Forrest B. Fernandez, M.D.
Traumatology, Surgical Critical Care
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Administrative/Clinical Office:
Reading Hospital and Medical Center
6th and Spruce Streets, B Building - 4th Floor
West Reading, PA 19611
Administrative Assistant: Pauline Keys
Administrative Telephone: 610-988-4888
Administrative Fax: 610-988-4880
Patient Appointments: 610-988-4879
Contact Information (internal use only)
forrest.fernandez@uphs.upenn.edu  |
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| Faculty Appointments |
| 2006 - present |
Assistant Professor of Surgery
Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care Perelman School of Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| 2007 - present |
Section of Traumatology and Surgical Critical Care
The Reading Hospital and Medical Center
West Reading, Pennsylvania |
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| Hospital and Administrative Appointments |
| 1996 - 2004 |
General Surgeon and Partner
St. Clair Surgical Group
Port Huron, Michigan |
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| 1996 - 2004 |
Active Staff Surgeon, Mercy Hospital
Port Huron, Michigan |
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| 1996 - 2004 |
Active Staff Surgeon, Port Huron Hospital
Port Huron, Michigan |
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| 1998 - 2004 |
Active Staff Surgeon
Deckerville Community Hospital
Deckerville, Michigan |
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| 1998 - 2003 |
Chief of Surgery, Deckerville Community Hospital
Deckerville, Michigan |
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| 2002 - 2004 |
Vice Chief of Surgery, Mercy Hospital
Port Huron, Michigan |
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| 2003 - 2004 |
Medical Director, Lakeshore Surgical Center
Port Huron, Michigan |
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| 2006 - present |
Assistant. Professor of Surgery
University of Pennsylvania Medical Center
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| 2007 - 2008 |
Interim Trauma Program Medical Director
The Reading Hospital and Medical Center
West Reading, Pennsylvania |
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| 2008 - present |
Trauma Program Medical Director
The Reading Hospital and Medical Center
West Reading, Pennsylvania |
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| Education/Training |
| 1981 - 1985 |
B.S. University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor, Michigan (Microbiology) |
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| 1985 - 1989 |
M.D. University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan |
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| Postgraduate Training and Fellowship Appointments |
| 1989 - 1992 |
General Surgery Residency
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital/University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan |
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| 1992 - 1993 |
Research Fellowship, Department of General Surgery
Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina |
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| 1993 - 1996 |
General Surgery Residency
St. Joseph Mercy Hospital/University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan |
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| 2004 - 2005 |
Trauma Fellowship
Department of Traumatology Hartford Hospital
Hartford, Connecticut |
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| 2005 - 2006 |
Critical Care Fellowship
Department of Critical Care
Hartford Hospital, Hartford, Connecticut |
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| Overseas Medical Relief Experience |
| June - Aug. 1987 |
Medical Student, Department of Surgery and Internal Medicine
Cayetano-Heredia Hospital, Lima, Peru |
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| Apr. - May 1989 |
Medical Student, Department of Orthopedic Surgery Wilson Leprosy Center
Korea |
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| June - Aug. 1991 |
Dept. of Surgery, Karolyn Kempton Memorial Hospital
Togo,
W. Africa |
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| Jan. - Feb. 1992 |
Dept. of Surgery, Karolyn Kempton Memorial Hospital
Togo,
W. Africa |
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| Nov. 1993 -
June 1994 |
Dept. of Surgery, Karolyn Kempton Memorial Hospital
Togo,
W. Africa |
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| Aug. - Sept. 1997 |
Dept. of Surgery, Karolyn Kempton Memorial Hospital
Togo,
W. Africa |
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| May - June 1999 |
Dept. of Surgery, Karolyn Kempton Memorial Hospital
Togo,
W. Africa |
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| May - June 2000 |
Dept. of Surgery, Karolyn Kempton Memorial Hospital
Togo, W. Africa |
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| May - June 2001 |
Dept. of Surgery, Karolyn Kempton Memorial Hospital
Togo, W. Africa |
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| Military Service |
| Dec. 2001 |
Commission, CPT, U.S. Army Reserves |
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| Dec. 2001 -
June 2004 |
General Surgeon, 948th Forward Surgical Team Southfield, Michigan |
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| Jan. 2003 -
Aug. 2003 |
General Surgeon, 948th Forward Surgical Team Kandahar, Afghanistan
(in support of Operation Enduring Freedom) |
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| May 2003 |
Promotion to Major, U.S. Army Reserves |
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| Jan. 2004 -
June 2004 |
Acting Commander, 948th Forward Surgical Team Southfield, Michigan |
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| Jan. 2005 -
June 2005 |
General Surgeon, Assigned to Army Reserve Trauma Training Program
King’s County Hospital
Brooklyn, New York |
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| June 2005 -
Oct. 2005 |
General Surgeon, 344th Combat Support Hospital Abu Ghraib, Iraq
(In support of Operation Iraqi Freedom) |
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| Oct. 2005 -
Sept. 2006 |
General Surgeon, 344th Combat Support Hospital
Brooklyn, New York |
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| Memberships/Societies |
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| Memberships in Professional and Scientific Societies |
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| National/International Societies |
- American College of Surgeons (Fellow)
- Society of Critical Care Medicine
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| Local/Regional Societies |
- American College of Surgeons, Metropolitan Philadelphia Chapter
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| Publications |
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Research Publications, Peer Reviewed
(print or other media; should not include reviews) |
- Fernandez EJ, Fernandez FB, Jagoda, RB, Clark DS. Electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy studies of immobilized monoclonal antibody structure and function. ACS Symposium Series 314:208-216, 1986.
- Fath J, Parkes B, Sorensen V, Gaymer J, Macdonald M, Warren R, Tkach D, Fernandez F, Block D, Konstantinides F. Fasted state impedes recovery of porcine hepatic oxygen consumption after warm hepatic ischemia. Surgery 110(4):742-752, Oct. 1991.
- Cleary RK, Grossmann R, Fernandez FB, Stull TS, Fowler JJ, Walters MR, Lampman RM. Metronidazole may inhibit intestinal colonization with Clostridium difficile. Diseases of the Colon & Rectum 41(4):464-467, Apr. 1998.
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| Abstracts, Past 3 Years |
- Sept. 2010 “The Effects of Instituting a Hospital Guideline to Reverse the Coagulopathy of Plavix in TBI Patients”, Poster presentation AAST.
- Jan. 2010 “Falling Down, Lactate Up: Lactate Elevation Predicts Mortality but not ISS in a Cohort of Elderly Low Energy Mechanism of Injury Patient”, Poster presentation, SCCM.
- Nov. 2005 “Evaluation of Simulation Education for the Management of Blunt Head Trauma.” Fernandez FB, Schott E, Brautigam RB. Presented to the Connecticut Chapter of the American College of Surgeons Annual Meeting, Hartford, CT
- Jan. 10, 2006 “Minimally Invasive Treatment of the Abdominal Compartment Syndrome: Initial Experience.” Fernandez FB, Cortes V, Brautigam RB, Perdrizet GA. Poster Presentation, 19th Annual Scientific Meeting, Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, Orlando, FL
- Sept. 15, 2006 “Evaluation of a New Cricothyoidotomy Kit Utilizing Built-in Veress Needle Trocar Technology.” Fernandez FB, and TC Mort. Abstract Presentation, 10th Annual Meeting of the Society for Airway Management, San Diego, CA
- Sept. 16, 2006 “Minimally Invasive Treatment of the Abdominal Compartment Syndrome: Initial Experience.” Fernandez, FB, Perdrizet, GA, Brautigam, RB, and Cortes V. Poster Presentation, 87th Annual Meeting, New England Surgical Society, Mystic, CT
- Sept. xx, 2006 “Evaluation of Simulation Education for the Management of Blunt Head Trauma.” Brautigam RB, Schott E, Fernandez FB. Poster presentation, 2006 Annual meeting of American Association for the Surgery of Trauma.
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