Alicia Fernandez, MD

Professor

Alicia Fernandez, M.D. is Professor of Medicine at UCSF, a general internist at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, Associate Dean of Population Health and Health Equity for UCSF SOM. She is the founding Director of the UCSF Latinx Center of Excellence, a HRSA and UCSF funded initiative to increase academic diversity. Dr. Fernandez directs the Latinx and Immigrant Health Research Program at the UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations, which generates actionable research to increase health equity and reduce healthcare disparities.

Dr. Fernandez’s research interests are in health care equity with a focus on the role of language, literacy and cultural barriers in cardiometabolic disease care outcomes, patient experience, and patient-clinician trust. Her research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health, the Russell Sage Foundation and The Greenwall Foundation. She is an editor of the Lange textbook, Medical Management of Vulnerable and Underserved Patients (Lange,2nd edition).

Dr. Fernandez’ national service includes service on the Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) Board of Governors, the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Board of Directors, and past service on NIH and Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) study sections, as well as advisory or focused committees of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, National Academy of Medicine and other national health focused organizations. She was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2024 and appointed to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force in January 2025.

Education
2017 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, University of California
Fellowship, 1998 - Health Services Research, University of California, San Francisco
Residency, 1997 - Internal Medicine Primary Care, University of California, San Francisco
MD, 06/93 - Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
BA, 06/84 - Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, Yale College
Honors and Awards
  • COVID Heroes Award, California Senate District 11, 2021
  • Distinguished Citizen Award, Commonwealth Club, 2021
  • Thomas N. Burbridge Award for Public Service, University of California, San Francisco, 2021
  • Annual John Benson Professionalism Article Prize, ABIM Foundation, 2020
  • Distinguished Professor of Health Equity, Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting, 2020
  • Roundtable on Health Literacy, Institute of Medicine, 2014-now
  • Board of Governors, Patient Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), 2014-now
  • Fellow, American College of Physicians, 2012
  • Arnold P. Gold Professorship Award for Humanism in Medicine, Arnold P. Gold Foundation, 2009-2012
  • Outstanding Research Paper-of-the-Year Award, Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, 2005
  • Richard J. Haber, MD Excellence in Outpatient Teaching Award, University of California, San Francisco Department of Medicine, 2004
  • Latino Health Policy Leadership Fellow, National Hispanic Medical Association, 2003
  • Early Career Research Award, Hellman/UCSF, 2001
  • Significant Improvement in Medicine for Immigrant Populations and Urban Poor, Mayoral Achievement Award, City of San Francisco, 2000
  • Kaiser Award for Excellence in Housestaff and Medical Student Teaching, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, 2000
  • Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1993
Websites
Publications
  1. Dacier BM, Jones AN, Allar BG, Mejia J, Torres BS, Murphy RE, Magana N, Bergmark RW, Pusic AL, Fernandez A, Bates DW, Peck GL, Ortega G. Language Serving Hospitals and their Impact on Readmission for Surgical Patients with a Non-English Primary Language: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Annals of surgery 2025. PMID: 40131762


  2. Crook S, Rosenbluth G, Glidden DV, Fernandez A, Lee CM, Avina L, Magana L, Washington K, Bardach NS. Variations in digital health literacy for pediatric caregivers of hospitalized children: implications for digital health equity. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA 2025. PMID: 39688734


  3. Wheeler M, Gutierrez JR, Fernandez A. Care for Patients With a History of Immigration. JAMA 2025. PMID: 39841505


  4. Schulson LB, Rodriguez JA, Cruz R, Flynn D, Fernandez A. Patient Safety Event Risk and Language Barriers: A Scoping Review. Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety 2025. PMID: 40089441


  5. Kong M, Rios-Fetchko F, Olmos-Rodriguez M, Branagan L, Iott B, Chan Tack T, Yarbrough C, Grumbach K, Fernandez A. Challenges to Video Visits for Patients With Non-English Language Preference: A Qualitative Study. JAMA network open 2025. PMID: 39937480


  6. Lucy B. Schulson, Jorge A. Rodriguez, Ricardo Cruz, David Flynn, Alicia Fernandez. Patient Safety Event Risk and Language Barriers: a Scoping Review. The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety 2025. PMID:


  7. Carson MS, Haro-Ramos AY, López-Solano N, Fernandez C, Cummins M, Fernandez A, DeFries T, Martin M. Facilitators and barriers of alcohol goals for Latinx men hospitalized with alcohol use disorder seen by an Addiction Consult Team. Annals of medicine 2025. PMID: 39831387


  8. Doshi B, Luna I, Quesada R, Garcia ME, Fernandez A, Khoong EC. The Impact of Language Discordance on Acquiring Broad Social History: A Qualitative Study of Patients, Clinicians, and Interpreters. Journal of general internal medicine 2024. PMID: 39672983


  9. Maxwell SL, Fernandez A, Martinez S, Beck AL. An Update on the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Children's Health Behaviors. Academic pediatrics 2024. PMID: 39586570


  10. Maxwell SL, McCulloch CE, Fernandez A, Beck AL. Changes in BMI prior to and during the COVID-19 pandemic among children: a retrospective cohort study in San Francisco, CA. BMC public health 2024. PMID: 39455995


  11. Melody Karen Schiaffino, Dominique Rash, Alicia Fernandez. A comparative analysis of patients with breast cancer with and without language barriers. Journal of Clinical Oncology 2024. PMID:


  12. Lee W, George RB, Fernandez A. Association of pain assessment method and postepidural pain levels in labouring patients with limited English proficiency. Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie 2024. PMID: 39078591


  13. Truong NM, Stroud SG, Zhuang T, Fernandez A, Kamal RN, Shapiro LM. The Association Between Social Determinants of Health and Distal Radius Fracture Outcomes. The Journal of hand surgery 2024. PMID: 38934997


  14. Salgado MV, Penko J, Fernández A, Rios-Fetchko F, Coxson PG, Mejia R. The burden of premature coronary heart disease among adults with low socioeconomic status in Argentina: A modeling study. PloS one 2024. PMID: 38913678


  15. Fernandez A, Chin MH. Keep Your Eyes on the Prize - Focusing on Health Care Equity. The New England journal of medicine 2024. PMID: 38738762


  16. Julian KR, Mulakaluri A, Truong NM, Fernandez A, Kamal RN, Shapiro LM. Are Orthopaedic Clinical Trials Linguistically and Culturally Diverse? A Systematic Review. JBJS Reviews 2024. PMID: 39021638


  17. Kaitlyn R. Julian, Ashley Mulakaluri, Nicole M. Truong, Alicia Fernandez, Robin N. Kamal, Lauren M. Shapiro. Are Orthopaedic Clinical Trials Linguistically and Culturally Diverse?. JBJS Reviews 2024. PMID:


  18. Martinez A, Warner A, Powe NR, Fernandez A, Tuot DS. Association between English Proficiency and Kidney Disease Knowledge and Communication Quality among Patients with ESKD. Kidney360 2024. PMID: 38356152


  19. Rios-Fetchko F, Carson M, Tapia M, Fernandez A, Coffman J. Disparities in pre-health advising across California's public universities. PloS one 2024. PMID: 38335164


  20. Gray BM, Lipner RS, Roswell RO, Fernandez A, Vandergrift JL, Alsan M. Adoption of Internal Medicine Milestone Ratings and Changes in Bias Against Black, Latino, and Asian Internal Medicine Residents. Annals of internal medicine 2023. PMID: 38145569


  21. Teherani A, Uwaezuoke K, Kenny J, Calder?n-Jensen C, Magana T, Flores K, Fernandez A. Aspiring physicians program: description and characterization of the support processes for an undergraduate pathway program to medicine. Medical education online 2023. PMID: 36790340


  22. Connor DM, Fernandez A, Alba-Nguyen S, Collins S, Teherani A. Academic Leadership Academy Summer Program: Clerkship Transition Preparation for Underrepresented in Medicine Medical Students. Teaching and learning in medicine 2023. PMID: 37886897


  23. González Casanova I, Martínez Rodriguez DL, Ortiz Brunel J, Rangel Gómez MG, de Groot M, Fernández A. Barriers and facilitators to mental health promotion for Mexican immigrants in the U.S. through the Ventanillas de Salud program. Frontiers in public health 2023. PMID: 37841719


  24. Carson M, Fernandez A, Martin M. A Review of Community Health Worker Interventions for Latinx/o/a Individuals With Unhealthy Alcohol Use. Journal of addiction medicine 2023. PMID: 37934543


  25. Joo H, Fernández A, Wick EC, Moreno Lepe G, Manuel SP. Association of Language Barriers With Perioperative and Surgical Outcomes: A Systematic Review. JAMA network open 2023. PMID: 37432686


  26. Shaw NM, Hills N, Holler J, Fernandez A, Davis D, Palmer NR, Sliwka D, Breyer BN. The Impact of Patient-Physician Racial and Gender Concordance on Patient Satisfaction with Outpatient Clinic Visits. Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities 2023. PMID: 37341950


  27. Beck AL, Fernandez A, Martinez SM. The 7-day Beverage Intake Questionnaire for Latino Children: Validation of a Culturally Tailored Tool. Journal of nutrition education and behavior 2023. PMID: 37330709


  28. Beck AL, Mora R, Joseph G, Perrin E, Cabana M, Schickedanz A, Fernandez A. A Multimethod Evaluation of the Futuros Fuertes Intervention to Promote Healthy Feeding, Screen Time, and Sleep Practices. Academic pediatrics 2023. PMID: 37211275


  29. Lee W, Martins MS, George RB, Fernandez A. Racial and ethnic disparities in obstetric anesthesia: a scoping review. Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie 2023. PMID: 37165125


  30. Tankersley MP, Zhuang T, Julian K, Fernandez A, Kamal RN, Shapiro LM. Disparities in Treatment of Closed Distal Radius Fractures in Patients Aged 18-64 Years and ≥65 Years by Insurance Type. The Journal of hand surgery 2023. PMID: 37029034


  31. Krzyzanowski MC, Ives CL, Jones NL, Entwisle B, Fernandez A, Cullen TA, Darity WA, Fossett M, Remington PL, Taualii M, Wilkins CH, Pérez-Stable EJ, Rajapakse N, Breen N, Zhang X, Maiese DR, Hendershot TP, Mandal M, Hwang SY, Huggins W, Gridley L, Riley A, Ramos EM, Hamilton CM. The PhenX Toolkit: Measurement Protocols for Assessment of Social Determinants of Health. American journal of preventive medicine 2023. PMID: 36935055


  32. Raphael E, Azar KMJ, Gu D, Shen Z, Rubinsky A, Wang M, Pantell M, Lyles CR, Fernandez A, Bibbins-Domingo K, Pressman A, Nasrallah C, Hamad R. Racial and sociodemographic predictors of COVID-19 compared with influenza, appendicitis, and all-cause hospitalization: retrospective cohort analysis. Ethnicity & health 2023. PMID: 36907661


  33. Medrano FJ, Fernandez AJ, Sudore RL, Kirkpatrick JN, Benda NC, Creber RM, Goyal P, Beavers C, Maurer MS, Rich MW, Alexander KP, Krishnaswami A, Geriatric Cardiology and Cardiovascular Team Councils of the American College of Cardiology. LIMITED ENGLISH PROFICIENCY IN OLDER ADULTS REFERRED TO THE CARDIOVASCULAR TEAM. The American journal of medicine 2023. PMID: 36822259


  34. Nguyen KH, Suarez P, Sales C, Fernandez A, Ward DT, Manuel SP. Patients Who Have Limited English Proficiency Have Decreased Utilization of Revision Surgeries After Hip and Knee Arthroplasty. The Journal of arthroplasty 2023. PMID: 36805120


  35. Lee W, Khoong EC, Zeng B, Rios-Fetchko F, Ma Y, Liu K, Fernandez A. Evaluation of Commercially Available Machine Interpretation Applications for Simple Clinical Communication. Journal of general internal medicine 2023. PMID: 36781579


  36. Wyatt R, Tucker L, Mate K, Cerise F, Fernandez A, Jain S, Bau I, Wolfson D. A matter of trust: Commitment to act for health equity. Healthcare (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 2023. PMID: 36693301


  37. Ríos-Fetchko F, Fernández A, Mejía R, Salgado MV. [Disparities in regional obesity rates in Argentina by socioeconomic status]. Medicina 2023. PMID: 37379533


  38. Nguyen KH, Sales C, Suarez P, Fernandez A, Ward DT, Manuel SP. Limited English proficiency correlates with postoperative complications after knee arthroplasty. Musculoskeletal care 2022. PMID: 36536487


  39. Rios-Fetchko F, Carson M, Gonzalez Ramirez M, Butler JZ, Vargas R, Cabrera A, Gallegos-Castillo A, LeSarre M, Liao M, Woo K, Ellis R, Liu K, Doyle B, Leung L, Grumbach K, Fernandez A. COVID-19 Vaccination Perceptions Among Young Adults of Color in the San Francisco Bay Area. Health equity 2022. PMID: 36479186


  40. Castro MRH, Schwartz H, Hernandez S, Calthorpe L, Fernández A, Stein D, Mackersie RC, Menza R, Bongiovanni T. The Association of Limited English Proficiency With Morbidity and Mortality After Trauma. The Journal of surgical research 2022. PMID: 36030609


  41. Yin L, Ng F, Rutherford-Rojas M, Williams M, Cornes S, Fernandez A, Garcia ME, Khoong EC. Assessing Medical Student Readiness to Navigate Language Barriers in Telehealth: Cross-sectional Survey Study. JMIR medical education 2022. PMID: 35969421


  42. Meza E, Giglio L, Franco AO, Rodriguez E, Stock L, Balmes J, Torres JM, Fernandez A. Worker Perspectives on COVID-19 Risks: A Qualitative Study of Latino Construction Workers in Oakland, California. International journal of environmental research and public health 2022. PMID: 36011454


  43. Manuel SP, Chia ZK, Raygor KP, Fernández A. Association of Language Barriers With Process Outcomes After Craniotomy for Brain Tumor. Neurosurgery 2022. PMID: 35857019


  44. Schwartz H, Menza R, Lindquist K, Mackersie R, Fernández A, Stein D, Bongiovanni T. Limited English Proficiency Associated With Suboptimal Pain Assessment in Hospitalized Trauma Patients. The Journal of surgical research 2022. PMID: 35605569


  45. Butler JZ, Carson M, Rios-Fetchko F, Vargas R, Cabrera A, Gallegos-Castillo A, LeSarre M, Liao M, Woo K, Ellis R, Liu K, Burra A, Ramirez M, Doyle B, Leung L, Fernandez A, Grumbach K. COVID-19 vaccination readiness among multiple racial and ethnic groups in the San Francisco Bay Area: A qualitative analysis. PloS one 2022. PMID: 35550627


  46. Chang A, Schwartz BS, Fernandez A. Response to Letter: Clinician Educator and Clinician Researcher Collaborations. TO REMOVE 2022. PMID: 35445351


  47. Konfino J, Salgado MV, Penko J, Coxson P, Fernández A, Pichon-Riviere A, Bibbins-Domingo K, Mejía R. Impacto sanitario de la prohibición total de publicidades de tabaco en argentina. TO REMOVE 2022. PMID: 35440241


  48. Martínez Rodríguez DL, González Vázquez T, Márquez Serrano M, de Groot M, Fernandez A, Gonzalez Casanova I. A Window Into Mental Health: Developing and Pilot-Testing a Mental Health Promotion Intervention for Mexican Immigrants Through the Ventanilla de Salud Program. Frontiers in public health 2022. PMID: 35493364


  49. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS; Alicia Fernandez, MD. JAMA Health Forum TO REMOVE 2022. PMID:


  50. All in the Family: A Qualitative Study of the Early Experiences of Adults with Younger-Onset Type 2 Diabetes. All in the Family: A Qualitative Study of the Early Experiences of Adults with Younger-Onset Type 2 Diabetes TO REMOVE 2022. PMID:


  51. Bibbins-Domingo K, Fernandez A. Physician-Public Health Practitioners-The Missing Academic Medicine Career Track. JAMA health forum 2022. PMID: 36218884


  52. Galaviz KI, Colasanti JA, Kalokhe AS, Ali MK, Ofotokun I, Fernandez A. Factors associated with adherence to guideline-recommended cardiovascular disease prevention among HIV clinicians. TO REMOVE 2021. PMID: 34529051


  53. Eliaz A, Blair AH, Chen YH, Fernandez A, Ernst A, Mirjahangir J, Celentano J, Sachdev D, Enanoria W, Reid MJA. Evaluating the Impact of Language Concordance on Coronavirus Disease 2019 Contact Tracing Outcomes Among Spanish-Speaking Adults in San Francisco Between June and November 2020. TO REMOVE 2021. PMID: 34993261


  54. Schwartz HEM, Matthay ZA, Menza R, Fernández A, Mackersie R, Stein DM, Bongiovanni T. Inequity in Discharge Pain Management for Trauma Patients with Limited English Proficiency. TO REMOVE 2021. PMID: 34039923


  55. Bullock JL, O'Brien MT, Minhas PK, Fernandez A, Lupton KL, Hauer KE. No One Size Fits All: A Qualitative Study of Clerkship Medical Students' Perceptions of Ideal Supervisor Responses to Microaggressions. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2021. PMID: 34348373


  56. Beck AL, Huang JC, Lendzion L, Fernandez A, Martinez S. Weight Gain during the COVID-19 Pandemic in a High-Risk Cohort of Children in San Francisco, CA. TO REMOVE 2021. PMID: 34619035


  57. Ruiz AM, Allar BG, Fernandez A, Bates DW, Ortega G. Speaking the Same Language: Improving Language-concordant Care in Surgery. Annals of surgery 2021. PMID: 35104065


  58. Rodriguez LA, Kanaya AM, Shiboski SC, Fernandez A, Herrington D, Ding J, Bradshaw PT. Does NAFLD mediate the relationship between obesity and type 2 diabetes risk? evidence from the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis (MESA). Annals of epidemiology 2021. PMID: 34293421


  59. Salgado MV, Penko J, Fernandez A, Mejia R. Modelling the impact of plain packaging of tobacco products on cardiovascular disease in Argentina. TO REMOVE 2021. PMID: 34261789


  60. Hemmat S, Khoong EC, Olazo K, Sharma AE, Mangurian C, Fernandez A, Sarkar U. Using incident reporting to understand and characterize sexual harassment of physicians by patients. Journal of general internal medicine 2021. PMID: 34254222


  61. Riley AR, Chen YH, Matthay EC, Glymour MM, Torres JM, Fernandez A, Bibbins-Domingo K. Excess mortality among Latino people in California during the COVID-19 pandemic. SSM - population health 2021. PMID: 34307826


  62. Rambachan A, Abe-Jones Y, Fernandez A, Shahram Y. Racial Disparities in 7-Day Readmissions from an Adult Hospital Medicine Service. Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities 2021. PMID: 34181237


  63. Beck AL, Huang JC, Lendzion L, Fernandez A, Martinez S. Impact of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic on Parents' Perception of Health Behaviors in Children With Overweight and Obesity. TO REMOVE 2021. PMID: 34023488


  64. Khoong EC, Fernandez A. Addressing Gaps in Interpreter Use: Time for Implementation Science Informed Multi-Level Interventions. Journal of general internal medicine 2021. PMID: 33948799


  65. Esaryk EE, Wesson P, Fields J, Rios-Fetchko F, Lindan C, Bern C, Fernández A. Variation in SARS-CoV-2 Infection Risk and Socioeconomic Disadvantage Among a Mayan-Latinx Population in Oakland, California. TO REMOVE 2021. PMID: 34019089


  66. Chen YH, Glymour MM, Catalano R, Fernandez A, Nguyen T, Kushel M, Bibbins-Domingo K. Excess Mortality in California During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic, March to August 2020. JAMA internal medicine 2021. PMID: 33346804


  67. Chang A, Schwartz BS, Harleman E, Johnson M, Walter LC, Fernandez A. Guiding Academic Clinician Educators at Research-Intensive Institutions: a Framework for Chairs, Chiefs, and Mentors. Journal of general internal medicine 2021. PMID: 33846943


  68. Johnson MO, Fuchs JD, Sterling L, Sauceda JA, Saag MS, Fernandez A, Evans CH, Gandhi M. A mentor training workshop focused on fostering diversity engenders lasting impact on mentoring techniques: Results of a long-term evaluation. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science 2021. PMID: 34221458


  69. Tarn DM, Pletcher MJ, Tosqui R, Fernandez A, Tseng CH, Moriconi R, Bell DS, Barrientos M, Turner JA, Schwartz JB. Primary nonadherence to statin medications: Survey of patient perspectives. Preventive medicine reports 2021. PMID: 33842201


  70. Cervantes L, Martin M, Frank MG, Farfan JF, Kearns M, Rubio LA, Tong A, Matus Gonzalez A, Camacho C, Collings A, Mundo W, Powe NR, Fernandez A. Experiences of Latinx Individuals Hospitalized for COVID-19: A Qualitative Study. JAMA network open 2021. PMID: 33704475


  71. Rodriguez LA, Shiboski SC, Bradshaw PT, Fernandez A, Herrington D, Ding J, Bradley RD, Kanaya AM. Predicting Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease for Adults Using Practical Clinical Measures: Evidence from the Multi-ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Journal of general internal medicine 2021. PMID: 33501527


  72. Riley AR, Chen YH, Matthay EC, Glymour MM, Torres JM, Fernandez A, Bibbins-Domingo K. Excess death among Latino people in California during the COVID-19 pandemic. medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences 2021. PMID: 33532794


  73. Tarn DM, Barrientos M, Pletcher MJ, Cox K, Turner J, Fernandez A, Schwartz JB. Perceptions of Patients with Primary Nonadherence to Statin Medications. Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM 2021. PMID: 33452090


  74. Lucey CR, Hauer KE, Boatright D, Fernandez A. Medical Education's Wicked Problem: Achieving Equity in Assessment for Medical Learners. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2020. PMID: 32889943


  75. Beck AL, Martinez S, Patel AI, Fernandez A. Trends in sugar-sweetened beverage consumption among California children - CORRIGENDUM. TO REMOVE 2020. PMID: 33198836


  76. de Bourmont SS, Burra A, Nouri SS, El-Farra N, Mohottige D, Sloan C, Schaeffer S, Friedman J, Fernandez A. Resident Physician Experiences With and Responses to Biased Patients. JAMA network open 2020. PMID: 33226429


  77. Cardel MI, Pavela G, Janicke D, Huo T, Miller D, Lee AM, Gurka MJ, Dhurandhar E, Peters JC, Caldwell AE, Krause E, Fernandez A, Allison DB. Experimentally Manipulated Low Social Status and Food Insecurity Alter Eating Behavior Among Adolescents: A Randomized Controlled Trial. TO REMOVE 2020. PMID: 33150744


  78. Vasquez T, Fernandez A, Haya-Fisher J, Kim S, Beck AL. A Qualitative Exploration of Barriers and Facilitators to Physical Activity Among Low-Income Latino Adolescents. Hispanic health care international : the official journal of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses 2020. PMID: 32911975


  79. Salgado MV, Penko J, Fernandez A, Konfino J, Coxson PG, Bibbins-Domingo K, Mejia R. Projected impact of a reduction in sugar-sweetened beverage consumption on diabetes and cardiovascular disease in Argentina: A modeling study. PLoS medicine 2020. PMID: 32722677


  80. Paul-Emile K, Critchfield JM, Wheeler M, de Bourmont S, Fernandez A. Addressing Patient Bias Toward Health Care Workers: Recommendations for Medical Centers. Annals of internal medicine 2020. PMID: 32658573


  81. Beck AL, Martinez S, Patel AI, Fernandez A. Trends in sugar-sweetened beverage consumption among California children. TO REMOVE 2020. PMID: 32597746


  82. Luis A Rodriguez, Stephen Shiboski, Patrick Bradshaw, Alicia Fernandez, David M Herrington, Jingzhong Ding, Ryan D Bradley, Alka M Kanaya. Abstract P282: A Simple Clinical Scoring System Using Readily Available Clinical Measures for Prediction of Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Evidence From the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Circulation 2020. PMID:


  83. Glaser J, Nouri S, Fernandez A, Sudore RL, Schillinger D, Klein-Fedyshin M, Schenker Y. Interventions to Improve Patient Comprehension in Informed Consent for Medical and Surgical Procedures: An Updated Systematic Review. Medical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making 2020. PMID: 31948345


  84. Wheeler M, de Bourmont S, Paul-Emile K, Pfeffinger A, McMullen A, Critchfield JM, Fernandez A. Physician and Trainee Experiences With Patient Bias. JAMA internal medicine 2019. PMID: 31657839


  85. Khoong EC, Fernandez A. Language, culture and preventable readmissions: pragmatic, intervention studies needed. BMJ quality & safety 2019. PMID: 31401549


  86. Fernandez A, Chen V, Quan J, Martinez A, Flowers L, Aronson L. Evaluation of a Medical Student Research and Career Development Program to Increase Diversity in Academic Medicine. TO REMOVE 2019. PMID: 30998582


  87. Glaser J, Pfeffinger A, Quan J, Fernandez A. Medical Students' Perceptions of and Responses to Health Care Disparities During Clinical Clerkships. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2019. PMID: 30640262


  88. Schulson LB, Paasche-Orlow MK, Xuan Z, Fernandez A. Changes in Perceptions of Discrimination in Health Care in California, 2003 to 2017. TO REMOVE 2019. PMID: 31268540


  89. Khoong EC, Fernandez A. Unsound Evaluations of Medical Machine Translation Risk Patient Health and Confidentiality-Reply. Volume 179 of Issue 7. JAMA internal medicine 2019. PMID: 31260024


  90. LUIS A. RODRIGUEZ, PATRICK T. BRADSHAW, STEPHEN SHIBOSKI, ALICIA FERNANDEZ, ERIC VITTINGHOFF, DAVID M. HERRINGTON, JINGZHONG DING, ALKA M. KANAYA. 1527-P: Race/Ethnic-Specific Association between BMI and Incident Type 2 Diabetes (T2DM): Evidence from the Multiethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Diabetes 2019. PMID:


  91. LUIS A. RODRIGUEZ, PATRICK T. BRADSHAW, STEPHEN SHIBOSKI, ALICIA FERNANDEZ, DAVID M. HERRINGTON, JINGZHONG DING, ALKA M. KANAYA. 155-OR: Are the American Diabetes Association Screening Guidelines Appropriate for the Racial/Ethnically Diverse U.S. Population? Evidence from the Multiethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Diabetes 2019. PMID:


  92. Rodriquez EJ, Fernández A, Livaudais-Toman JC, Pérez-Stable EJ. How Does Acculturation Influence Smoking Behavior Among Latinos? The Role of Education and National Background. TO REMOVE 2019. PMID: 31057307


  93. Beck AL, Iturralde EM, Haya-Fisher J, Kim S, Keeton V, Fernandez A. Barriers and facilitators to healthy eating among low-income Latino adolescents. Appetite 2019. PMID: 30954634


  94. Khoong EC, Steinbrook E, Brown C, Fernandez A. Assessing the Use of Google Translate for Spanish and Chinese Translations of Emergency Department Discharge Instructions. JAMA internal medicine 2019. PMID: 30801626


  95. Lyles CR, Gupta R, Tieu L, Fernandez A. After-visit summaries in primary care: mixed methods results from a literature review and stakeholder interviews. Family practice 2018. PMID: 29846584


  96. Marpadga S, Fernandez A, Leung J, Tang A, Seligman H, Murphy EJ. Challenges and Successes with Food Resource Referrals for Food-Insecure Patients with Diabetes. The Permanente journal 2019. PMID: 30939269


  97. Erik J. Rodriquez, Alicia Fernández, Jennifer C. Livaudais-Toman, Eliseo J. Perez-Stable. How Does Acculturation Influence Smoking Behavior Among Latinos? The Role of Education and National Background Ethnicity and Disease 2019. PMID:


  98. Salgado MV, Coxson P, Konfino J, Penko J, Irazola VE, Gutiérrez L, Fernández A, Mejía R. Update of the cardiovascular disease policy model to predict cardiovascular events in Argentina. TO REMOVE 2019. PMID: 31829945


  99. Bergallo P, Castagnari V, Fernández A, Mejía R. Regulatory initiatives to reduce sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) in Latin America. PloS one 2018. PMID: 30339667


  100. Teherani A, Hauer KE, Fernandez A, King TE, Lucey C. How Small Differences in Assessed Clinical Performance Amplify to Large Differences in Grades and Awards: A Cascade With Serious Consequences for Students Underrepresented in Medicine. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2018. PMID: 29923892


  101. Fernandez A, Warton EM, Schillinger D, Moffet HH, Kruger J, Adler N, Karter AJ. Language barriers and LDL-C/SBP control among Latinos with diabetes. The American journal of managed care 2018. PMID: 30222919


  102. Paasche-Orlow MK, Schillinger D, Weiss BD, Bickmore T, Cabral H, Chang P, Bailey SC, Dewalt DA, Fernandez A, Fransen M, Leung A, McCaffery K, Meade CD, McCormack LA, Protheroe J, Parker R, Rothman R, Rubin D, Rudd R, Sørensen K, Von Wagner C, Wolf MS, Yin HS, Ownby RL. Health Literacy and Power. Health literacy research and practice 2018. PMID: 31294288


  103. Garcia ME, Ochoa-Frongia L, Moise N, Aguilera A, Fernandez A. Collaborative Care for Depression among Patients with Limited English Proficiency: a Systematic Review. Volume 33 of Issue 3. Journal of general internal medicine 2017. PMID: 29256085


  104. Fernandez A, Rodriguez RA. Consequences of Recent Anti-Immigration Policy-Reply. JAMA internal medicine 2017. PMID: 28973280


  105. Beck AL, Fernandez A, Rojina J, Cabana M. Randomized Controlled Trial of a Clinic-Based Intervention to Promote Healthy Beverage Consumption Among Latino Children. Volume 56 of Issue 9. Clinical pediatrics 2017. PMID: 28553726


  106. Mao AY, Willard-Grace R, Dubbin L, Aronson L, Fernandez A, Burke NJ, Finch J, Davis E. Perspectives of low-income chronically ill patients on complex care management. Families, systems & health : the journal of collaborative family healthcare 2017. PMID: 28447834


  107. Peek M, Lo B, Fernandez A. How Should Physicians Respond When Patients Distrust Them Because of Their Gender? AMA journal of ethics 2017. PMID: 28430566


  108. Fernández A, Rodriguez RA. Undocumented Immigrants and Access to Health Care. JAMA internal medicine 2017. PMID: 28166329


  109. Fernández A, Quan J, Moffet H, Parker MM, Schillinger D, Karter AJ. Adherence to Newly Prescribed Diabetes Medications Among Insured Latino and White Patients With Diabetes. JAMA internal medicine 2017. PMID: 28114642


  110. Parker MM, Fernández A, Moffet HH, Grant RW, Torreblanca A, Karter AJ. Association of Patient-Physician Language Concordance and Glycemic Control for Limited-English Proficiency Latinos With Type 2 Diabetes. JAMA internal medicine 2017. PMID: 28114680


  111. Konfino J, Fernandez A, Penko J, Mason A, Martinez E, Coxson P, Heller D, Moran A, Bibbins-Domingo K, Pérez-Stable EJ, Mejía R. Comparing Strategies for Lipid Lowering in Argentina: An Analysis from the CVD Policy Model-Argentina. Journal of general internal medicine 2016. PMID: 27853916


  112. Sánchez-Romero LM, Penko J, Coxson PG, Fernández A, Mason A, Moran AE, Ávila-Burgos L, Odden M, Barquera S, Bibbins-Domingo K. Projected Impact of Mexico's Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax Policy on Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease: A Modeling Study. PLoS medicine 2016. PMID: 27802278


  113. Chaufan C, Karter AJ, Moffet HH, Quan J, Parker MM, Kruger J, Schillinger D, Fernandez A. Identifying Spanish Language Competent Physicians: The Diabetes Study of Northern California (DISTANCE). Ethnicity & disease 2016. PMID: 27773981


  114. Young CA, Stookey J, Patel AI, Chan C, Evans J, Cohn K, Agana L, Yen IH, Fernandez A, Cabana MD. San Francisco childcare centers' preparedness in the prevention and management of asthma among preschool-aged children. Volume 53 of Issue 7. The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma 2016. PMID: 27164036


  115. Ngai KM, Grudzen CR, Lee R, Tong VY, Richardson LD, Fernandez A. The Association Between Limited English Proficiency and Unplanned Emergency Department Revisit Within 72 Hours. Annals of emergency medicine 2016. PMID: 27033142


  116. Paul-Emile K, Smith AK, Lo B, Fernández A. Dealing with Racist Patients. The New England journal of medicine 2016. PMID: 26933847


  117. Fernández A, Pérez-Stable EJ. ¿Doctor, habla español? Increasing the Supply and Quality of Language-Concordant Physicians for Spanish-Speaking Patients. Journal of general internal medicine 2015. PMID: 26209178


  118. Chaufan C, Fielding H, Chesla C, Fernandez A.. Research in the Sociology of Health Care "It's not the doctor - it's me." How self-blame obscures language and other structural barriers to diabetes care mong low-income Latinos with limited English Proficiency. 2015. PMID:


  119. Young CA, Chan C, Stookey J, Patel AI, Evans J, Cohn K, Agana L, Yen IH, Fernandez A, Cabana MD. Development of a Tool to Evaluate Asthma Preparedness and Management in Child-Care Centers. Volume 28 of Issue 2. Pediatric allergy, immunology, and pulmonology 2015. PMID: 26155370


  120. Jih J, Vittinghoff E, Fernandez A. Patient-physician language concordance and use of preventive care services among limited English proficient Latinos and Asians. Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974) 2015. PMID: 25729102


  121. Tang AS, Kruger JF, Quan J, Fernandez A. From admission to discharge: patterns of interpreter use among resident physicians caring for hospitalized patients with limited english proficiency. Journal of health care for the poor and underserved 2014. PMID: 25418242


  122. Seligman R, Mendenhall E, Valdovinos MD, Fernandez A, Jacobs EA. Self-care and Subjectivity among Mexican Diabetes Patients in the United States. Medical anthropology quarterly 2014. PMID: 24942832


  123. Gandhi M, Fernandez A, Stoff DM, Narahari S, Blank M, Fuchs J, Evans CH, Kahn JS, Johnson MO. Development and implementation of a workshop to enhance the effectiveness of mentors working with diverse mentees in HIV research. AIDS research and human retroviruses 2014. PMID: 24735004


  124. Iten AE, Jacobs EA, Lahiff M, Fernández A. Undocumented immigration status and diabetes care among Mexican immigrants in two immigration "sanctuary" areas. Journal of immigrant and minority health 2014. PMID: 23114690


  125. Naranjo DM, Jacobs EA, Fisher L, Hessler D, Fernandez A. Age and glycemic control among low-income Latinos. Journal of immigrant and minority health 2013. PMID: 22843322


  126. Hudson DL, Karter AJ, Fernandez A, Parker M, Adams AS, Schillinger D, Moffet HH, Zhou J, Adler NE. Differences in the clinical recognition of depression in diabetes patients: the Diabetes Study of Northern California (DISTANCE). The American journal of managed care 2013. PMID: 23781889


  127. Stern RJ, Fernandez A, Jacobs EA, Neilands TB, Weech-Maldonado R, Quan J, Carle A, Seligman HK. Advances in measuring culturally competent care: a confirmatory factor analysis of CAHPS-CC in a safety-net population. Medical care 2012. PMID: 22895231


  128. Slean GR, Jacobs EA, Lahiff M, Fisher L, Fernandez A. Aspects of culturally competent care are associated with less emotional burden among patients with diabetes. Medical care 2012. PMID: 22895234


  129. Fernandez A, Seligman H, Quan J, Stern RJ, Jacobs EA. Associations between aspects of culturally competent care and clinical outcomes among patients with diabetes. Medical care 2012. PMID: 22895235


  130. Seligman HK, Fernandez A, Stern RJ, Weech-Maldonado R, Quan J, Jacobs EA. Risk factors for reporting poor cultural competency among patients with diabetes in safety net clinics. Medical care 2012. PMID: 22895232


  131. Mendenhall E, Fernandez A, Adler N, Jacobs EA. Susto, coraje, and abuse: depression and beliefs about diabetes. Culture, medicine and psychiatry 2012. PMID: 22539060


  132. Schenker Y, Fernandez A, Kerr K, O'Riordan D, Pantilat SZ. Interpretation for discussions about end-of-life issues: results from a National Survey of Health Care Interpreters. Journal of palliative medicine 2012. PMID: 22788909


  133. Reuland DS, Ko LK, Fernandez A, Braswell LC, Pignone M. Testing a Spanish-language colorectal cancer screening decision aid in Latinos with limited English proficiency: results from a pre-post trial and four month follow-up survey. BMC medical informatics and decision making 2012. PMID: 22691191


  134. Lynch EB, Fernandez A, Lighthouse N, Mendenhall E, Jacobs E. Concepts of diabetes self-management in Mexican American and African American low-income patients with diabetes. Health education research 2012. PMID: 22641792


  135. Reuland DS, Slatt LM, Alemán MA, Fernandez A, Dewalt D. Effect of Spanish language immersion rotations on medical student Spanish fluency. Family medicine 2012. PMID: 22328477


  136. Seligman HK, Jacobs EA, López A, Tschann J, Fernandez A. Food insecurity and glycemic control among low-income patients with type 2 diabetes. Diabetes care 2011. PMID: 22210570


  137. Schenker Y, Smith AK, Arnold RM, Fernandez A. "Her husband doesn't speak much English": conducting a family meeting with an interpreter. Journal of palliative medicine 2011. PMID: 22107068


  138. Vijayaraghavan M, Jacobs EA, Seligman H, Fernandez A. The association between housing instability, food insecurity, and diabetes self-efficacy in low-income adults. Journal of health care for the poor and underserved 2011. PMID: 22080709


  139. Parker MM, Moffet HH, Schillinger D, Adler N, Fernandez A, Ciechanowski P, Karter AJ. Ethnic differences in appointment-keeping and implications for the patient-centered medical home--findings from the Diabetes Study of Northern California (DISTANCE). Health services research 2011. PMID: 22091785


  140. Seligman HK, Jacobs EA, Lopez A, Sarkar U, Tschann J, Fernandez A. Food insecurity and hypoglycemia among safety net patients with diabetes. Volume 171 of Issue 13. Archives of internal medicine 2011. PMID: 21747017


  141. Moffet HH, Parker MM, Sarkar U, Schillinger D, Fernandez A, Adler NE, Adams AS, Karter AJ. Adherence to laboratory test requests by patients with diabetes: the Diabetes Study of Northern California (DISTANCE). Volume 17 of Issue 5. The American journal of managed care 2011. PMID: 21718081


  142. Guendelman S, Fernandez A, Thornton D, Brindis C. Birthplace, language use, and body size among Mexican American women and men: findings from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 2001-2006. Journal of health care for the poor and underserved 2011. PMID: 21551936


  143. Rosenthal A, Wang F, Schillinger D, Pérez Stable EJ, Fernandez A. Accuracy of physician self-report of Spanish language proficiency. Journal of immigrant and minority health 2011. PMID: 20151191


  144. Wang S, Quan J, Kanaya AM, Fernandez A. Asian Americans and obesity in California: a protective effect of biculturalism. Journal of immigrant and minority health 2011. PMID: 21153765


  145. Fernandez A, Ettinger KM, Lo B. Case 34-2010: A woman with an incorrect operation. The New England journal of medicine 2011. PMID: 21366488


  146. Hauer KE, Fernandez A, Teherani A, Boscardin CK, Saba GW. Assessment of medical students' shared decision-making in standardized patient encounters. Journal of general internal medicine 2010. PMID: 21108048


  147. Fernandez A, Schillinger D, Warton EM, Adler N, Moffet HH, Schenker Y, Salgado MV, Ahmed A, Karter AJ. Language barriers, physician-patient language concordance, and glycemic control among insured Latinos with diabetes: the Diabetes Study of Northern California (DISTANCE). Journal of general internal medicine 2010. PMID: 20878497


  148. Fernandez A. Improving the quality of informed consent: it is not all about the risks. Annals of internal medicine 2010. PMID: 20820045


  149. Hauer KE, Boscardin C, Gesundheit N, Nevins A, Srinivasan M, Fernandez A. Impact of student ethnicity and patient-centredness on communication skills performance. Medical education 2010. PMID: 20636584


  150. Prakash S, Rodriguez RA, Austin PC, Saskin R, Fernandez A, Moist LM, O'Hare AM. Racial composition of residential areas associates with access to pre-ESRD nephrology care. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN 2010. PMID: 20558541


  151. Mendenhall E, Seligman RA, Fernandez A, Jacobs EA. Speaking through diabetes: Rethinking the significance of lay discourses on diabetes. Medical anthropology quarterly 2010. PMID: 20550094


  152. Ross PT, Wiley Cené C, Bussey-Jones J, Brown AF, Blackman D, Fernández A, Fernández L, Glick SB, Horowitz CR, Jacobs EA, Peek ME, Wilkerson L, Lypson ML. A strategy for improving health disparities education in medicine. Journal of general internal medicine 2010. PMID: 20352512


  153. Glick SB, Fernandez L, Irby DM, Harleman E, Fernandez A. Teaching about health care disparities in the clinical setting. Journal of general internal medicine 2010. PMID: 20352501


  154. Schenker Y, Fernandez A, Sudore R, Schillinger D. Interventions to improve patient comprehension in informed consent for medical and surgical procedures: a systematic review. Volume 31 of Issue 1. Medical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making 2010. PMID: 20357225


  155. Schenker Y, Karter AJ, Schillinger D, Warton EM, Adler NE, Moffet HH, Ahmed AT, Fernandez A. The impact of limited English proficiency and physician language concordance on reports of clinical interactions among patients with diabetes: the DISTANCE study. Patient education and counseling 2010. PMID: 20223615


  156. Fernandez A, Schenker Y. Time to establish national standards and certification for health care interpreters. Patient education and counseling 2010. PMID: 20117487


  157. Schenker Y, Fernandez A, Lo B. Placebo prescriptions are missed opportunities for doctor-patient communication. The American journal of bioethics : AJOB 2009. PMID: 20013500


  158. Reuland DS, Frasier PY, Olson MD, Slatt LM, Aleman MA, Fernandez A. Accuracy of self-assessed Spanish fluency in medical students. Teaching and learning in medicine 2009. PMID: 20183357


  159. Meyers K, Tang G, Fernandez A. Responding to the Language Challenge: Kaiser Permanente's Approach. The Permanente journal 2009. PMID: 20740094


  160. Diamond LC, Schenker Y, Curry L, Bradley EH, Fernandez A. Getting by: underuse of interpreters by resident physicians. Journal of general internal medicine 2008. PMID: 19089503


  161. Schenker Y, Lo B, Ettinger KM, Fernandez A. Navigating language barriers under difficult circumstances. Annals of internal medicine 2008. PMID: 18711157


  162. Grubbs V, Bibbins-Domingo K, Fernandez A, Chattopadhyay A, Bindman AB. Acute myocardial infarction length of stay and hospital mortality are not associated with language preference. Volume 23 of Issue 2. Journal of general internal medicine 2007. PMID: 18043984


  163. Smith WR, Betancourt JR, Wynia MK, Bussey-Jones J, Stone VE, Phillips CO, Fernandez A, Jacobs E, Bowles J. Recommendations for teaching about racial and ethnic disparities in health and health care. Annals of internal medicine 2007. PMID: 17975188


  164. Saha S, Fernandez A. Language barriers in health care. Journal of general internal medicine 2007. PMID: 17924172


  165. Saha S, Fernandez A, Perez-Stable E. Reducing language barriers and racial/ethnic disparities in health care: an investment in our future. Journal of general internal medicine 2007. PMID: 17896164


  166. Schenker Y, Wang F, Selig SJ, Ng R, Fernandez A. The impact of language barriers on documentation of informed consent at a hospital with on-site interpreter services. Journal of general internal medicine 2007. PMID: 17957414


  167. Bibbins-Domingo K, Fernandez A. BiDil for heart failure in black patients. Annals of internal medicine 2007. PMID: 17679712


  168. Fernandez A, Wang F, Braveman M, Finkas LK, Hauer KE. Impact of student ethnicity and primary childhood language on communication skill assessment in a clinical performance examination. Journal of general internal medicine 2007. PMID: 17558538


  169. Bibbins-Domingo K, Fernandez A. BiDil for heart failure in black patients: implications of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval. Annals of internal medicine 2007. PMID: 17200222


  170. Grubbs V, Chen AH, Bindman AB, Vittinghoff E, Fernandez A. Effect of awareness of language law on language access in the health care setting. Volume 21 of Issue 7. Journal of general internal medicine 2006. PMID: 16808766


  171. Saba GW, Wong ST, Schillinger D, Fernandez A, Somkin CP, Wilson CC, Grumbach K. Shared decision making and the experience of partnership in primary care. Annals of family medicine 2006. PMID: 16449397


  172. Wilson E, Chen AH, Grumbach K, Wang F, Fernandez A. Effects of limited English proficiency and physician language on health care comprehension. Journal of general internal medicine 2005. PMID: 16117746


  173. Bodenheimer T, Fernandez A. High and rising health care costs. Part 4: can costs be controlled while preserving quality? Annals of internal medicine 2005. PMID: 15998752


  174. Pletcher MJ, Fernandez A, May TA, Westphal JR, Gamez CA, Hersh DF, Gonzales R. Unintended consequences of a quality improvement program designed to improve treatment of alcohol withdrawal in hospitalized patients. Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety 2005. PMID: 15828598


  175. Fernandez A, Goldstein L. Primary care physicians who treat blacks and whites. The New England journal of medicine 2004. PMID: 15543658


  176. Fernandez A, Schillinger D, Grumbach K, Rosenthal A, Stewart AL, Wang F, Pérez-Stable EJ. Physician language ability and cultural competence. An exploratory study of communication with Spanish-speaking patients. Journal of general internal medicine 2004. PMID: 15009796


  177. Pontecorvo C, Mejía R, Aleman M, Vidal A, Majdalani MP, Fayanás R, Fernández A, Pérez Stable EJ. [Detection of domestic violence against women. Survey in a primary health care clinic]. Medicina 2004. PMID: 15637825


  178. Pignone M, Phillips CJ, Elasy TA, Fernandez A. Physicians' ability to predict the risk of coronary heart disease. BMC health services research 2003. PMID: 12857356


  179. Majdalani M, Mejia R, Fayanas R, Fernandez A, Perez-Stable EJ. Educacion Medica Residentes de primer ano de Medicina Interna: distribucion horaria de las tareas 2003. PMID:


  180. Fernandez A, Grumbach K, Vranizan K, Osmond DH, Bindman AB. Primary care physicians' experience with disease management programs. Journal of general internal medicine 2001. PMID: 11318911


  181. Fernandez A, Grumbach K, Goitein L, Vranizan K, Osmond DH, Bindman AB. Friend or foe? How primary care physicians perceive hospitalists. Archives of internal medicine 2000. PMID: 11041896


  182. Schillinger D, Wheeler M, Fernandez A. The populations and quality improvement seminar for medical residents. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2000. PMID: 10824850


  183. Mejia R, Aleman M, Férnandez A, Pérez Stable EJ. [Awareness and detection of domestic violence by clinical physicians]. Medicina 2000. PMID: 11188898


  184. Fernandez A and Goldschlager N. Heart Failure Anticoagulation in Patients with Heart Failure and Atrial Fibrillation 1997. PMID: