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Biography

Providing care to the underserved is one of Dr. Cari Hernandez’s passions. An internal medicine specialist, she is medical director and faculty advisor for the Chapman Compassionate Care for the Homeless clinic in downtown Orlando and also cares for patients at the Apopka farmworkers’ clinic. She has received multiple teaching and service honors from the UCF College of Medicine and the university, including UCF’s Women of Distinction, Women Making History, and Scholarship of Teaching and Learning awards. She is a graduate of the Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine® (ELAM) fellowship and the Dean’s Leadership Enhancement Program.

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