Medical School: Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University

Additional Degrees/Training: N/A

Value-Added Year: N/A

Fellowship: MIS/Bariatric Surgery

Why FAU:

I chose FAU because the residents were easy to get along with and most were actively engaged in scholarship.

Sample of Scholarship:

Edgar S. Fernandez MD, Angel Sanchez MD, Sasha Thiel MS3, Michael DeDonno PhD, Allison Ferris MD, "Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP): An Insight into HIV within the LGBTQ Community. In revision to AIDS Care.

Edgar S. Fernandez MD, Angel Sanchez MD, Sasha Thiel MS3, Marisha Philogene MS3, Michael DeDonno PhD, Allison Ferris MD, #InCtrl: the Impact of Sexual Education Programs on Today's Youth. In revision to the Journal of AIDS and Behavior.

Jeremy D. Kauffman, Cristen N. Litz, Sasha A. Thiel, Anh Thy H. Nguyen, Aaron Carey, Paul D. Danielson, Nicole M. Chandler, To scan or not to scan: overutilization of computed tomography for minor head injury.