Juan D Fernandez

MD

Major, Army

Department of Primary Appointment:
School of Medicine
Neurology
Title
Assistant Professor of Neurology
Location: Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, HI
Research Interests:
General Neurology, Neuro-ophthalmology, Electrophysiology
Medical Spanish
Office Phone

Education

Adult Neurology Residency Program—National Capital Consortium
Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, MD
July 2017 - June 2021

Doctor of Medicine
UCSF School of Medicine, San Francisco, CA
Sept 2013 - June 2017

Bachelor in Science, Biology Major
University of Minnesota-Twin-Cities, Minneapolis, MN
Jan 2010 - May 2013

Biography

I obtained my Bachelor's degree at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities in Minneapolis, MN. Afterwards, I went to medical school in San Francisco, CA, joining the Army as part of the HPSP scholarship. I was able to complete my neurology residency in Adult Neurology at WRNMMC, in Bethesda, MD. I worked for two years as a staff neurologist at Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu, HI. Currently, I am completing a fellowship in neuro-ophthalmology at UCLA in Los Angeles, CA.



Representative Bibliography

Fernandez JD, Soca R. Sexsomnia in Active Duty Military: A Series of Four Cases. Mil Med. 2021 Apr 3:usab126. doi: 10.1093/milmed/usab126. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33822139

Fernandez J, Woodson S, Cannard K. Teaching NeuroImages: Enlarged parietal foramina inadvertently labeled as burr holes. Neurology. 2019 Aug 20;93(8):e827-e828. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000007978. PMID: 31427498