Fernando Bermudez, MD, is the medical director of Eastside Endoscopy Center in Saint Clair Shores, Mich., and a physician financial executive at GI Medicine Associates.
Dr. Bermudez believes that GI centers and their physicians should develop a positive relationship with hospitals due to the fact that primary care physicians, who refer cases to gastroenterologists, are increasingly employed there.
"We have seen a significant number of PCPs employed by the hospitals," says Dr. Bermudez. "This gives the hospitals significant leverage in the referral pattern to specialists, and it is very important that specialists, including gastroenterologists, maintain a good relationship with the hospital and work more like a partner than a competitor."
Dr. Bermudez received his MD from Javeriana University in Bogota, Colombia. He completed his residency in internal medicine at St. John Hospital in Detroit and a fellowship in gastroenterology at Michael Reese Medical Center in Chicago.
Board certified in internal medicine and gastroenterology, Dr. Bermudez is a fellow of both the American College of Internal Medicine and American College of Gastroenterology. He is also a member of the American Gastroenterological Association and American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.
Dr. Bermudez previously served as the division head for the department of gastroenterology, the medical director of the endoscopy unit and the chairman of the endoscopy committee at St. John Hospital. He formerly taught at Wayne State University as a clinical assistant professor and served as medical director of the International Institute of Rural Reconstruction in Bogota, Colombia.
Dr. Bermudez believes that GI centers and their physicians should develop a positive relationship with hospitals due to the fact that primary care physicians, who refer cases to gastroenterologists, are increasingly employed there."We have seen a significant number of PCPs employed by the hospitals," says Dr. Bermudez. "This gives the hospitals significant leverage in the referral pattern to specialists, and it is very important that specialists, including gastroenterologists, maintain a good relationship with the hospital and work more like a partner than a competitor."
Dr. Bermudez received his MD from Javeriana University in Bogota, Colombia. He completed his residency in internal medicine at St. John Hospital in Detroit and a fellowship in gastroenterology at Michael Reese Medical Center in Chicago.
Board certified in internal medicine and gastroenterology, Dr. Bermudez is a fellow of both the American College of Internal Medicine and American College of Gastroenterology. He is also a member of the American Gastroenterological Association and American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.
Dr. Bermudez previously served as the division head for the department of gastroenterology, the medical director of the endoscopy unit and the chairman of the endoscopy committee at St. John Hospital. He formerly taught at Wayne State University as a clinical assistant professor and served as medical director of the International Institute of Rural Reconstruction in Bogota, Colombia.