Doctor's Bio
Board Certifications
American Board of Thoracic Surgery
Affiliations
Emory
Education & Training
- Medical School: Wayne State University School of Medicine
- Residency: Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Fellowships
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
Locations and Directions
Grady Memorial Hospital
Phone: (404) 616-1000
Location:
80 Jesse Hill Jr Drive SE
Atlanta, GA 30303
Publications
- Decreasing Complications After Ivor-Lewis Esophagectomy: Is a Totally Minimally Invasive Approach the Solution?
Mavani PT, Sok C, Ajay PS, Cao Y, Bonanno AM, Cardona K, Fernandez FG, Force SD, Khullar OV, Russell MC, Staley CA, Shah MM, Kooby DA, Sancheti MS
Journal of surgical oncology. 2025;132(2):308-316.
PMID: 40530950 - Anatomic Lung Resection Is Associated With Improved Survival Compared With Wedge Resection for Stage IA (≤2 cm) NSCLC.
Seder CW, Chang SC, Towe CW, Puri V, Blasberg JD, Bonnell L, Fernandez FG, Habib RH, Kozower BD
Journal of thoracic oncology : official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer. 2025;20(8):1075-1085.
PMID: 40132758 - Patient-reported outcomes following esophagectomy.
Bonanno AM, Fernandez FG
Journal of thoracic disease. 2024;16(10):7132-7142.
PMID: 39552909 - Deciding How to Help Patients Decide.
Fernandez FG
The Annals of thoracic surgery. 2023;115(2):309-310.
PMID: 35970229 - Don't Try This at Home: Restoration of Esophageal Continuity With Supercharged Pedicled Jejunal Interposition.
Fernandez FG
The Annals of thoracic surgery. 2023;115(1):219-220.
PMID: 35718200 - Routine Implementation of Patient-Reported Outcomes Assessment Into Thoracic Surgery Practice.
Khullar OV, Perez A, Dixon M, Binongo JN, Sancheti MS, Pickens A, Gillespie T, Force SD, Fernandez FG
The Annals of thoracic surgery. 2023;115(2):526-532.
PMID: 35561801 - Impact of Chest Wall Resection on Mortality After Lung Resection for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.
Towe CW, Servais EL, Grau-Sepulveda M, Kosinski AS, Brown LM, Broderick SM, Wormuth DW, Fernandez FG, Kozower BD, Raymond DP
The Annals of thoracic surgery. 2022;114(6):2023-2031.
PMID: 34902307 - Harmonized Outcome Measures for Use in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patient Registries and Clinical Practice.
Edelman MJ, Raymond DP, Owen DH, Leavy MB, Chansky K, Yennu S, Fernandez FG, Presley CJ, Biswas T, Quinn GP, Schabath MB, Sheffler-Collins S, Chu L, Gliklich RE
Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN. 2021;
PMID: 34388732 - Current Penetration, Completeness, and Representativeness of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database.
Jacobs JP, Shahian DM, Grau-Sepulveda M, O'Brien SM, Pruitt EY, Bloom JP, Edgerton JR, Kurlansky PA, Habib RH, Antman MS, Cleveland JC, Fernandez FG, Thourani VH, Badhwar V
The Annals of thoracic surgery. 2022;113(5):1461-1468.
PMID: 34153294 - Commentary: First seek to understand (the database).
Fernandez FG
The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. 2021;162(4):1154-1155.
PMID: 33931234
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