Carmelo A. Hernandez, MD
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Suite 600
Jane Woodruff Medical Building
171 Hospital Drive
Highlands, NC 28741
Main Office:
87 Medical Park Dr., Suite B
Brevard, NC 28712
(828) 884-8860
Board
certified by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
Dr. Hernandez
earned his medical degree from the Wright State School of Medicine
in Dayton, OH, in 1997, and performed his OB-GYN residency
at Bethesda Hospital in Cincinnati. Born in Guam, he graduated
from the
US Air Force Academy with a degree in aeronautical engineering
and served as an officer and pilot for eight years before entering
medical school. He has also undergone further training
at the International Society of Cosmetogynecology in Newark,
NJ, in
tumescent liposuction.
Since
2001, he has been in private practice with Sylvan Valley OB/GYN,
PA, in Brevard. He is a member of the medical staff of Transylvania
Community Hospital in Brevard, and now at Highlands-Cashiers
Hospital. He expanded his
practice to
Highlands in July of 2006 and now practices here
two days
each month.
He
sees both obstetrics and gynecology patients and performs surgery
both here and in Brevard. However, deliveries and inpatient
surgery are performed only in Brevard.