David J. Hernandez, M.D.

Assistant Professor
Department of Urology
USF College of Medicine

 

To schedule an appointment:

Office appointment: (813) 250-2213
Medical Concerns: (813) 974-2201
Fax: (813) 259-8906

Latest Publications

Sausville JE, Hernandez DJ, Argani P, Gearhart JP. Pediatric Renal Cell Carcinoma. J Pediatr Urol. 2009 Accepted for publication.

Hernandez DJ, Han M, Humphreys EB, Mangold LA, Taneja SS, Childs SJ, Bartsch G, Partin AW. Predicting the Outcome of Prostate Biopsy - Comparison of a Novel Logistic Regression-Based Model, the Prostate Cancer Risk Calculator and Prostate-Specific Antigen Alone. BJU Int. 2009 Mar; 103(5):609-14.

Hernandez DJ, Purves T, Gearhart JP. Complications of surgical reconstruction of the exstrophy-epispadias complex. J Pediatr Urol. 2008 Dec;4(6):460-6.

Hernandez DJ, Roberts WB, Miles-Thomas J, Magheli A, Saha S, Schaeffer EM, Racusen LC, Allaf ME. Can Ischemic Preconditioning Ameliorate Renal Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in a Single-Kidney Porcine Model? J Endourol. 2008 Nov;22(11):2531-6.

Zhao KH, Hernandez DJ, Han M, Humphreys EB, Mangold LA, Partin AW. External Validation of the UCSF-CAPRA Score. Urology. 2008 Aug;72(2):396-400.

Hernandez DJ, Nielsen ME, Han M, Trock BJ, Partin AW, Walsh PC, Epstein JI. Natural History of Pathologically Organ-Confined (pT2), Gleason ≤6 Prostate Cancer following Radical Prostatectomy. Urology. 2008 Jul;72(1):172-6.

 

Biography

Dr. David J. Hernandez joined the USF faculty in 2009 as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Urology based at Tampa General Hospital. A native of Tampa, Dr. Hernandez completed his Bachelor of Arts degree in Molecular Biology at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee and his MD at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. His General Surgery Internship, Urology residency and Research Fellowship in urologic oncology were at the Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Hernandez's areas of concentration include urologic oncology, prostate and renal malignancies, kidney stones and benign prostatic hypertrophy, as well as minimally invasive surgical treatment modalities. His interests include clinical outcomes research and resident education.

Areas of Interest

• Prostate cancer
• Kidney cancer
• Benign prostatic hypertrophy
• Testicular cancer
• Kidney stones
• General urological conditions

 

Clinic Procedures

• Cystoscopy transrectal prostate biopsy,
• Vasectomy
• Prostiva (transurethral needle ablation of prostate)

 

Education

• Urology Senior/Chief Resident, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
• Urology Research Fellow, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
• Urology Resident, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
• General Surgery Intern, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD
• M.D., Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
• B.A., Molecular Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

 

General Board Certification / SubSpecialty

• Urology

 

Research

• Cancer treatment outcomes
• Minimally invasive procedures