Dolores Fernandez Hernandez
Psychiatrist | Psychiatry
2460 Pine Avenue Long Beach California, 90806About
Dolores M. Fernandez-Hernandez, MD, has been a practicing psychiatrist for more than half a century. A member of the American Medical Association, she is widely acclaimed for her extensive expertise in adult and pediatric psychiatry. Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the study, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of mental disorders. These include various affective, behavioral, cognitive and perceptual abnormalities.
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Awards
- American Medical Association, 2008
What do you attribute your success to?
- Father was a doctor, and she grew up around the practice of medicine. Siblings also were in healthcare.
Hobbies / Sports
- Reading Biographies, Traveling, Music, Active Church Member
Favorite professional publications
- American Psychiatric Association Journal
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