
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
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
Phi Kappa Phi Honors Society, 2017
Outstanding Abstract and Travel Award. European Society for Coxiella, Chlamydia, Anaplasma, and Rickettsia, 2017
Chairman's Award, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Penn Medicine, 2021
American Society for Clinical Pathology 40 Under Forty, 2022
University of Pennsylvania Commitment to Excellence Award, 2022
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 - Present
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
Laboratory Preparedness for the Current Monkeypox Outbreak
Kyle G. Rodino, N. Esther Babady, Gonzalo Bearman, Matthew J Binnicker, Stuart N Isaacs, Benjamin A Pinsky, David J Weber, Clinical Chemistry 69(2): , 2023
Multiple Introductions of SARS-CoV-2 Alpha and Delta Variants into White-Tailed Deer in Pennsylvania
Marques AD, Sherrill-Mix S, Everett JK, Adhikari H, Reddy S, Ellis JC, Zeliff H, Greening SS, Cannuscio CC, Strelau KM, Collman RG, Kelly BJ, Rodino KG, Bushman FD, Gagne RB, Anis E., mBio 13(5): e0210122, 2022, PMID:36000731
When to Think About Other Borreliae:: Hard Tick Relapsing Fever (Borrelia miyamotoi), Borrelia mayonii, and Beyond
Rodino KG, Pritt BS., Infect Dis Clin North Am 36(3): 689-701, 2022, PMID:36116843
Novel Assays for Molecular Detection of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2
Rodino KG, Smith KP, Pettengill MA., Clin Lab Med 42(2): 299-307, 2022, PMID:35636828
Partial ORF1ab Gene Target Failure with Omicron BA.2.12.1
Rodino KG, Peaper DR, Kelly BJ, Bushman F, Marques A, Adhikari H, Tu ZJ, Marrero Rolon R, Westblade LF, Green DA, Berry GJ, Wu F, Annavajhala MK, Uhlemann AC, Parikh BA, McMillen T, Jani K, Babady NE, Hahn AM, Koch RT, Grubaugh ND; Yale SARS-CoV-2 Genomic Surveillance Initiative, Rhoads DD., J Clin Microbiol 60(6): e0060022, 2022, PMID:35582905
SARS-CoV-2 Variants Associated with Vaccine Breakthrough in the Delaware Valley through Summer 2021
Marques AD, Sherrill-Mix S, Everett JK, Reddy S, Hokama P, Roche AM, Hwang Y, Glascock A, Whiteside SA, Graham-Wooten J, Khatib LA, Fitzgerald AS, Moustafa AM, Bianco C, Rajagopal S, Helton J, Deming R, Denu L, Ahmed A, Kitt E, Coffin SE, Newbern C, Mell JC, Planet PJ, Badjatia N, Richards B, Wang ZX, Cannuscio CC, Strelau KM, Jaskowiak-Barr A, Cressman L, Loughrey S, Ganguly A, Feldman MD, Collman RG, Rodino KG, Kelly BJ, Bushman FD., mBio 13(1): e0378821, 2022, PMID:35130727
SARS-CoV-2 Delta Variant (AY.3) in the Feces of a Domestic Cat
Lenz OC, Marques AD, Kelly BJ, Rodino KG, Cole SD, Perera RAPM, Weiss SR, Bushman FD, Lennon EM., Viruses 14(2): 421, 2022, PMID:35216014
Collaboration between clinical and academic laboratories for sequencing SARS-CoV-2 genomes
Wang J, Hawken SE, Jones CD, Hagan RS, Bushman F, Everett J, Miller MB, Rodino KG., J Clin Microbiol 60(3): e0128821, 2022, PMID:34985985
Novel Applications of Metagenomics for Detection of Tickborne Pathogens
Rodino KG, Pritt BS., Clin Chem 68(1): 69-74, 2021, PMID:34969117
Closing The Brief Case: A Variant on a Classic-Abiotrophia defectiva Endocarditis with Discitis
Dumm RE, Wing A, Richterman A, Jacob J, Glaser LJ, Rodino KG., J Clin Microbiol 59(10): e0309420, 2021, PMID:34542328