Erik Orlando Fernandez y Garcia, M.D., M.P.H. for UC Davis Health

Erik Orlando Fernandez y Garcia, M.D., M.P.H.

Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics

Academic Coach, School of Medicine

Clinical Champion to Reduce Disparities, Population Health UC Davis Health

Erik Orlando Fernandez y Garcia is not currently accepting new patients. For assistance finding a UC Davis doctor, please call 800-2-UCDAVIS (800-282-3284).

Reviews

Specialties

Pediatrics General

Department

Pediatrics

Locations and Contact

Glassrock Building

Glassrock Building
2521 Stockton Blvd.
Sacramento, CA 95817

Get Directions

Additional Numbers

Clinic Phone

916-734-3112

Physician Referrals

800-4-UCDAVIS (800-482-3284)

Philosophy of Care

It is Dr. Fernandez y Garcia’s goal to address pediatric healthcare and health maintenance through the lens of family dynamics and Cultural Humility. He strives to form cooperative relationships with the parents of patients and their communities to ensure that his patient (the child) reaches his or her fullest potential.

He hopes to propagate this philosophy by teaching UC Davis pediatric residents at the General Pediatric Clinic and with our partners the Sacramento Native American Health Center and the Sacramento County Health Center. He also teaches UC Davis medical students in the "Transforming Education and Community Health for Medical Students" (TEACH-MS) program as an Academic Coach. He assists UC Davis Health in meeting its mission to maintain health equity as a Clinical Champion to Reduce Disparities in Population Health.

He also brings this philosophy of care to his research in pediatric-based intergenerational behavioral and mental healthcare.

Dr. Fernandez y Garcia is a Sacramento native who has come back to work in his community.

Clinical Interests

Dr. Fernandez y Garcia's clinical interests include pediatric health equity, pediatric asthma, pediatric nutrition, school performance, pediatric sports medicine, and intergenerational behavioral and mental health.

Research/Academic Interests

Dr. Fernandez y Garcia's research interests focus on developing pediatric setting-based interventions to improve parenting and pediatric behavioral and mental health; healthcare inequities rooted in social constructs such as socioeconomic status and race/ethnicity; and Cultural Humility-based education for medical students and resident physicians.

Dr. Fernandez y Garcia is also an Academic Coach for the School of Medicine. You can read more here: https://health.ucdavis.edu/mdprogram/Academic-Coaching/overview.html

Division

General Pediatrics

Center/Program Affiliation

Center for Healthcare Policy and Research
UC Davis Children's Hospital
UC Davis Medical Group

Undergraduate School

B.S., Biology/Spanish, St. Mary's College of California, Moraga CA 1995

Medical School

M.D., UCLA/Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles CA 1999

Other School

M.P.A., Health Services and Public Policy, UCLA, Los Angeles CA 2000

Internship

Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Oakland, Oakland CA 2000-2001

Residency

Pediatrics, Children's Hospital Oakland, Oakland CA 2001-2003

Fellowship

Multicultural Pediatric Health, Children's Hospital Oakland, Oakland CA 2003-2004

Recognition for Leadership on the Council of Medial Societies, National Hispanic Medical Society, 2013

Ambassador of Diversity-UC Davis Health System/School of Medicine, 2007

Faculty Teaching Award - UC Davis Pediatric Residency Program, 2006

Dr. Charles R. Drew Award - Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science’s highest award for exemplary combination of compassion and academic excellence over all years of training, 1999

Primary Care Research Award, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, 1999

Visit Pubmed for articles by Dr. Fernandez y Garcia: 

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Fernandez+y+Garcia+E&cauthor_id=17546451

Keeton VF, Bell JF, Gottlieb LM, Drake C, Pantell M, Hessler D, Wing H, Fernandez Y Garcia EO. Social Needs and Acculturation as Predictors of Emotional Problems and Perceived Stress Among Latinx Mothers with Low Income. J Immigr Minor Health. 2022 Nov 24:1–10. doi:10.1007/s10903-022-01430-9. Epub ahead of print. PMID:36422792.

Hawk BN, Timmer SG, Armendariz LAF, Boys DK, Urquiza AJ, Fernández Y Garcia E. Improving Children's Behavior in Seven Sessions: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Parent-Child Care (PC-CARE) for Children Aged 2-10 Years. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2022 Aug 11:1–14. doi:10.1007/s10578-022-01406-8. Epub ahead of print. PMID:35951209.

Fernandez y Garcia E. California Task Force on Maternal Mental Health.* A Report from the California Task Force on the Status of Maternal Mental Health Care: a catalyst for shifting statewide systems to improve care across California and beyond. 2017 Apr. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/56d5ca187da24ffed7378b40/t/5b40f84503ce641f98dbd329/1530984521889/Report-CATaskForce-7.18.pdf

Fernandez y Garcia E, Joseph J, Wilson MD, Hinton L, Simon G, Ludman E, Scott F, Kravitz RL. Pediatric-based intervention to motivate mothers to seek follow-up for depression screens: The Motivating Our Mothers (MOM) trial. Acad Pediatr. 2015 May-Jun;15(3):311-8. doi:10.1016/j.acap.2014.11.008. PMID:25906700.

Fernandez y Garcia E, Breslau J, Hansen R, Miller EM. Unintended Consequences: An Ethnographic Narrative Case-Series Exploring Language Recommendations for Bilingual Families of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders. J Med Speech Language Pathol. 2012 Jun;20(2):10-16.