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Board Certification, Specialty and Expertise

Dr. Alfredo Fernandez identified specializing in DermatologyDermatology
A dermatologist is trained to diagnose and treat pediatric and adult patients with benign and malignant disorders of the skin, mouth, external genitalia, hair and nails, as well as a number of sexually transmitted diseases. The dermatologist has had additional training and experience in the diagnosis and treatment of skin cancers, melanomas, moles, and other tumors of the skin, the management of contact dermatitis, and other allergic and nonallergic skin disorders, and in the recognition of the skin manifestations of systemic (including internal malignancy) and infectious diseases. Dermatologists have special training in dermatopathology and in the surgical techniques used in dermatology. They also have expertise in the management of cosmetic disorders of the skin such as hair loss and scars, and the skin changes associated with aging., Pediatric DermatologyPediatric Dermatology
A pediatric dermatologist has, through additional special training, developed expertise in the treatment of specific skin disease categories with emphasis on those diseases which predominate in infants, children and adolescents., Procedural Dermatology, MOHS-Micrographic Surgery and DermatopathologyDermatopathology
A dermatopathologist has the expertise to diagnose and monitor diseases of the skin including infections, immunologic, degenerative, and neoplastic disease. This entails the examination and interpretation of specially prepared tissue sections, cellular scrapings, and smears of skin lesions by means of routine and special (electron and fluorescent) microscopes.. He obtained board certification from the member board for Dermatology.

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Dr. Fernandez is affiliated with 1 hospital:

Doctors Hospital Of Sarasota
5731 Bee Ridge Rd
Sarasota, FL

License

Dr. Alfredo Fernandez has been confirmed to have a license in Florida.

Education

Dr. Fernandez attended medical school at Universidad de Buenos Aires Facultad de Medicina. Additional residency training in Dermatology was conducted at Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals. Additional residency training in Pediatric Medicine was conducted at .

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• Alfredo D Fernandez
• A Fernandez

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