Dr. Sebastián Rodríguez Llamazares

Assistant Professor

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Biography

Dr. Sebastián Rodríguez-Llamazares is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at Queen's University, specializing in Respirology. He is a Mexican respirologist with a strong focus on public health, particularly in bridging the gap between clinical practices and public health interventions. His expertise includes pleural diseases and smoking cessation. Dr. Rodríguez-Llamazares graduated from the Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí (UASLP) in Mexico and holds a Master’s Degree in Public Health from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, with dual concentrations in Health Social Behavior and Public Health Leadership. He completed his residency in Respirology and a fellowship in Sleep Medicine at the National Institute of Respiratory Diseases (INER) in Mexico City. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he was instrumental in coordinating the conversion of a recovery ward into a COVID-ICU unit and served as the head of the non-COVID ICU at INER. He also established an intermediate critical care Step-Down Unit and launched a publicly funded outpatient Pleural Clinic to enhance care for patients with pleural diseases. Prior to joining Queen's, he was the Deputy Medical Director at INER and worked diligently to improve hospital efficiency by implementing high-value interventions in ambulatory and hospitalization settings. He is currently the Head of the Pleural Medicine Chapter for the Mexican National Respirology and Thoracic Surgery Society (SMNyCT) for the 2023-2025 term.

Research Interests

Experience

Assistant Professor

2024-04-01 — Present

Queen's University • Kingston, ON, Canada

Joined the Department of Medicine as an Assistant Professor in the Division of Respirology.

Deputy Medical Director

— Present

National Institute of Respiratory Diseases (INER) • Mexico City, Mexico

Worked to improve hospital efficiency by implementing high-value interventions.

Requirements for Queen's University

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.3
TOEFL
Listening
Required:20
Reading
Required:22
Writing
Required:24
Speaking
Required:22
Total
Required:88
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Honours Bachelor degree Background in Computing, Mathematics, Statistics, or Engineering
Application Checklist
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  • Statement of Research Interest
  • Curriculum Vitae
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Specialization Notes

Department of Computing offers research-based, project-based, and course-based patterns.