Dr. Frank Hernandez, M.D. FACS
CURRICULUM VITAE
Place of Birth: Los Angeles California
Marital Status: Married to Melanie October 27, 1979
Three children, Claudia, Joshua and Paul.
EDUCATION
1966-1974 Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico.
M.D. Degree, November 29, 1974
1971-1972 Rotating internship, Tel-Hashomer Hospital Tel-Aviv, Israel.
1972-1973 Physician for Israel Health Department. Stationed in Aburdez and El- Harish, Sinai
1978-1974 Physician serving Social Service, General Hospital of Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
1974-1975 Private Practice, Tijuana, Mexico.
1975-1976 Rotating Internship, Deaconess Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri.
1976-1978 General Surgery residency, Deaconess Hospital, St Louis, Missouri,
1978-1981 General Surgery residency, Sinai Hospital of Detroit, Detroit Michigan.
LANGUAGES
English
Fluent Spanish
PROFESSIONAL
MEMBERSHIPS
American College of Surgeons
San Diego Medical Society
California Medical Society
2010 - present
LICENSURE
California, 1980 A36108
2010 - present
BOARD CERTIFICATION
Board Certified May 3, 1983
Recertified, October 23, 1992, October 19, 2001, December 31, 2024
HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS
1981 - Present Scripps Mercy Hospital, Chula Vista, CA
1983 - Present Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center, Chula Vista, CA
HOSPITAL APPOINTMENTS
1994 - 1995 Chief of staff, Paradise Valley Hospital
2010 - 2011 Chief of staff, Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center
2013 Chief of surgery, Scripps Mercy Hospital, Chula Vista
2014 - Present Chief of surgery, Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1981-1984 General Surgeon, California Health Plan, and HMO, San Diego California
1984-1994 General Surgery, Private Practice San Diego, California
1994-present General Surgery, Coast Surgical Group, AMC National City, California