Full Name
Ashley Fernandes
Position
Professor of Pediatrics, Director of Professionalism Competency, Director of Faculty Professionalism (Nationwide Children's Hospital)
Institution
The Ohio State University College of Medicine/Nationwide Children's Hospital
Bio
Ashley K. Fernandes, MD, PhD, is the Associate Director of the Center for Bioethics at The Ohio State University College of Medicine, and a Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. He is the Director of Competency for Professionalism at the Ohio State College of Medicine.
Dr. Fernandes received his MD from The Ohio State University, and graduate degrees in Philosophy from Johns Hopkins and Georgetown University, with a focus on bioethics. He currently directs ethics education for all pediatric residents at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. His scholarly interests include clinical pediatric ethics, the philosophy of medicine and medical professionalism, and Medicine and the Holocaust studies. He has presented his work at international and national forums, and is the author of scores of peer-reviewed publications and three book chapters. After 13 years practicing hospital pediatrics, he is now an academic primary care pediatrician.
Dr. Fernandes is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, an elected member of the AAP’s national Executive Committee on Bioethics, a member of the AOA Medical Honor Society, and a member of the Gold Humanism Honor Society, receiving the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine award twice—in 2020 and in 2010. In 2020, he was awarded The Ohio State University College of Medicine’s Professor of the Year Award, the highest teaching award bestowed by a graduating class.
Dr. Fernandes received his MD from The Ohio State University, and graduate degrees in Philosophy from Johns Hopkins and Georgetown University, with a focus on bioethics. He currently directs ethics education for all pediatric residents at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. His scholarly interests include clinical pediatric ethics, the philosophy of medicine and medical professionalism, and Medicine and the Holocaust studies. He has presented his work at international and national forums, and is the author of scores of peer-reviewed publications and three book chapters. After 13 years practicing hospital pediatrics, he is now an academic primary care pediatrician.
Dr. Fernandes is a Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, an elected member of the AAP’s national Executive Committee on Bioethics, a member of the AOA Medical Honor Society, and a member of the Gold Humanism Honor Society, receiving the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine award twice—in 2020 and in 2010. In 2020, he was awarded The Ohio State University College of Medicine’s Professor of the Year Award, the highest teaching award bestowed by a graduating class.
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