Assistant Professor, Surgery, Emory Univ Sch of Med
General Surgery
Dr. Felix G. Fernandez, MD
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Felix Fernandez is an expert in the field of General Surgery. He graduated from Wayne State University School of Medicine. Wayne State University School of Medicine is ranked 63/85 in Research/PrimaryCare. He received awards:"Best Scientific Poster", "Travelling Fellowship Grant", "Basic Science Symposium Trainee Travel Award", "Scholarship Award in Surgery", "Dr. Ashley Rousuck Award in Internal Medicine", "Senior Scholarship Award", "United Stated Medical Licensing Exam Steps I, II, III; 99th percentile", "Year I, II, III and IV Class Honors", "Academic Achievement Award", "Dr. William Stapleton, Jr. Freshman Scholarship Award", "Deans List (Every Semester)", "Spartan Scholarship", "Academic Excellence Award" and "Fellow (FACS)". Dr. Felix G. Fernandez is a published doctor and has 35 publications published. The lastest was: 'Nodal Upstaging Is More Common with Thoracotomy than with VATS During Lobectomy for Early-Stage Lung Cancer: An Analysis from the National Cancer Data Base.' Felix Fernandez is registered with Medicare.
Publications
- Nodal Upstaging Is More Common with Thoracotomy than with VATS During Lobectomy for Early-Stage Lung Cancer: An Analysis from the National Cancer Data Base.
- Endoscopic mucosal ablation and over-the-scope clipping for fistula closure.
- Outcomes After Surgery in High-Risk Patients With Early Stage Lung Cancer.
- Introduction to the STS National Database Series: Outcomes Analysis, Quality Improvement, and Patient Safety.
- Utility of mediastinoscopy in clinical stage I lung Cancers at risk for occult mediastinal nodal metastases.
- Post-Operative Radiotherapy (PORT) is Associated with Better Survival in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer with Involved N2 Lymph Nodes: Results of an Analysis of the Nationa...
- Hospital Readmission Is Associated With Poor Survival After Esophagectomy for Esophageal Cancer.
- Video-assisted thoracic surgery lobectomy cost variability: implications for a bundled payment era.
- Percutaneous Fiducial Localization for Thoracoscopic Wedge Resection of Small Pulmonary Nodules.
- Intrapyloric Botulinum Injection Increases Postoperative Esophagectomy Complications.
- Surgical biopsy of suspected interstitial lung Disease is superior to radiographic diagnosis.
- Thoracoscopy Without Lung Isolation Utilizing Single Lumen Endotracheal Tube Intubation and Carbon Dioxide Insufflation.
- Incremental risk of prior Coronary arterial stents for pulmonary resection.
- Routine Intraoperative Frozen Section Analysis of Bronchial Margins Is of Limited Utility in Lung Cancer Resection.
- Chest Wall Reconstruction Using Biomaterials.
- Primary non-Hodgkin's lymphoma of the trachea.
- Large-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the Lung.
- Large-cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the lung: an aggressive neuroendocrine lung Cancer.
- Large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma: an aggressive form of non-small cell lung Cancer.
- Effect of steatohepatitis associated with irinotecan or oxaliplatin pretreatment on resectability of hepatic colorectal metastases.
- Five-year survival after resection of hepatic metastases from colorectal Cancer in patients screened by positron emission tomography with F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG-...
- Quality of life after esophagectomy.
- Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery segmentectomy: a safe and effective procedure.
- Symptomatic compression of the pulmonary Artery by a posterior mediastinal bronchogenic cyst.
- Bilateral Lung transplantation offers better long-term survival, compared with single-Lung transplantation, for younger patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
- Impact of laterality on early and late survival after pneumonectomy.
- Unique site- and time-specific patterns of recurrence following resection of colorectal carcinoma hepatic metastases in patients staged by FDG-PET.
- Fibrosing mediastinitis associated with complete occlusion of the left main pulmonary Artery.
- Massive bilateral chylothoraces complicating mediastinal granulomatous Disease.
- Lymph node evaluation in video-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy versus lobectomy by thoracotomy.
- Animal models for bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome following human Lung transplantation.
- Molecular mechanisms of chronic rejection following transplantation.
- Pirfenidone inhibits obliterative airway Disease in a murine heterotopic tracheal transplant model.
- The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Composite Score for Rating Program Performance for Lobectomy for Lung Cancer.
Schools
Wayne State University
Washington UB JhSlch Conc
Procedures Preformed
- Cardiac Catheterization (incl. Coronary Angiography)
- Cardioverter-Defibrillator or Pacemaker Insertion, Removal or Repair
- Chest CT (incl. Heart and Lungs)
- Decortication and Pleurectomy
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Conditions Treated
- Aortic Aneurysm
- Arrhythmias (incl. Atrial Fibrillation)
- Cardiomyopathy
- Congestive Heart Failure
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Doctors Specialties
- Cardiac Surgery
- General Surgery
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- Best Scientific Poster
- Travelling Fellowship Grant
- Basic Science Symposium Trainee Travel Award
- Scholarship Award in Surgery
- Dr. Ashley Rousuck Award in Internal Medicine
- Senior Scholarship Award
- United Stated Medical Licensing Exam Steps I, II, III; 99th percentile
- Year I, II, III and IV Class Honors
- Academic Achievement Award
- Dr. William Stapleton, Jr. Freshman Scholarship Award
- Deans List (Every Semester)
- Spartan Scholarship
- Academic Excellence Award
- Fellow (FACS)
Education
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Washington University -
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Hospital
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Emory University Hospital
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1326173915 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | FERNANDEZ | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | FELIX | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 631101003 | |
| NPPES Provider State | MO | |
| Specialty Description | Thoracic Surgery | |
| Total Claim Count | 24.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 0.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 0.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 0.0 |
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Medicare Facts
| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1326173915 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | FERNANDEZ |
| First Name Of The Provider | FELIX |
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