​Texas born and raised, NYC-trained Latina Regional and Acute Pain Specialist. Trauma Anesthesiologist at the busiest trauma center in the US with a special interest in point-of-care ultrasound use in the perioperative setting. Created the Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Fellowship training program at UTHealth in 2016. Transformed the Regional and Acute Pain Service at Memorial Hermann Hospital into a nationally renown inpatient pain management service. Dr. Hernandez is a distinguished educator that wins teaching awards yearly and publishes innovative techniques for inpatient acute cancer and traumatic pain management.  She is internationally known for point-of-care ultrasound and inpatient acute pain management. Most of her publications are on innovative ultrasound-guided techniques. Dr. Hernandez serves as a product feedback specialist for emerging medications and technology in the field of regional anesthesia, acute and transitional pain as well as diagnostic bedside ultrasound devices. She has given over 150 lectures all over the world and has chaired her own 4-day Diagnostic and Procedural Ultrasound Conference in Houston, Texas.