Alexander Fernandez

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Dr. Fernandez attended the University of Arizona College of Medicine and graduated in 2007 with his Doctor of Medicine degree. He then went on to complete the emergency medicine residency program at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. Prior to medical school, he obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from the University of Arizona, and his Associate of Science degree in Aircraft Systems Maintenance Technology from the Community College of the U.S. Air Force. He is a highly trained and qualified emergency medicine physician with a vast expertise in all facets of his work. Furthermore, Dr. Fernandez is a certified Emergency Medicine Physician with the prestigious American Board of Emergency Medicine. He stays current in his field through his professional membership with the American College of Emergency Physicians. Dr. Fernandez attributes his success to keeping a positive outlook and finding balance between work, family, and hobbies. When he is not working, Dr. Fernandez enjoys spending time with his family, traveling, electrical work, practicing martial arts, and cycling. Dr. Fernandez has been in practice for over six years and is currently serving patients as Senior Vice-President and Emergency Medicine Physician at Tri County Emergency Physicians LLC in West Grove, Pennsylvania. Furthermore, he has hospital privileges at Jennersville Regional Hospital in West Grove, where he acts as Vice-Chief of Staff and Chairman of the Department of Emergency Medicine, as well as EMS Medical Director of Southern Chester County EMS Medic-94. In addition to assisting patients, he is a preceptor and lecturer at Arcadia University and Drexel Universities. Emergency Medicine is the branch of medicine concerned with the care of illnesses or injuries requiring immediate medical attention. As first-line providers, emergency physicians manage patients of all ages with undifferentiated ailments of all types. They are primarily responsible for initiating resuscitation and stabilization and beginning investigations and interventions to diagnose and treat illnesses in the acute phase. Emergency physicians generally practice in hospital emergency departments, pre-hospital settings via emergency medical services, and intensive care units, but may also work in primary care settings such as urgent care clinics. Emergency physicians may subspecialize in disaster medicine, medical toxicology, ultrasonography, critical care medicine, hyperbaric medicine, sports medicine, palliative care, or aerospace medicine.

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