Applications.
Cecilia M. Thompson, Heba H. Mostafa, And Kyle G. Rodino, Wiley 1(): 174-180, 2025
Cases in Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Melissa B. Miller, Andrea M. Prinzi, Kyle G. Rodino, Peter H. Gilligan, Wiley 5(): , 2025
Evaluating Inducible Macrolide Resistance in M. chelonae Clinical Isolates
Sara Alexander, Erin Boulanger, Kathrine McAulay, Laura Cowden, Laurel Glaser, Kyle Rodino, ASM Microbe, 2025
Reagent Lot Combination Leading to Falsely Elevated Viral Loads on cobas® HIV-1 Assay
Rebecca Ramesh, Alicia Carlin, Kyle Rodino, Pan American Society for Clinical Virology Annual Meeting, 2025
Molecular Detection of Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Ehrlichia spp. from Whole Blood
Kathrine McAulay, Laura Cowden, Sarah Herlihy, Kyle Rodino, Pan American Society for Clinical Virology Annual Meeting, 2025
Implementation of Clinical Decision Support to Optimize Respiratory Pathogen Panel (RPP) Utilization at Penn Medicine
Erika Flores, Jenna T. Reece, Mika Epps, Onyeka Nwankwo, Judith O'Donnell, Laurel Glaser, Kyle Rodino, Pan American Society for Clinical Virology Annual Meeting, 2025
