Dr. Hernando Jose Ortega M.D.
Preventative Medicine Specialist | Occupational Medicine
250 Kirknewton Street San Antonio TX, 78243About
Hernando Ortega is a preventative medicine specialist practicing in San Antonio, TX. Ortega specializes in the health of individuals, communities, and particular populations, focusing on how to protect and maintain health as well as prevent disease and dangers. As a preventative health specialist, Ortega participates in the planning and evaluation of health services, researches diseases in specific populations and helps manage health care organizations. Preventative medicine specialists can specialize further in aerospace medicine, occupational medicine, or public health and general preventive medicine.
Education and Training
Georgetown University in Washington DC 1986
Board Certification
Preventative MedicineAmerican Board of Preventative MedicineABPM
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