Fernanda Romero Hernandez, MD
RESIDENT
Surgery
School of Medicine

Following her graduation, she completed a one-year postgraduate research fellowship at the Experimental Surgery Department of Instituto Nacional de Nutrición Salvador Zubiran, where her research on esophageal motility disorders earned her the prestigious Bernardo Sepulveda Research Award in Mexico. She completed two years of general surgery residency at Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social in Monterrey before immigrating to the United States to pursue a career in academic surgery. In 2021, she joined the Hepatopancreaticobiliary (HPB) Research Group in the Division of Surgical Oncology at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). She has published several textbook chapters and has authored over 20 peer-reviewed publications. Beyond her professional achievements, she is an avid sports enthusiast, former soccer player, and founding member of the Celtic International women's soccer team in her middle school.

• Robotic transanal minimally invasive repair of a colorectal anastomosis leak-a video vignette.
  Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland 2024 Barnes K, Romero-Hernandez F, Nakamura Y, Sarin A
• Transanal excision of rectal lesions using the single port robotic platform: A video vignette.
  Colorectal disease : the official journal of the Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland 2023 Romero-Hernandez F, Wang JJ, Nakamura Y, Chern H, Sarin A
• A Novel Machine Learning Approach to Predict Textbook Outcome in Colectomy.
  Diseases of the colon and rectum 2023 Ashraf Ganjouei A, Romero-Hernandez F, Conroy PC, Miller PN, Calthorpe L, Wang JJ, Lin JJ, Feng J, Kirkwood KS, Alseidi A, Sarin A, Adam MA
• Inadequate Lymph Node Yield: An Inadequate Indication for Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Stage II Colon Cancer.
  Annals of surgery open : perspectives of surgical history, education, and clinical approaches 2023 Zambeli-Ljepovic A, Hoffman D, Barnes KE, Romero-Hernandez F, Ashraf Ganjouei A, Adam MA, Sarin A
• ASO Author Reflections: Machine Learning-Based Preoperative Prediction of Pancreatic Fistula after Pancreaticoduodenectomy.
  Annals of surgical oncology 2023 Ashraf Ganjouei A, Wang JJ, Romero-Hernandez F, Alseidi A, Adam MA
• A Machine Learning Approach to Predict Postoperative Pancreatic Fistula After Pancreaticoduodenectomy Using Only Preoperatively Known Data.
  Annals of surgical oncology 2023 Ashraf Ganjouei A, Romero-Hernandez F, Wang JJ, Casey M, Frye W, Hoffman D, Hirose K, Nakakura E, Corvera C, Maker AV, Kirkwood KS, Alseidi A, Adam MA
• Development and Validation of Prediction Models and Risk Calculators for Posthepatectomy Liver Failure and Postoperative Complications Using a Diverse International Cohort of Major Hepatectomies.
  Annals of surgery 2023 Wang JJ, Feng J, Gomes C, Calthorpe L, Ashraf Ganjouei A, Romero-Hernandez F, Benedetti Cacciaguerra A, Hibi T, Adam MA, Alseidi A, Abu Hilal M, Rashidian N, International Post-Hepatectomy Liver …
• National Practice Patterns in Malignant Peritoneal Mesothelioma: Updates in Management and Survival.
  Annals of surgical oncology 2023 Calthorpe L, Romero-Hernandez F, Casey M, Nunez M, Conroy PC, Hirose K, Kim A, Kirkwood K, Maker AV, Corvera C, Nakakura E, Alseidi A, Adam MA
• Hypertension Requiring Medication Use: a Silent Predictor of Poor Outcomes After Pancreaticoduodenectomy.
  Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract 2023 Lin JJ, Conroy PC, Romero-Hernandez F, Yilma M, Feng J, Hirose K, Nakakura E, Maker AV, Corvera C, Kirkwood K, Alseidi A, Adam MA
• Sofosbuvir plus glecaprevir/pibrentasvir as salvage therapy after liver transplantation in NS5A inhibitor-experienced patients. A case series.
  Gaceta medica de Mexico 2023 García-Juárez I, Alonzo-García C, Contreras AG, Romero-Hernández F, Servín-Rojas M, Fernández-Ramírez A, Ruiz I
• Contemporary Trends in Malignant Peritoneal Mesothelioma: Incidence and Survival in the United States.
  Cancers 2022 Calthorpe L, Romero-Hernandez F, Miller P, Conroy PC, Hirose K, Kim A, Kirkwood K, Nakakura E, Corvera C, Maker AV, Alseidi A, Adam MA
• Hand-Assisted Versus Pure Minimally-Invasive Distal Pancreatectomy: Is There a Downside to Lending a Hand?
  World journal of surgery 2022 Miller PN, Romero-Hernandez F, Conroy P, Calthorpe L, Yilma M, Mohamedaly S, Kelly YM, Feng J, Hirose K, Kirkwood K, Maker AV, Corvera C, Nakakura E, Alseidi A, Adam MA
• Minimally Invasive Distal Pancreatectomy Techniques: A Contemporary Analysis Exploring Trends, Similarities, and Differences to Open Surgery.
  Cancers 2022 Romero-Hernandez F, Mohamedaly S, Miller P, Rodriguez N, Calthorpe L, Conroy PC, Ganjouei AA, Hirose K, Maker AV, Nakakura E, Corvera C, Kirkwood KS, Alseidi A, Adam MA
• The job market for HPB surgeons: leadership perspectives on surgeon skillsets, training pathways, and hiring.
  HPB : the official journal of the International Hepato Pancreato Biliary Association 2022 Hughes D, Romero Hernandez F, Miller P, Warner S, Babicky M, Visser B, Alseidi A, AHPBA SWOT Taskforce
• AHPBA graduated fellows' assessments of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats facing fellowship training in HPB surgery: "HPB training excellence means volume, knowledge, and mentorship".
  HPB : the official journal of the International Hepato Pancreato Biliary Association 2022 Romero-Hernandez F, Miller P, Mora RV, Hughes D, Warner S, Alseidi A, Visser B, Babicky M, AHPBA SWOT Taskforce
• AHPBA senior leaders' assessments of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats facing fellowship training in HPB surgery: "We need to standardize our training experiences".
  HPB : the official journal of the International Hepato Pancreato Biliary Association 2022 Miller P, Romero-Hernandez F, Mora RV, Hughes D, Babicky M, Warner S, Alseidi A, Visser B, AHPBA SWOT Taskforce
• Role of Female Research at the Asociacion Mexicana de Cirugia General Annual Meeting: A Retrospective Analysis From 2013 to 2019.
  Frontiers in surgery 2022 Mejía-Fernández L, Romero-Hernández F, López-Ruiz A, Lopez-Verdugo F, Sanchez-Garcia J, Martinez-Ordaz JL, Moreno-Paquentin E, Lopez-Gavito E
• Long-Term Effectiveness of Polymerized-Type I Collagen Intra-Articular Injections in Patients with Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis: Clinical and Radiographic Evaluation in a Cohort Study.
  Advances in orthopedics 2020 Borja-Flores A, Macías-Hernández SI, Hernández-Molina G, Perez-Ortiz A, Reyes-Martínez E, Belzazar-Castillo de la Torre J, Ávila-Jiménez L, Vázquez-Bello MC, León-Mazón MA, Furuzawa-Carballeda J, …
• Esophagogastric junction outflow obstruction: Characterization of a new entity? Clinical, manometric, and neuroimmunological description.
  Neurogastroenterology and motility 2020 Furuzawa-Carballeda J, Coss-Adame E, Romero-Hernández F, Zúñiga J, Uribe-Uribe N, Aguilar-León D, Valdovinos MA, Núñez-Álvarez CA, Hernández-Ramírez DF, Olivares-Martínez E, Cruz-Lagunas A, López-…
• Hematological indices as indicators of silent inflammation in achalasia patients: A cross-sectional study.
  Medicine 2020 López-Verdugo F, Furuzawa-Carballeda J, Romero-Hernández F, Coss-Adame E, Valdovinos MA, Priego-Ranero A, Olvera-Prado H, Narváez-Chavez S, Peralta-Figueroa J, Torres-Villalobos G
• Gelatinase B/Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 as Innate Immune Effector Molecule in Achalasia.
  Clinical and translational gastroenterology 2018 Furuzawa-Carballeda J, Boon L, Torres-Villalobos G, Romero-Hernández F, Ugarte-Berzal E, Martens E, Vandooren J, Rybakin V, Coss-Adame E, Valdovinos M, Velazquez-Fernández D, Opdenakker G
• An original Eurasian haplotype, HLA-DRB1*14:54-DQB1*05:03, influences the susceptibility to idiopathic achalasia.
  PloS one 2018 Furuzawa-Carballeda J, Zuñiga J, Hernández-Zaragoza DI, Barquera R, Marques-García E, Jiménez-Alvarez L, Cruz-Lagunas A, Ramírez G, Regino NE, Espinosa-Soto R, Yunis EJ, Romero-Hernández F, Azamar-…
• Autoimmune comorbidity in achalasia patients.
  Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology 2018 Romero-Hernández F, Furuzawa-Carballeda J, Hernández-Molina G, Alejandro-Medrano E, Núñez-Álvarez CA, Hernández-Ramírez DF, Azamar-Llamas D, Olivares-Martínez E, Breña B, Palacios A, Valdovinos MA, …
• Dor Vs Toupet Fundoplication After Laparoscopic Heller Myotomy: Long-Term Randomized Controlled Trial Evaluated by High-Resolution Manometry.
  Journal of gastrointestinal surgery : official journal of the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract 2017 Torres-Villalobos G, Coss-Adame E, Furuzawa-Carballeda J, Romero-Hernández F, Blancas-Breña B, Torres-Landa S, Palacios-Ramírez A, Alejandro-Medrano E, Hernández-Ávila A, Flores-Najera A, Ávila …