About Dr. Fernandez

Current

1. 2003 – PresentPrivate office practice, community basedMiami, FL
2. 2017 – PresentFaculty member, Internal Medicine Residency ProgramKendall Regional Medical Center

Previous roles

1. 2020 – 2022Program Director, Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship ProgramWestchester Hospital
2. 2019 – 2021Associate Medical Director, Palliative ServicesOPUS Hospice
3. 2019 – 2025Member, Board of TrusteesKendall Hospital
4. 2018 – 2024Medical DirectorNspire Rehabilitation Center
5. 2018 – 2022Faculty member, Family Medicine Residency ProgramWestchester General Hospital
6. 2015 – 2023Volunteer Faculty, Family Medicine DepartmentFIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
7. 2015 – 2018Chief of Medical StaffKendall Regional Hospital
8. 2011 – 2019Medical DirectorHeartland Hospice Services
9. 2011 – 2013Secretary of the Medical StaffKendall Regional Hospital
10. 2007 – 2014Chairman, Family Medicine DepartmentKendall Regional Hospital
11. 2004 – 2018Medical DirectorHeartland Rehabilitation Center
12. 2003 – 2004Volunteer Teacher / Preceptor for 2nd- and 3rd-year medical studentsRoss University

• 2003Chief Resident, Family Medicine Residency Program, Saint Mary of Nazareth Hospital, Chicago, IL
• 1994Honor Assistance Award, Orthopedic and Trauma Iberoamerican Congress, Havana, Cuba — “Microsurgery applications in severe traumatic lesions”
• 1994Merit assistance with poster presentation, Second International Congress of Actualization in External Fixation Techniques, Havana, Cuba
• 1992Best medical student graduated, Cum Laude, class of 1992 — Golden Title Award
• Certificate of Maximum Academic Achievement in medical qualifications and grades in every academic year of medical school
• 1991Second Prize, Dermatology Contest, Medical University
• 1987Second Prize, Histology Contest, Medical University
• 1987First Prize, Anatomy Contest, Medical University
• 1982 – 1985Several awards and first place in 3 consecutive years at the International Olympiads of Chemistry, Havana, Cuba
• 1984National Recognition, Honor Roster of Chemistry, National Chemistry Society, Havana, Cuba

1. Fernandez EC. Methylglyoxal as a Convergent Mediator of Diabetic Complications: Generation, Protein Targets, Tissue Distribution, and Therapeutic Reduction — A Clinically Oriented Mechanistic Synthesis. Biomolecules. 2026;16(8):1104.
   Read in Biomolecules
2. Fernandez EC. The three pathways of advanced glycation end product synthesis: Hodge, Namiki, and Wolff — a clinically oriented mechanistic synthesis with network-based implications. Front. Endocrinol. 2026;17:1856036.
   Read in Frontiers
3. “Palliative Care: A subtilized Resource.” Poster presentation, 2021 Annual Assembly of Hospice and Palliative Care (AHPM), February 17 – 19, 2021.
4. Clinical Management of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) with the use of Thiazolidinediones and the additive effect of Thiazolidinediones and GLP-1 agonist: Case Series.
   View on PubMed
5. “Intermittent Sudden Dyspneic Episodes.” Am Fam Physician. 2013 Feb 1;87(3):217 – 219.
6. “Itching and Abdominal Pain in Cold Weather.” Patient Care Journal. 2002;36(4):47 – 48.
7. “Fever, Lumbago and Rash: What Do They Add Up To?” Patient Care Journal. 2002;37(10):75 – 76.
8. Postprandial Hypotension: A Prospective Study. Research study performed at Saint Mary of Nazareth Hospital, Chicago, IL, 2002 – 2003.
9. “Paneva-Hunter technique in the treatment of the lesions of flexor tendons of the hand.” Poster session, International Congress of Orthopedics and Trauma, Havana, Cuba, 1994.
10. “Voces” — love and lyrical manuscript submitted for publication. Library of Congress Catalog Number TXu 792080.