Robertino Garcia Cortes, MD

Associate Professor

Robertino Garcia Cortes is an Associate Professor of Internal Medicine. He received his undergraduate degree from Washington University in St Louis, where he majored in Biology. He subsequently earned his medical degree from Rush Medical College. Upon completion of residency, he worked as primary care physician and preceptor for outpatient internal medicine residents and as a hospitalist in NYC, before focusing his attention on inpatient care.

Robertino maintains strong interests in quality improvement, sepsis management and perioperative evaluation. He strives to improve the patient care by standardizing practices through evidence based medicine.

Education
06/2014 - Internal Medicine Residency, Medical College of Wisconsin
MD, 06/2011 - , Rush Medical College
Honors and Awards
  • COVID-19 Pandemic Recognition, The Montefiore-Einstein Department of Medicine, 2021
Publications
  1. Agrawal A, Pergadia ML, Saccone SF, Lynskey MT, Wang JC, Martin NG, Statham D, Henders A, Campbell M, Garcia R, Broms U, Todd RD, Goate AM, Rice J, Kaprio J, Heath AC, Montgomery GW, Madden PA. An autosomal linkage scan for cannabis use disorders in the nicotine addiction genetics project. Archives of general psychiatry 2008. PMID: 18519829