LaparoscopicAppendectomy near Port Saint Lucie, FL

Biography: Milagros Fernandez, MD, is a board-certified general surgeon. After receiving her Bachelor of Science and Medical Degree from the University of Puerto Rico, Dr. Fernandez went on to complete a transplant surgery research fellowship at Auxilio Mutuo Hospital. She later returned to the University of Puerto Rico for a general surgery residency.A highly experienced clinician, Dr. Fernandez served as a general surgeon in San Juan, Puerto Rico for more than six years. She is fluent in English and Spanish.

Biography: Fred Howard, M.D., is board certified in general surgery and is known among his patients as jovial and approachable. He attended the University of Missouri Columbia, where he also completed his residency. A former pitcher for the Chicago White Sox, Dr. Howard practiced in Winter Haven before joining Heart of Florida Physician Group. Dr. Howard provides care for wound care patients and general surgery patients in the greater Lake Wales area. He treats patients with non-healing wounds in an outpatient setting at the Wound Care Center for Lake Wales Medical Center.