Adrian V. Hernandez, MD, PhD, FACC, FESC
Associate Professor of Comparative Effectiveness and Outcomes Research
Health Outcomes, Policy, and Evidence Synthesis (HOPES) Group
School of Pharmacy
University of Connecticut
69 North Eagleville Road, Unit 3092
Storrs, Connecticut 06269-3092
USA
Physician trained in internal medicine, clinical epidemiology and cardiovascular research, with extensive experience (15+ years) in design, analysis, and publication of observational studies, randomized clinical trials, and meta-analyses. Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and the European Society of Cardiology. As of December 2018, Dr. Hernandez has 163 peer-reviewed publications in Pubmed.
Currently focused on clinical outcomes research, systematic reviews and meta-analyses of cohort studies and randomized trials, with special attention to drug and device safety, and development of clinical practice guidelines using GRADE methodology. Topics of expertise in clinical research are cardiovascular diseases (acute coronary syndromes, heart failure, atrial fibrillation, diabetes, obesity, vascular/cardiac surgery), novel oral anticoagulants, venous thromboembolism, peri-operative medicine, obstructive sleep apnea, and HIV-associated infections.
Editor of the Cochrane Heart Group, Deputy Statistical Editor of the J Thor Cardiovasc Surg, and Academic Editor of PLoS One. He is reviewer for Heart, Ann Intern Med, CID, Int J Cardiol, Eur Heart J, JAMA Intern Med, J Clin Epidemiol, Diabetic Med, Cochrane Heart Group, J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, The Lancet, Thrombosis & Haemostasis, BMJ, Thrombosis J and Diabetologia.
Currently is Associate Professor of Comparative Effectiveness and Outcomes Research, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA; Research Professor at the School of Medicine, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas (UPC), Lima; and Adjunct Faculty of the Health Outcomes and Clinical Epidemiology Section, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.
Specialties: Epidemiology, Clinical Epidemiology, Cardiovascular Research Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses, Network meta-analyses, Outcomes Research, Comparative Effectiveness, Evidence-Based Medicine, Peer Review, Clinical Practice Guidelines, GRADE methodology.