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photo Carolyn Fernandes, MD

Infectious Diseases

Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine

Director, Outpatient ID Services, CCID

Director, Travel Health, Division of Infectious Diseases

Email: fernandescr@upmc.edu

Phone: 412-647-7228
Contact
Office: Falk Medical Building
3601 Fifth Avenue, 7th floor
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
 
Phone: 412-647-7228
Fax: 412-647-7951
E-mail: fernandescr@upmc.edu
Administrative Assistant:
Mary Ann Brown
Address: Falk Medical Bldg.
3601 Fifth Avenue, Suite 3A
Pittsburgh, PA 15221
Email: mab403@pitt.edu
Phone: 412-648-6273
Fax: 412-648-6399
Education and Training
Education
M.B.B.S., K.J.Somaiya Medical College, Mumbai, India, 2002
MD Internal Medicine, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Hospital, Mumbai, India, 2006
MD Internal Medicine, Crozer-Chester Medical Center, Upland, PA, 2010
Training
Internship, Crozer-Chester Medical Center, Upland, PA, 2008
Residency, Crozer-Chester Medical Center, Upland, PA, 2010
Infectious Diseases Fellowship, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, 2012
Research Interest
Dr. Fernandes' research involves travel-related infections, tuberculosis, and infections due to Staphylococcus aureus.
Clinical Interest
Dr. Fernandes is part of the General Infectious Diseases service at UPMC, treating patients with infections such as endocarditis, osteomyelitis and postoperative infections. Her special interest is in treating travel-related infections, tuberculosis and infections due to Staphylococcus aureus.
Educational Interest
Dr. Fernandes is involved in medical education for medical students at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, and residents and fellows at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Dr. Fernandes was chosen as the recipient of the ID Fellow's Faculty Teaching Award for 2021.
Notable Achievements
ID Fellow's Faculty Teaching Award, 2021

Division Websites

Cardiology

Endocrinology and Metabolism

Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

General Internal Medicine

Geriatric Medicine
Hematology/Oncology

Infectious Diseases

Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine

Renal-Electrolyte

Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology

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