RolandAbelHernandezMD,JD, MPH

Adult Cardiac Surgery, Aortic Surgery, Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery, Cardiovascular Surgery

Cardiac Surgeon, Swedish Medical Center

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Office
1600 E Jefferson St
Ste 110
Seattle, WA 98122
Phone+1 206-320-7300

Fax+1 206-320-4698

UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine/UCLA Medical CenterFellowship, Thoracic Surgery, 2016 - 2018
Brigham and Women's HospitalResidency, Surgery, 2014 - 2016
Dartmouth-Hitchcock/Mary Hitchcock Memorial HospitalResidency, Surgery, 2009 - 2014
Harvard School of Public HealthMPH, 2014
University of Michigan Medical SchoolClass of 2009
St. Mary’s University School of LawJD, 2005
St. Mary's University, TexasBA, Philosophy & Sociology, Cum Laude, 2000

T.P. Almy Housestaff Teaching Award Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, 2013
Arnold P. Gold Foundation Humanism and Excellence in Teaching Award Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, 2012
Member, Gold Humanism Honor Society Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, 2012
Honorable Mention, Eagle Eye of Editorial Excellence University of Michigan Medical School, 2006
Blue Bird Auxiliary Scholarship Methodist Hospital, San Antonio, TX, 2005
Ferdinand and Ripley Schemm Scholarship University of Michigan Medical School, 2005
Health Careers Opportunity Program MCAT Preparatory Course Scholarship University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 2003
Minority Medical Education Program Scholarship Yale School of Medicine, 2003
Full-Tuition Scholarship Loyola New Orleans School of Law, 2000
Grey-Schnepp Scholarship St. Mary’s University, 1999
Hearst Scholarship St. Mary’s University, 1999
Andrew Cremer Guarantee Award St. Mary’s University, 1996
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PubMed

9 citations
Nontechnical skills training in cardiothoracic surgery: A pilot study.
Juka S. Kim, Roland A. Hernandez, Douglas S. Smink, Steven Yule, Nicholas Jackson
The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. 2021-02-04
7 citations
Center-Level Variation in Transplant Rates Following the Heart Allocation Policy Change.
Zachary Tran, Roland Hernandez, Josef Madrigal, Samuel T Kim, Arjun Verma
JAMA Cardiology. 2022-03-01
12 citations
Bacterial ecology of hospital workers' facial hair: a cross-sectional study
Elliot Wakeam, Roland A. Hernandez, D. Rivera Morales, Samuel R.G. Finlayson, Michael Klompas
The Journal of Hospital Infection. 2014-05-01

Journal Articles

The bacterial ecology of hospital workers facial hair: a cross sectional study
Wakeam E, Hernandez R, et al., J Hosp Infect., 5/1/2014

Books/Book Chapters

Emergency Surgery
Chapter: Abdominal trauma: operative and non-operative management.
Hernandez R, Giladi A, Cotton BEditors: Brooks, B. Cotton, N. Tai & P. Mahoney.Blackwell, Oxford2010

Abstracts/Posters

Variations in the Utilization of Life-Sustaining Treatments Following Major Surgery by Patient Race.
Hernandez RA, 9th Annual Academic Surgical Congress, San Diego, CA, 2/1/2014
Risk Stratification for Kidney Transplant Candidates.
Hernandez RA, Joseph E. Murray Lecture Research Symposium, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 11/1/2013
The Predictive Value of the Kidney Donor Profile Index on Graft and Patient Survival is Recipient Age Dependent.
Hernandez RA, Malek SK, Finlayson SRG, et al., J Am Coll Surg, 9/1/2013
A Composite Donor and Recipient Risk Factor Analysis Predicts Outcomes and Supports the Utilization of marginal Donor Organs in Patients with Higher Co-Morbidities.
Hernandez RA, World Transplant Congress, San Francisco, CA, 7/1/2013
A Prediction Tool to Assess the Probability of Deceased Donor Kidney Transplant.
Hernandez RA, World Transplant Congress, San Francisco, CA, 7/1/2013
The Predictive Value of the Kidney Donor Profile Index on Graft and Patient Survival is Recipient Age Dependent.
Hernandez RA, American College of Surgeons Annual Clinical Congress, Washington, DC, 1/1/2013
Race-based Disparity in Renal Transplantation: a Focus on U.S. Hispanics.
Hernandez RA, Joseph E. Murray Lecture Research Symposium, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 11/1/2012
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Doctor Removes More Than Half of 10-Pound Tumor from Bahamian Man’s FaceJanuary 29th, 2021