Dr. Fernandes is a Board certified Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon and holds added qualification in Head and Neck Oncology and Reconstructive Surgery.  He holds dual appointments in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and Surgical Oncology at the University of Florida College of Medicine - Jacksonville.  Currently, he serves as the Chief of Division of Head and Neck Surgery, Director of the Head and Neck/Microvascular Reconstructive Surgery fellowship and Associate Chairman of the Department of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery.   

He received his undergraduate degree in Biology from Boston University and   Doctorate in Dental Medicine from the Goldman School of Dental Medicine, also at Boston University. He is a graduate of the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine and completed residency training in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of Alabama at Birmingham as well.  Upon completion of his residency, he began a 2 year combined Head and Neck Oncology and Microvascular Surgery Fellowship at the University of Maryland College of Medicine.  Additionally He was a visiting fellow at the Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences in Kerala India. 

Dr. Fernandes currently serves as chair of the education committee of the International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons.  He has lectured extensively both nationally and internationally and has authored over 70 peer reviewed manuscripts in the areas of head and neck oncology and reconstructive surgery. He is the author of a textbook of local and regional flaps in head and neck surgery and co-editor of Oral Head and Neck Oncology and Reconstructive Surgery as well as an Atlas of Head and Neck Surgery.

Dr. Fernandes serves in multiple committees and boards of several surgical and medical societies.