Renaldo Blocker, Ph.D., M.S.

Dr. Renaldo Blocker, a research associate at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Industrial and Systems Engineering. He conducted research as a post-doctoral fellow at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, Calif. Dr. Blocker’s research background includes addressing human factors and ergonomics issues in cardiovascular surgery and trauma care procedures. His dissertation research focused on intraoperative handoffs and non-routine events (or surgical flow disruptions) during cardiac surgical care.

Dr. Blocker was a 2013 AcademyHealth Delivery System Science Fellow. His host site was the Mayo Clinic.