Alicia Fernandez, M.D.
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Alicia Fernandez, M.D., is a professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), associate dean of population health and health equity, and director of the UCSF Latinx Center of Excellence. A general internist, she practices primary care and hospital medicine at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital.
Dr. Fernandez’s research interests are in healthcare equity with a focus on the role of language, literacy, and cultural barriers in cardiometabolic disease care outcomes, patient experience, and patient-clinician trust. Her research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Russell Sage Foundation, and The Greenwall Foundation. She is an editor of the Lange textbook, Medical Management of Vulnerable and Underserved Patients.
Dr. Fernandez’ national service includes current positions on the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Board of Governors and the American Board of Internal Medicine Board of Directors, and past positions on NIH and Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality study sections, as well as advisory or focused committees of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, National Academy of Medicine, and other national health organizations. In 2024, she was elected to the National Academy of Medicine.
Dr Fernandez earned her bachelor’s degree from Yale University and her medical degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She completed her residency, chief residency, and fellowship at UCSF.
Dr. Fernandez joined the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force in January 2025.
Dr. Fernandez’s research interests are in healthcare equity with a focus on the role of language, literacy, and cultural barriers in cardiometabolic disease care outcomes, patient experience, and patient-clinician trust. Her research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Russell Sage Foundation, and The Greenwall Foundation. She is an editor of the Lange textbook, Medical Management of Vulnerable and Underserved Patients.
Dr. Fernandez’ national service includes current positions on the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute Board of Governors and the American Board of Internal Medicine Board of Directors, and past positions on NIH and Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality study sections, as well as advisory or focused committees of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, National Academy of Medicine, and other national health organizations. In 2024, she was elected to the National Academy of Medicine.
Dr Fernandez earned her bachelor’s degree from Yale University and her medical degree from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She completed her residency, chief residency, and fellowship at UCSF.
Dr. Fernandez joined the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force in January 2025.