Dr. Richard Hernandez, MD

About Dr. Richard Hernandez

Dr. Hernandez joined the clinical staff at Affiliated Physicians in May of 2002. Prior to joining Affiliated Physicians, he earned his bachelors degree at NYU, and then his Medical Doctorate degree from UMDNJ. Dr. Hernandez completed a three-year residency in Internal Medicine at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan. His primary focus is providing high quality, comprehensive annual physical exams. Prior to Affiliated Physicians, Dr. Hernandez worked as an Emergency Room physician at Lenox Hill Hospital from 1991 until 2002. Some of Dr. Hernandez's patient comments: "Dr. Hernandez is caring, knowledgable and trustworthy!" "Dr. Hernandez has been most helpful in discussing my family (both sides) history of cancers and steps to be aware of and prevent further onsets within my immediate family. His expertise and "human" approach to my care has been second-to-none." "I have been seeing Dr. Hernandez on an annual basis for approx 5 years now. As I age and typical medical issues arise, Dr. Hernandez has proven to be an excellent mentor for health improvement. His is persistent with his recommendations, readily shares up-to-date medical findings regarding life extension and communicates it all at a level that I can understand."