Dr. Eduardo Fernandez

 

Eduardo Fernandez, M.D., Ph.D., Board Certified in Radiation Oncology, was awarded his medical degree from the University of Malaga (Spain) in 1987. He was Assistant and Associate Professor of Radiology and Medical Physics in his home university. Since 1989 he was in close cooperation with the Department of Biochemical Oncology and Experimental Radiotherapy at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, including several sabbatical visits. In 1991 he defended a Doctoral Thesis about the molecular biology aspects of Photodynamic Therapy, and was awarded a Ph.D. degree from the University of Malaga.

He completed his Radiation Oncology Residency at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation (Callahan Center for Radiation Oncology and Robotics), including a pre-Radiation Oncology internship. Dr. Fernandez served as the Head of Radiation Oncology at the Cleveland Clinic Florida, where he was directly responsible for the development of the External Beam Radiation Oncology and Prostate Seed Brachytherapy Programs.

Simultaneously he had a dual appointment at the Cleveland Clinic Center main campus in Ohio. He was also appointed as Assistant Professor of Radiology at Ohio State University. He is currently the Chief of Radiation Oncology at the Aventura Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Dr. Fernandez is a member of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, the American College of Radiation Oncology (he is a member of the Continuing Education Committee), the American College of Radiology, and many other American and European professional organizations.

Dr. Fernandez has written and published two Doctoral Thesis, numerous book chapters and articles in the field of Radiation Oncology in several languages. He has lectured on a host of cancer topics in America and Europe. He is very interested in the implementation of computers, Internet based communications, and "cutting edge" technologies in Radiation Oncology. His main areas of expertise are: Three Dimensional Conformal Radiation, Stereotactic Radiosurgery, Brachytherapy, brain tumors, head and neck cancer, lung, breast and prostate cancer.