Rohesh Joseph Fernando, MD
- Associate Professor, Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Anesthesiology (Winston-Salem)

Rohesh Joseph Fernando, MD
- Associate Professor, Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Anesthesiology (Winston-Salem)
- Education
- MD, Wake Forest University - Bowman Gray School of Medicine, 2011
- Internship
- Internal Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, 2012
- Residency
- Anesthesiology, Beth Israel Medical Center, 2015
- Fellowship
- Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 2016
- Board Certifications
- American Board of Anesthesiology, Anesthesiology
- Memberships
- American Society of Echocardiography
- American Society of Anesthesiologists
- Positions
- Associate Professor, Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Anesthesiology (Winston-Salem)
- Departments and Affiliations
- Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Anesthesiology (Winston-Salem)
Research
- The Year in Aortic Surgery: Selected Highlights from 2024. Fernando RJ, Coleman SR, Kothari P, Vanneman MW, Kimlinger M, Ochieng PO, Alghanem F, Sanders J, Augoustides JG. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2025 Jun;
- Postoperative Blindness Following Thymoma Resection Due to Iatrogenic Superior Vena Cava Syndrome. Zarka AN, Frogel J, Kogan A, Campos JH, Arora L, Augoustides JG, Fernando RJ. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2025 May;
- Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: A Better Pressor. Aparicio EER, Londono I, Sanchez G, Pizarro C, Salazar L, Dickstein M, Zaaqoq A, Mazzeffi M, Marchant BE, Fernando RJ. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2025 May;
- Perioperative Considerations for a Patient with Alpha-Gal Syndrome Undergoing Cardiac Surgery. Rinehart CD, Wang K, LoBue C, Augoustides JG, Patel SJ, Monette P, Zvara J, Ernst LR, Fernando RJ. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2025 Apr;
- Risk factors for administration of additional neuromuscular block reversal in adults undergoing general anaesthesia: a single centre retrospective case-control study. Vishneski SR, Saha AK, Tran LC, Fernando RJ, Acharya SK, Lee LK, Templeton LB, Brooks AK, Smith LD, Templeton TW. BMC Anesthesiol. 2025 Apr; 25(1):189.