R. Nick Hernandez, MD

Neurosurgery

4.4 with 100 ratings

Sees patients age 18 and up

R. Nick Hernandez, MD

Neurosurgery

4.4 with 100 ratings

Sees patients age 18 and up

Dr. Hernandez is a Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health physician.

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Meet Dr. Hernandez

Clinical expertise includes: Asleep Deep Brain Stimulation, Awake Deep Brain Stimulation, Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) and Deep Brain Stimulation for Dystonia.

Abnormal Vertebrae
Absent Vertebrae
Accessory Nerve Injury
Acoustic Neurofibromatosis
Acoustic Neuroma (Vestibular Schwannoma)
Acoustic Neuroma Removal
Acromegaly
Anaplastic Astrocytoma
Anaplastic Ependymoma
Anaplastic Mixed Glioma
Anaplastic Oligoastrocytoma
Aneurysms
Ankylosing Spondylitis
Anterior Vertebral Body Tethering
Aqueductal Stenosis
Arachnoid Cyst
Arnold Chiari Malformation
Arterial Malformation of the Brain
Arteriovenous Malformations (AVM)
Artificial Disc Replacement Surgery in the Cervical Spine
Artificial Disc Replacement Surgery in the Lumbar Spine
Asleep Deep Brain Stimulation
Astrocytic Cancer
Astrocytoma Tumors
Auditory Brainstem Implant
AVM Embolization
Awake Craniotomy (Awake Brain Surgery)
Awake Deep Brain Stimulation
Back Pain
Back Spinal Tumor
Back Spine Injury (Lumbar Spine Injury)
Back Surgery
Berry Aneurysm
Biological Enhancement of Spinal Fusion
Biopsy of the Brain
Biopsy of the Skull
Bone Cyst
Bone Growth Stimulator
Bone Tumors
Brachial Nerve Tumor
Brachial Plexus Injury
Brain Aneurysm (Cerebral Aneurysm)
Brain Aneurysm Clipping
Brain Cancer Genomics
Brain Laceration
Brain Metastasis
Brain Surgery
Brain Tumor
Brain Tumor Bleeding
Broken Coccyx
Bulging Disc
Burr Hole
Bypass Neurosurgery (Cerebrovascular Bypass Surgery)
Carotid Artery Disease
Cauda Equina Syndrome
Cavernous Malformation (Cavernoma)
Cavernous Sinus Thrombosis
Central Nervous System Tumors
Central Venous Stenosis
Cerebellar Tumor
Cerebral Angiogram
Cerebral Angiogram with Aneurysm Embolization
Cerebral Angiogram with Coiling
Cerebral Angiogram with Stenting
Cerebral Artery Bypass Surgery
Cerebral Cyst
Cerebral Decompression
Cerebral Edema
Cerebral Hernia
Cerebral Revascularization
Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) Leak
Cervical Arthritis
Cervical Bone Spur
Cervical Compression Fracture
Cervical Decompression
Cervical Deformity
Cervical Disc Degeneration
Cervical Disc Disease
Cervical Disc Displacement
Cervical Disc Herniation
Cervical Laminoplasty
Cervical Laminotomy
Cervical Radiculopathy
Cervical Revision Surgery
Cervical Spinal Stenosis
Cervical Steroid Injection
Chiari Decompression
Cholesteatoma
Chordoma
Choroid Plexus Tumor
Cingulotomy
Clivus Chondroma
Coccyx Injury
Colloid Cyst
Common Carotid Artery Embolization
Complex Spinal Deformities
Complex Spinal Surgery
Compression Fracture
Congenital Malformation of the Spine
Cordotomy
Corpus Callosotomy Surgery
Cortical Mapping
Cranial Nerve Disorders
Cranial Nerve Injuries
Cranial Nerve Palsy
Cranial Nerve Repair
Cranial Puncture
Craniectomy
Craniocele
Craniocervical Junction Surgery
Craniopharyngioma
Craniotomy
CSF Shunt Removal
Decompression Laminectomy
Decompression Median Nerve At Elbow
Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS)
Deep Brain Stimulation for Dystonia
Degenerative Spine Conditions
Disc Arthroplasty
Disc Replacement
Disc Surgery
Diskectomy
Dorsal Column Stimulator
Dural Arteriovenous Fistula
Dural Based Tumor
Dural Sinus Thrombosis
Dystonia
EGFR Translocation
Electrocorticography
Embryonal Cell Tumors of the Brain
Embryonal Tumors
Encephalocele Repair
Endodermal Sinus Tumor
Endonasal Transsphenoidal Approach
Endoscopic Endonasal Approach
Endoscopic Fusion
Endoscopic Neurosurgery
Endoscopic Third Ventriculostomy (ETV)
Ependymoma
Epidural Hematoma
Epidural Hemorrhage
Epidural Steroid Injection
Epilepsy
Epilepsy Surgery
Erdheim-Chester Disease
Essential Tremor
Evaluation for Epilepsy Surgery
Extradural Abscess
Extreme Lateral Interbody Fusion
Facet Injection
Facet Surgery
Facial Nerve Schwannoma
Facial Pain
Facial Spasm
Failed Back Surgery Syndrome (FBSS)
Fibrillary Astrocytoma
Flatback Syndrome Post Harrington Rods
Flow Diversion for Cerebral Aneurysms
Foot Drag
Gamma Knife
Gamma Knife Perfexion
Ganglioglioma Neurocytoma
Ganglioma
Ganglioneuroblastoma
Ganglioneurocytoma
Germ Cell Tumors
Germinoma
Glioblastoma
Glioma
Gliomatosis Cerebri
Gliosarcoma
Glomus Jugulare Tumor
Glossopharyngeal Neuralgia
Growing Rods
Head and Neck Osteoma
Head Reconstruction
Hemangioblastoma
Hemangiopericytoma
Hemispherectomy
Herniated Disc
Hydrocephalus
Hypothalamic Hamartoma
Image Guided Biopsy of the Spine
Injury of Optic Chiasm
Intracranial Abscess
Intracranial Arterial Bypass
Intracranial Arterial Occlusion
Intracranial Hemangioma
Intracranial Hemorrhage
Intracranial Hypotension
Intracranial Mass
Intraoperative MRI
Intraspinal Abscess
Intraventricular Endoscopy
Intraventricular Tumor
Junctional Kyphosis
Juvenile Nasopharyngeal Angiofibroma (JNA)
Kyphoplasty
Kyphosis
Laminectomy
Laminoplasty
Lateral Access Spine Surgery
Leptomeningeal Carcinomatosis
Leptomeningeal Disease
Lesion of Median Nerve
Lesion of Popliteal Nerve
Lesion of Posterior Tibial Nerve
Lesion of Sciatic Nerve
Lesion Removal Surgery (Lesionectomy)
Lhermitte-Duclos Disease
Lipomyelomeningocele
Lobectomy of Brain
Low Back Surgery
Lower Back Injuries
Lower Back Pain
Lumbar Drain
Lumbar Scoliosis
Lumbar Spinal Fracture
Lumbar Spinal Fusion
Lumbar Spinal Mass
Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
Lumbar Stress Fracture
Lumboperitoneal Shunt Placement
Lumbosacral Plexus Lesion
Lumbosacral Radiculopathy
Malignant Neoplasm of the Brain Stem
Malignant Neoplasm of the Cerebellum
Malignant Neoplasm of the Frontal Lobe
Malunion Fracture of the Spine
Medulloblastoma
Medulloepithelioma
Meningioma
Meningocele
Metastatic Brain Cancer (Secondary Brain Cancer)
Microdiscectomy
Microneurosurgery
Microsurgery
Microvascular Decompression
Microvascular Surgery
Minimally Invasive Partial Lumbar Discectomy
Minimally Invasive Spinal Fusion Surgery
Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery
Moyamoya Disease
Myelopathy
Myelopathy Surgery
Myxopapillary Ependymoma
Neck Fracture (Cervical Spine Fracture)
Neck Fusion Surgery (Cervical Fusion Surgery)
Neck Masses and Lumps
Neck Pain
Neck Surgery
Neck Tumor
Needle Biopsy of Brain
Needle Biopsy of Cerebral Meninges
Neoplasm of Brain Stem
Nerve Sheath Tumor
Neuroblastoma
Neurocutaneous Disorders
Neuroectodermal Tumor
Neuroendocrine Tumor
Neuroendoscopy
Neurofibromatosis
Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1)
Neurofibromatosis Type 2
Neurofibrosarcoma
Neurogenic Claudication
Neurointerventional Biplane Angiography System
Neuromuscular Scoliosis
Neuronal Glial Tumors
Nonruptured Cerebral Aneurysm
Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
Occipito-Cervical Fusion
Olfactory Neuroblastoma
Oligoastrocytoma
Oligodendroglioma
Open Biopsy of the Brain
Optic Nerve Decompression
Optic Nerve Glioma
Optic Nerve Sheath Meningioma
Optic Nerve Surgery
Orbital Nerve Decompression
Orbital Tumors
Osteoarthritis of the Spine
Paraganglioma
Parkinson's Disease
Parkinson's Surgery
Percutaneous Trigeminal Rhizotomy
Peripheral Nerve Disorders
Peripheral Nerve Surgery
Peripheral Nerve Tumor
Peripheral Schwannoma
Periventricular Lesion
Periventricular Mass
Personal History of Malignant Neoplasm of Brain
Petrous Apex Tumor
Pilocytic Astrocytoma
Pineal Gland Parenchymal Tumor
Pineal Tumor
Pineoblastoma
Pituitary Adenoma
Pituitary Surgery
Pituitary Tumor
Posterior Cervical Laminectomy and Fusion
Posterior Lumbar Laminectomy
Post-Laminectomy Kyphosis
Post-Laminectomy Syndrome
Primary Brain Tumor
Primary CNS Lymphoma
Prolactinoma
Radiculopathy
Rathke's Cleft Cysts
Repair of Brain
Resection of Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformation
Retinoblastoma
Revision of Spinal Surgery
Rhizotomy
Robotic Spine Surgery
Ruptured Brain Aneurysm
Ruptured Intervertebral Disc
Sacral Nerve Stimulation
Sacroiliac Joint Block
Sacroiliac Joint Fusion
Sacroiliac Joint Surgery
Scheuermann Disease
Schwannomatosis
Sciatica
Scoliosis
Scoliosis Surgery
Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy
Sinonasal Undifferentiated Carcinoma
Skull Base Approach
Skull Base Tumor
Skull Fracture
Spina Bifida
Spinal Abscess
Spinal Abscess Surgery
Spinal Cord Cancer
Spinal Cord Compression
Spinal Cord Diseases
Spinal Cord Stimulator
Spinal Cord Surgery
Spinal Cord Tumors
Spinal Cyst Removal
Spinal Deformity
Spinal Dural Graft
Spinal Embolization
Spinal Fracture
Spinal Fusion
Spinal Mass
Spinal Meningioma
Spinal Microsurgery
Spinal Reconstruction
Spinal Schwannoma
Spinal Stenosis
Spinal Tethering for Scoliosis
Spinal Tumor
Spine Deformity
Spine Deformity Correction Surgery
Spine Injury
Spine Stapling
Spondylectomy
Spondyloarthropathy
Spondylolisthesis
Spondylosis
Spondylosis Surgery
Spondylosis With Myelopathy
Spondylosyndesis
Spongioblastoma
Standard Transsphenoidal Approach
Stereoelectroencephalography (SEEG)
Stereotactic Brain Biopsy
Stereotactic Radiosurgery
Stereotactic Radiotherapy
Stroke (Cerebrovascular Accident)
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
Subcaudate Tractotomy
Subdural Hematoma (Subdural Hemorrhage)
Subdural Hemorrhage
Subependymal Giant Cell Astrocytoma
Subpial Transection
Superior Canal Dehiscence
Surgery for Sciatica
Surgery for Spasticity
Surgical Treatment of Myelopathy
Sympathectomy
Syringobulbia
Syringomyelia
Tarlov Cysts
Temporal Lobectomy (Temporal Lobe Resection)
Temporal Tumor
Tethered Spinal Cord
Thoracic Disc Herniation
Thoracic Laminectomy
Thoracic Spinal Fracture
Thoracic Spinal Fusion
Thoracic Spinal Injury
Thoracic Spinal Mass
Thoracic Spinal Stenosis
Thoracic Spinal Tumor
Topectomy
Transnasal Repair CSF Leak
Transpetrosal Approaches
Trigeminal Neuralgia (Nerve Pain)
Ulnar Nerve Decompression
Ulnar Nerve Surgery
Vagal Nerve Stimulator
Vagal Stimulation
Vascular Brain Tumor
Vascular Malformations of the Brain
Vascular Malformations of the Spine
Vein of Galen Malformation
Venous Malformation Brain
Ventricular Shunt
Ventriculocisternostomy
Ventriculoperitoneal (VP) Shunt Surgery
Ventriculostomy
Vertebrae Surgery
Vertebral Epiphysitis
Vertebral Fracture
Vertebral Stapling
Vertebroplasty
Visualase MRI-Guided Laser Ablation
X-Stop Surgery

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Board Certification

Neurological Surgery, 2023

Education and Training

Medical School: Jefferson Medical College
Residency: Rutgers New Jersey Medical School
Fellowship: NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center

Primary Location

LG Health Physicians NeuroScience & Spine Associates

Lancaster General Health Crooked Oak
1671 Crooked Oak Drive
Lancaster, PA 17601

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LG Health Physicians NeuroScience & Spine Associates Lebanon

1701 Cornwall Road
Lebanon, PA 17042

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Penn Medicine Hospital Privileges

Lancaster General Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.

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Cigna
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Gateway Health Plan
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Geisinger Medicaid
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Humana / Medicare
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PA Medicaid
PA Medicare
Preferred Health Care/PA Preferred Health Networks
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Significa Benefit Services (fka EHP)
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Recent Writings

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