Cristina Fernandez, MD
Pediatric Hospital Medicine
Pediatrics
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Overview
Dr. Fernández received her MPH from the Yale School of Public Health, and her medical training at the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons. She then 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.
Dr. Fernández is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons and the Chief of the Section of Newborn Medicine. In her clinical role, she cares for late preterm and term newborns in the Level 1 Newborn Nursery at the Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of NewYork-Presbyterian. She also manages clinical research operations with the newborn nursery population. As an early stage physician-scientist, Dr. Fernández conducts patient-oriented research that focuses on the bio-behavioral mechanisms through which prenatal and early life food insecurity, diet quality, cardiometabolic health factors, and early relational health, influence early child feeding and growing.
Academic Appointments
- Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at CUMC
Administrative Titles
- Chief of Newborn Medicine Section at CUMC
Hospital Affiliations
- NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
Languages
- Spanish
Gender
- Female
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Credentials & Experience
Education & Training
- MPH, Yale School of Public Health
- Columbia University College of Physician & Surgeon
- MD, 2011 Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
- Internship: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
- Residency: NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center
- Fellowship: NewYork-Presbyterian / CUIMC Columbia University M
Committees, Societies, Councils
- Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics 2014-present
- Academic Pediatric Association
- National Hispanic Medical Association
- Society for Pediatric Research, Junior Section
Board Certifications
- Pediatrics
- Pediatrics
Honors & Awards
Arnold P. Gold Humanism Honor Society
American Academy of Pediatrics Chapter Special Achievement Award 2017
Research
Dr. Fernandez conducts innovative research in the areas of food insecurity, diet-related disparities, and morbidity of development, pain, health maintenance, and healthcare utilization in vulnerable child populations.
Research Interests
- child growth
- Early infant and child development
- food insecurity
- healthcare utilization
- Health Disparities
- Pain and Symptom Management
- pediatric nutrition
Selected Publications
- Flores G, Mendoza FS, Fuentes-Afflick E, Mendoza JA, Pachter L, Espinoza J, Fernandez CR, Arnold D, Brown NM, Gonzalez KM, Lopez C, Owen MC, Parks KM, Reynolds KL, Russell CJ. Hot topics, urgent priorities, and ensuring success for racial/ethnic minority young investigators in academic pediatrics. International Journal for Equity in Health. 2016;15:201-11.
- Fernandez CR, Lucas R, Soto-Greene M, Sanchez JP. Introducing trainees to academic medicine career roles and responsibilities. MedEdPORTAL. 2017;13:10653. https://doi.org/10.15766/mep_2374-8265.10653.
- Fernandez CR, Yomogida M, Aratani Y, and Hernandez D. Dual Food and Energy Hardship and Child Behavior Problems. Academic Pediatrics. July 2018. doi.org/10.1016/j.acap.2018.07.002.
For a complete list of publications, please visit PubMed.gov