Dr. Adolfo Zacarias Fernandez Jr., MD

Dr. Fernandez practices at Davie Surgery - Ophthalmology - HOPD in Bermuda Run, North Carolina.

Dr. Fernandez's NPI, 1457336513, was assigned on December 13, 2005. Dr. Fernandez graduated from Duke University School of Medicine in 1997. Dr. Fernandez holds North Carolina license 200300597.

Dr. Fernandez's primary practice is Davie Surgery - Ophthalmology - HOPD, at 329 Nc Highway 801 N, Bermuda Run, NC 27006.

Dr. Fernandez's primary practice is Davie Surgery - Ophthalmology - HOPD in Bermuda Run, North Carolina. Dr. Fernandez is also affiliated with Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. The medical group on file is Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist.

Dmand AI tracks the electronic health record (EHR) system at each site where Dr. Fernandez practices, 2 sites in all. Vendor and product names are available with a free account.

Surgery is Dr. Fernandez's primary specialty in the NPI Registry, under taxonomy code 208600000X. Dr. Fernandez is licensed in North Carolina.

CMS data shows 28 Medicare services from Dr. Fernandez across 1 procedure code in 2024, all of them office visits, for 67 Medicare patients. Medicare paid $2,442 for them. Every service was in a facility, such as a hospital, rather than an office.

CMS counts 67 Medicare patients who saw Dr. Fernandez in 2024. The largest group is 65 to 74, with 31 patients. 75% of them have high blood pressure, and 75% have high cholesterol. Their average risk score is 1.67, where 1.00 is the Medicare average, so they are sicker than most Medicare patients.

Across all payers, Dmand AI patient panel data puts Dr. Fernandez's median patient age at 67, with 70% women.

In 2024, Dr. Fernandez wrote 100 Medicare Part D claims for 39 patients. 90% of them were for generic drugs. CMS names the drug for 14 of them, across 1 drug with 11 or more claims each, at $268 in total drug cost. In 2023, CMS named 14 claims across 1 drug.

Dr. Fernandez accepts Medicare assignment, so Medicare's approved amount is taken as full payment. CMS lists Dr. Fernandez as offering telehealth. CMS counts 14 procedures of hernia repair (minimally invasive) by Dr. Fernandez, more than 80% of the clinicians it reports for that procedure.

Hernia repair - groin (open): 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy for acid reflux: 1 to 10 procedures (CMS shows small counts as a range)

Dmand AI links 28 papers to Dr. Fernandez, published from 2011 to 2024. 2023 was the busiest year, with 4. The most frequent topics are Gastric Bypass, Obesity, Morbid and Gastrectomy. Dr. Fernandez has published most often in Ann Surg. Dr. Fernandez's most frequent co-authors are Jamy D. Ard, MD, Stephen S. McNatt, MD and Myron Sheavictor Powell, MD.

Dmand AI links Dr. Fernandez to 1 clinical trial. Conditions studied include Weight Loss and Body Weight Changes.

CMS Open Payments shows 59 general payments to Dr. Fernandez from 10 drug and device companies from 2016 to 2024. Education make up the largest share, 46% of the total. Intuitive Surgical, Inc. paid the most, $16,616.

Dr. Fernandez graduated from Duke University School of Medicine in 1997.