Jeffrey Hernandez DNP, APRN, MSCN

Jeffrey Hernandez, DNP, AGNP, MSCN, has worked at the University of Miami’s Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Center of Excellence since 2010 when he started as a medical assistant. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from and became a registered nurse at Miami Dade College and went on to earn a Master of Science in Nursing degree with a focus on adult-gerontology primary care nursing from the University of Miami (UM). In 2020, he earned a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree from UM. Throughout the time spent earning his degrees, he continued to work at the UM MS clinic, moving from medical assistant to registered nurse to MS nurse practitioner and, finally, to supervisor of advanced practice providers.

At the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers (CMSC) annual meeting in 2023, Dr Hernandez gave a presentation as part of the Fundamentals of MS Care track. His presentation entitled Caring for Men With MS and the question-and-answer session afterward hit upon many topics that are currently being discussed in the MS community, such as the influence of sex, gender, and race on MS diagnosis, disease course, and care. He joined the International Journal of Multiple Sclerosis Care (IJMSC) to talk about his clinical practice and to provide insight into his particular patient population.