
Although 2021 marks his twenty fifth year as a doctor, Rodo never intended to be a doctor. On the contrary, during his early teenage years he dreamt of becoming a musician, screenwriter or maybe a film director. It was late in high school while performing community service, a school requirement not a punishment, that he was exposed to the medical field. Assigned to help a resident doctor perform his tasks at a local hospital, Rodo unexpectedly felt great satisfaction from helping others. Making an uncharacteristic mature decision for a teenager, Rodo accepted the challenge. Moving ahead after high school and spending the next 12 years between college, medical school and residency. Despite having a good professional life and a fantastic family, he felt an urge to do something different, to create. So in 2015 after a particularly interesting 2014, he decided to sit down to write. Unbeknown to him it would take 4 years to write and publish his first work, Departure Point, a niche piece. A story he is quite proud off, despite this he concedes that it is plagued with far too many mistakes. Nevertheless writing and publishing it was a rewarding learning experience. Hard lessons learned, helping him realize how little he knew and still had to learn about writing and publishing. This knowledge, or rather lack there off helped him approached the writing of his second book Chasing Rabbits. Not only did it give him new found determination, but also allowed him to better navigate the road to at the very least avoid the previous pitfalls. Chasing Rabbits was published on March 2020, and despite the challenges 2020 brought forth, has received great reviews. Today Rodo continues to write and get the word out on his works, when time permits it. He is currently working on a small compilation of short stories he hopes to publish before the years end, a third book is also on the way. When away from the word processor, he spends his professional time between his private practice and a part time medical school teaching appointment. He cherishes the time he gets to spend with his wife and daughters, as well as the dog he specially asked them not to get! Every so often he steals time to pursue his writing or what his wife believes are very unhealthy obsessions with electric guitars and old Land Rover Defenders! PS Some other community service was punishment; it was a strict Catholic high school! You can follow him on Instagram #del_356