Antonio Hernandez, MD

Dr. Hernandez is originally from El Paso, Texas. He did his training at UTMB Galveston to include a fellowship in critical care medicine and another in cardiothoracic anesthesiology.  He then moved to UTHSCSA where he was chief of anesthesiology critical care medicine and cardiothoracic anesthesiology. Dr. Hernandez joined the Sherwood lab and is focused on translating strategies for enhancing the innate immune function and trained immunity, from small animal models into the human subject.  He received a 4-year K08 award from NIH General Medical Sciences.