Alfredo Fernandez, MD

Born in Camaguey, Cuba, Dr. Fernandez received his undergraduate degree from University of Miami, received his medical doctorate degree in Dominican Republic and did his general surgery specialty at Alton Ochsner Medical Clinic in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is board certified by the American Board of Surgery. Dr. Fernandez, a pioneer in laparoscopy in the early 1990s, is an advanced general and bariatric surgeon. He has been in private practice for over 38 years at times serving as medical director for bariatric surgery at 3 Tampa hospitals. He is a rare breed by still owning and operating his surgical clinic; unaffiliated with large healthcare entities. He is a proctor for 2 nationally recognized surgical instrument companies. Like laparoscopy, he teaches weight loss surgeons across the country. He has successfully performed over 7,000 laparoscopic weight loss procedures and is the only bariatric surgeon in Hillsborough, Pinellas and Pasco counties that has achieved all 6 possible Bariatric Surgery Centers of Excellence designations on his own volume. He is a Fellow of the American Society of Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery, and a member of Obesity Action Coalition, Florida Society of General Surgeons, American Society of Abdominal Surgery, and Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgery. Dr. Fernandez is a general surgeon with distinct commitment and dedication in the field of bariatric surgery. His excellent bedside manners, and his earned respect and reputation in the community, has made him the first choice for bariatric patients.

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