William G Fernandez, MD, MPH, CPHQ

Education

• 2015 - MS - Health Services Research - Boston University School of Public Health
• 2002 - MPH - Community Health - Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health
• 1996 - MD - Medicine - UC Davis School of Medicine

Appointments

• 2018-present - Associate Professor - UTHealth San Antonio
• 2015-2017 - Visiting Associate Professor - UTHealth Houston
• 2003-2015 - Assistant Professor - Boston University School of Medicine
• 2000-2003 - Assistant Clinical Professor - Columbia University School of Physician & Surgeons

Board Certifications

Areas of Potential Impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on EMS: A Synthesis of the Literature

Emergency department visits after hospital discharge: a missing part of the equation

Prehospital interventions performed in a combat zone: a prospective multicenter study of 1,003 combat wounded

EMS providers' perceptions of safety climate and adherence to safe work practices

Self-reported provider safety in an urban emergency medical system

Attitudes and practices regarding influenza vaccination among emergency department personnel

Epidemiology of lower extremity injuries among U.S. high school athletes

Trends in opioid-related fatal overdoses in Massachusetts, 1990-2003

Six-month follow-up of a brief intervention on self-reported safety belt use among ED patients

Brief motivational intervention to increase self-reported safety belt use among emergency department patients

The impact of SBIRT in emergency department patients' alcohol use: a 3-, 6- and 12-month follow-up

Brief interventions to reduce harmful alcohol use among military personnel: lessons learned from the civilian experience

An evidence based alcohol SBIRT curriculum for ED providers improves skills and utilization

An observational study of safety belt use among taxi drivers in Boston

Self-reported safety belt use among emergency department patients in Boston, Massachusetts

Health status among emergency department patients approximately one year after consecutive disasters in New York City

Mental health status among ethnic Albanians seeking medical care in an emergency department two years after the war in Kosovo:

Factors predictive of acute renal failure and need for hemodialysis among ED patients with rhabdomyolysis

Gender, social support, and posttraumatic stress in postwar Kosovo

War-related psychological sequelae among emergency department patients in the former Republic of Yugoslavia