Locations and Appointments
Insurances Accepted
Before your appointment, please contact the doctor's office or your insurance provider to verify that your insurance is accepted. This list of insurances can change, and the insurance plans listed may not be accepted at all office locations for this provider.
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Medicare Managed Care
- HMO
- PPO
- POS
- EPO
- NY Signature
- Student Health
- Essential Plan
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Special Needs
- Medicare Managed Care
- PPO
- HMO
- Great West (National)
- EPO
- POS
- PPO
- Medicare Managed Care
- Select Care (Exchange)
- Vytra
- EPO
- Medicare Managed Care
- HMO
- PPO
- POS
- ConnectiCare
- Essential Plan
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Essential Plan
- PPO
- Medicare Managed Care
- HMO
- EPO
- Essential Plan
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Medicare Managed Care
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Leaf (Exchange)
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Medicare Managed Care
- Medicare Managed Care
- Local 1199
- MagnaCare
- Traditional Medicare
- Railroad
- Multiplan
- HMO
- Essential Plan
- Child/Family Health Plus
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Special Needs
- HMO
- POS
- PPO
- Empire Plan
- Compass (Exchange)
- Oxford Liberty
- Oxford Freedom
- Oxford HMO
- Medicare Managed Care
- Medicaid (Community Plan)
- SelectHealth
- Medicare Managed Care
- Special Needs
- Medicaid Managed Care
- Medicare Managed Care
- World Trade Center Health Plan
About Hilda Elena Fernandez, MD
Dr. Hilda Fernandez is a Transplant Nephrologist who is board certified in Pediatric and Adult Nephrology. She is the Medical Director of the Pediatric Kidney Transplant Program at NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital. Dr. Fernandez is a native Californian who trained at UCLA for Internal Medicine-Pediatric Combined Residency, followed by Pediatric Nephrology Fellowship. She then completed an adult Nephrology Fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania, followed by completion of her Masters of Science in Clinical Epidemiology. Dr. Fernandez subsequently moved to New York City to complete her Transplant Fellowship at NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital-Columbia University Irving Medical Center, and she has been a member of the faculty since 2015. Dr. Fernandez has research interests in kidney transplant outcomes. She is also an expert on the transition of care from pediatric to adult care practices.
Board Certifications
Specialties & Expertise
EDUCATION
- Residency: University of California at Los Angeles Medical Center
- Fellowship: University of California at Los Angeles Medical Center
- Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
- Internship: University of California at Los Angeles Medical Center
- Fellowship: Columbia University Medical Center
LEADERSHIP, TITLES & POSITIONS
- Assistant Professor of Medicine (in Pediatrics) at CUMC
- Medical Director, Pediatric Kidney Transplant Program
HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Columbia University Irving Medical Center
- NewYork-Presbyterian / Weill Cornell Medical Center
- NewYork-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital
- NewYork-Presbyterian Allen Hospital
- NewYork-Presbyterian Hudson Valley Hospital




