Francisco Hernandez Mendez, MD, is bilingual in both English and Spanish. He received his medical degree from Universidad Autonoma of Guadalajara School of Medicine in Guadalajara, Mexico. He completed his residency in family medicine at Manati Medical Center Hospital in Manati, Puerto Rico. He completed the New York Medical College Fifth Pathway Program certification in 2008.

He is board certified by the American Board of Family Medicine and completed several rotations and internships at Mount Vernon General Hospital, Mount Vernon, New York (internal medicine, pediatrics, surgery, obstetrics/gynecology, and psychiatry), Marquette General Hospital, Marquette, Michigan, (Family Medicine), West Chester Medical Center, Valhalla, New York (Pediatrics).

Dr. Hernandez Mendez also completed a required infection control seminar and completed a required child abuse identification and reporting program both at New York Medical College. He has a certificate of completion in Dengue Virus Course training. He is also certified in CPR, ACLS, and PALCS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support). He has also completed a neonatal resuscitation program.

Dr. Hernandez Mendez is an associate member of the Alumni Association of New York Medical College and is a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians and Florida Academy of Family Physicians.

He is married and has a young daughter. He enjoys reading books, watching movies, traveling, exercising, and golf.