Cristina Fernandez, MD

Pediatric Hospital Medicine
Specialties
Pediatrics, Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Locations and Appointments


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CUIMC/NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital

3959 Broadway
New York, NY 10032
US
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    Great West (National)
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    POS
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    HMO
    Great West (National)
    POS
    EPO
    PPO
    Medicare Managed Care
    PPO
    Medicare Managed Care
    Vytra
    Essential Plan
    PPO
    HMO
    ConnectiCare
    POS
    EPO
    Medicaid Managed Care
    Select Care (Exchange)
    Local 1199
    MagnaCare
    Railroad
    Traditional Medicare
    Multiplan
    Medicare Managed Care
    Compass (Exchange)
    HMO
    POS
    PPO
    Empire Plan

About Cristina Fernandez, MD


About Cristina R. Fernandez, MD MPH


Dr. Fernandez is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center and cares for newborns in the Well Baby Nursery of the Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital of NewYork-Presbyterian. Her innovative research focuses on the areas of food insecurity, diet-related disparities, and issues in development and health maintenance in vulnerable child populations. As an emerging investigator with burgeoning expertise in newborn care, Dr. Fernandez assists in coordination of clinical research initiatives with the newborn nursery population.


She received her MPH from the Yale School of Public Health, and her medical training at the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons. She subsequently completed her residency in pediatrics at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center and a primary care research fellowship in community health at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center.


Board Certifications

  • Pediatrics

Languages Spoken

  • Spanish

Education

  • Internship: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
  • Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center

Leadership, Titles & Positions

  • Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at CUMC

Hospital Affiliations

  • NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
  • NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital

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