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William Fernandez

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210-567-3314

fernandezw@uthscsa.edu

Departments & Divisions

  • Department of Emergency Medicine

William G Fernandez, MD, MPH, CPHQ

Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine

Emergency Medicine Quality Manager

Assistant Research Director

  • Professional Background

    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
  • Instruction & Training

    • 1996-2000, Emergency Medicine Residency, NYU/Bellevue Hospital Center
  • Research & Grants

    Grants

    • BRIEF INTERVENTION TO REDUCE ALCOHOL USE IN ED PATIENTS
    • INTERVENTION TO INCREASE SAFETY BELT USE IN ED PATIENTS
  • Service

    Department

    Quality Improvement/Patient Safety Committee (2019 to present)

    Faculty Research Council (2019 to present)

    Co-Director, EMPIRE Course (2019 to present)

    Institutional

    Emergency Department Quality Manager, UHS (2019 to present)

    Faculty Senate, UTHSCSA (2018 to present)

    Institutional Review Board, UTHSCSA (2018 to present)

    National

    United States Navy Reserves (1999-2019)

  • Publications

    • 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

      Fernandez WG, Benzer JK, Charns MP, Burgess JF.  Applying a Model of Teamwork Processes
      to Emergency Medical Services. West J Emerg Med. 2020. In Press

  • Clinical

    Board Certifications

    • American Board of Emergency Medicine
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