Experienced Physician Assistant and Professor -health science!

Rene H.

Rene’ is a Professor at Saginaw Valley State University. She holds National Certification and is a Michigan state licensed primary care Physician Assistant with special surgical recognition. She has over 30 years of experience in health care and educational areas. She has served on the Bureau of Health Professions PA Task Force for the State of Michigan and is a past Chair for the Diversity and Minority Affairs Committee for the Michigan Academy of PA’s (MAPA). She is currently a member of Dow Corporation’s Human Subject Review Board (HSRB) as well as an active member of the Michigan Academy of Physician Assistants and the American Academy of Physician Assistants.

She has lead disaster response medical groups to Hurricane Katrina in the United States, The Nepal Earthquakes and most recently, to Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas. She serves as an instructor for the National Disaster Life Support organization and is also an international medical clinician for the disaster response organization, Team Rubicon.

She has served on the Bureau of Health Professions PA Task Force for the State of Michigan and serves as Committee Chair for the Diversity and Minority Affairs Committee for the Michigan Academy of PA’s (MAPA). She is a member of Dow Corporation’s Human Subject Review Board (HSRB) and President of the Board of Trustees of Randy’s House, a nonprofit corporation that serves rehabilitated substance abusers. Dr Hernandez has a keen interest in health profession student study abroad opportunities and has participated in international student study abroad trips to Zambia, Botswana and Nepal annually since 2012.