Rui P Fernandes, MD, DMD, FACS, FRCS
Professor; Associate Chair, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery; Chief, Division of Head and Neck Surgery; Program Director, Head and Neck Oncologic Surgery and Microvascular Fellowship; Director, UF Center for Reconstructive Surgery; Co-Director
About Rui P Fernandes
Rui Fernandes, M.D., D.M.D., FACS, FRCS, is a University of Florida professor of oral and maxillofacial surgery and a board-certified oral and maxillofacial surgeon at UF Health Jacksonville. He also serves as associate chair of the UF Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery in Jacksonville, chief of the Division of Head and Neck Surgery, and program director of the Head and Neck Oncologic Surgery and Microvascular Fellowship. He is also director of the UF Center for Reconstructive Surgery, and co-director of the UF Health Skull Base Surgery Program.
Dr. Fernandes specializes in head and neck cancer, oral cancer, salivary gland pathology, jaw tumors, microvascular reconstructive surgery, and thyroid and parathyroid surgery. He received his dental degree from the Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine in Boston, Massachusetts, and his medical degree from the University of Alabama School of Medicine in Birmingham, Alabama. He completed his residency in oral and maxillofacial surgery at University of Alabama Hospital, as well as fellowship training in maxillofacial oncology and reconstructive surgery at the University of Maryland James L. Kernan Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland.
Accomplishments
Teaching Profile
Board Certifications
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Oral and Maxillofacial SurgeryAmerican Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
Clinical Profile
- Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery
- Anaplastic thyroid cancer
- Basal cell skin cancer
- Facial trauma
- Head and Neck Cancer
- Head and face reconstruction
- Laryngectomy
- Melanoma
- Oral cancer
- Oropharyngeal Cancer
- Parathyroid cancer
- Parathyroid gland removal
- Salivary gland tumors
- Skin Cancer
- Squamous cell skin cancer
- Throat or larynx cancer
- Thyroid cancer
- Thyroid cancer – medullary carcinoma
- Thyroid cancer – papillary carcinoma
- Thyroid gland removal
Research Profile
- Clinical outcomes studies
- Health Disparities
Publications
Grants
Education
Contact Details
- Business:
- rui.fernandes@jax.ufl.edu
- Business Mailing:
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653 W 8TH ST
DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY/OMFS
JACKSONVILLE FL 322096511 - Business Street:
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653 WEST 8TH ST
DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY/OMFS
JACKSONVILLE FL 322096511