
Fernando E Vilella-Hernandez, MD
Hip Orthopedic SurgeryKnee Orthopedic SurgeryHip and Knee Orthopedic SurgeryOrthopedic Surgery
Highlights
Age Groups Seen
- Young Adults (ages 19-26)
- Adults
- Geriatrics (ages 70+)
Languages
- English
- Spanish
About Fernando E Vilella-Hernandez
Roles
Division Chief for Trauma
Areas of Expertise
• General Orthopaedics
Locations
- 8932 Southwest 97th Avenue, Miami, FL 33176
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- phone: 305-243-3000
- 1321 Northwest 14th Street, Suite 306, Miami, FL 33125
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- phone: 305-243-3000
Expertise
Education
- Fellowship: Temple University School of Medicine, Orthopaedic Surgery, 2007
- Residency: University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, Orthopaedic Surgery, 2006
- Internship: University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, Orthopaedic Surgery, 2000
- Medical School: University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, Orthopaedic Surgery, 1999
Insurance
- Aetna - WC
- Aetna Affiliates/Signature Adm. (ASA)
- Aetna Behavioral Health
- Aetna Elect Choice (EPO)
- Aetna-FL Healthy Kids
- Aetna-HMO
- Aetna-Medicaid HMO
- Aetna-Medicare HMO
- Aetna-Medicare PPO
- Aetna-POS
- Aetna-PPO
- Aetna-UM Employee-HMO 1
- Aetna-UM Employee-HMO 2
- Aetna-UM Employee-POS HRA
- Aetna/Coventry - Institutes of Excellence (IOE)
- Amerigroup-FL Healthy Kids
- Amerigroup-Medicaid HMO
- Argus Vision
- AvMed Choice
- AvMed-HMO/POS
- AvMed-MDC and JHS Groups
- AvMed-Medicare HMO
- AXIS
- BCBS Blue Options-Network Blue-PPO
- BCBS BlueCare-HealthOptions HMO
- BCBS BlueChoice PPC-PPO
- BCBS Miami Dade Blue-PPO
- BCBS of FL - except "SELECT" Plans
- BCBS of FL (Commercial plans exclude HIX Select)
- BCBS Traditional-PHS-PPO
- Beacon Health (FKA ValueOption)
- Beech Street-PPO
- Broward Health Medical Center
- CarePlus-Medicare HMO
- Catholic Hospice
- CCP-CMS Title XIX (Medicaid Enrolled in South Florida)
- CCP-CMS Title XXI (Non-Medicaid Enrolled in South Florida)
- CCP-MMA (Broward County residents)
- Charlotte County Sheriff's Office-PPO
- Cigna Affiliates
- Cigna Behavioral Health
- Cigna Dental-HMO and PPO
- Cigna Life Source (Intracorp is part of Cigna Lifesource)
- Cigna Shared Administration
- Cigna-EPO
- Cigna-HMO
- Cigna-MDCPS Jackson Sr. High
- Cigna-POS
- Cigna-PPO
- Clear Health Alliance-SNP Medicaid HMO
- CompCare (Comprehensive Behavioral Care)
- Concordia Behavioral Health
- CorVel - WC
- Coventry First Health - WC
- Coventry Health Care of FL (HIP)-HMO/POS
- Coventry Health Care of FL (HIP)-PPO
- Coventry Health Plan of FL (Foundation)-HMO
- Coventry Health Plan of FL (Foundation)-POS
- Coventry National-PPO
- Coventry Summit-Medicare HMO
- Coventry Vista-Medicare HMO
- Coventry-First Health-PPO
- Delta Dental-PPO
- DentaQuest (ADI)
- DIKLA
- Dimension - WC
- Dimension Plus-PPO
- EHN - PPO
- EQUIAN (fka Health Systems International)
- Europe Assistance/Global Corporate Solutions
- eyeQuest
- FCCI - WC
- Florida Healthcare Plan (Affiliate of BCBSFL)
- Florida PACE (FPC)
- Freedom Health-Medicaid HMO
- Freedom Health-Medicare HMO
- Gallagher Bassett - WC (MDCPS & FCSRMC)
- Global Excel Mgt PPO
- Global Health Claims Services
- Great West (Cigna)-HMO/POS
- Guardian Life PPO
- HAA Preferred Partners
- Health First Health-HMO/POS
- Health First Health-Medicare HMO
- Health First Health-PPO
- Health Net Veterans Choice HMO
- Heritage Summit Healthcare - WC
- Humana - HUMx
- Humana Behavioral Health (fka LifeSynch)
- Humana Dental/CompBenefits/OHS
- Humana National Transplant
- Humana-EPO
- Humana-HMO
- Humana-Medicaid HMO
- Humana-Medicare HMO
- Humana-PPO
- Humana-Premier
- iCare Health Solutions
- Interlink Health Services
- International Kids Fund (IKF)
- League Medical Concepts-Federal Inmates
- Life Trac
- Magellan Behavioral Health
- Magellan Complete Care-SNP Medicaid HMO
- MDAbroad
- Medica-Medicare HMO
- Medical Development In't (MDI)-Federal Inmates
- Medicus
- Metlife Dental-PPO
- MHNet Behavioral Network
- Molina
- Molina - Market Place
- Molina-Medicaid HMO
- Molina-Medicare HMO
- Morgan White International
- MultiPlan-PPO
- Naphcare (Federal Prisoners)
- National Healthcare Solutions Inc.
- Neighborhood HealthPlan-HMO/POS
- Neighborhood HealthPlan-PPO
- North Broward Hospital District-PPO
- Olympus Managed Healthcare
- Optum
- Positive Healthcare-SNP Medicaid HMO
- Positive Healthcare-SNP Medicare HMO
- Prestige Health Choice-Medicaid HMO
- Prime Health Services - WC
- Quality Health Management
- Religious Order of Jehovah's Witnesses-PPO
- Rockport Healthcare Group - WC
- Royal Caribbean Cruises-PPO
- Sanus Health Corporation
- Simply Healthcare-Medicaid HMO
- Solstice Dental-HMO and PPO
- Start Healthcare Network
- Sunshine
- Sunshine - AMBETTER
- Sunshine-Healthy Kids HMO
- Sunshine-Medicaid HMO
- Sunshine-Medicare HMO
- Tricare South Prime-HMO
- Tricare South Standard-PPO
- United Behavioral Health (UBH)
- UnitedHealthcare Affiliates
- UnitedHealthcare-Healthy Kids HMO
- UnitedHealthcare-HMO/POS
- UnitedHealthcare-Medicaid HMO
- UnitedHealthcare-Medicare Nursing Home Plan
- UnitedHealthcare-PPO
- University of Miami Athletic Dept-PPO
- VUMI
- Wellcare/Staywell-Healthy Kids HMO
- Wellcare/Staywell-Medicaid HMO
- Wexford Health-State Inmates
- Worldwide Managed Care
Ratings & Reviews
4.9 out of 5
404 ratings, 62 reviewsUHealth is committed to being transparent with our patients and community. To achieve this, we include positive and negative comments from the care provider section of the medical practice survey. All ratings and comments are submitted by patients who have experienced outpatient care with our providers. Comments are carefully reviewed to ensure that each one accurately reflects the patient's perception of the care they received.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 2/23/2026
Muy buena
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 2/21/2026
Muy buena.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 2/19/2026
Proffesional, Caring, listens and explains well.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 2/14/2026
Magnífica atencion
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 2/12/2026
When I loose some weight and don't feel scared I will do my knee surgery there if that the only option
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 2/7/2026
It was a pleasure to meet Dr. Vilella.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 1/26/2026
Everything went great and I loved it!!!
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 1/25/2026
Dr. Fernando Vilella Hernandez is the best!
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 1/15/2026
When Ibmake up my mind for the knees surgery I will let him do the surgery
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 12/27/2025
Excelente
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 11/29/2025
Best Doctor
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 11/22/2025
Excellent
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 10/26/2025
I will never go anywhere else to do a test.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 10/23/2025
Very attentive and knowledgeable
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 10/4/2025
Excelente
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 9/13/2025
Again, it is the distance from my home.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 9/13/2025
Very good.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 9/9/2025
Dr was very knowledgeable courteous and very soft spoken and know his practice in a very great way thanks
- 4 out of 5 starsReviewed on 8/30/2025
Courtesy and respect 🙏
- 4 out of 5 starsReviewed on 8/30/2025
Good experience
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 8/16/2025
Dr. Vilella is the best!! Great dtaff and envinroment, highly recomended🙏
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 8/16/2025
Excellent 100%
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 8/7/2025
I now look forward to going to the doctors again because they made me feel like I matter and not just another body.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 8/3/2025
Dr. V has wonderful bedside manners. He is very thorough and does not beat around the bush. He tells it like it is.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 7/12/2025
I feel so blessed to have the opportunity to meet Dr Vilella and all the other amazing people 🙏🙏❤️👏🏻👏🏻 Thank you for taking care of me 🙏🙏👏🏻🙌
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 6/24/2025
Satisfacción
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 6/10/2025
Spent time answering questions and made me feel at ease.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 5/18/2025
Wouldn't want to go anywhere else.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 5/17/2025
Very satisfied with my overall visit everyone was courteous and professional
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 5/11/2025
Todo exelente
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 5/3/2025
He is thorough, engaging and complete.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 3/19/2025
The learned orthopedic surgeon Fernando Vilella-Hernandez was very professional, got a good doctor-patient relationship and provided me with the risk benefit of the therapeutic procedure.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 3/6/2025
Excellent
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 3/6/2025
Dr Hernandez-Vilella and team are the best! I strongly recommend him.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 2/25/2025
Perfect
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 1/21/2025
Dr was very helpful.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 1/14/2025
Excellent
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 1/14/2025
Very good
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 1/2/2025
Good
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 12/23/2024
Excellent Doctor
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 12/17/2024
Dr. Fernando Vilella-Hernandez is my favorite doctor of all time
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 12/14/2024
I was treated with excellent care. I felt like a family member, not just a patient.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 12/13/2024
Excellent
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 12/12/2024
My recommendation is Excellent.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 10/31/2024
Dr. Vilella Hernandez is the best. He is kind, warm and gentle. He explains everything in a manner that is easy to understand. Having a scribe allows him to spend more time with patients.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 10/22/2024
I love my new doctor
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 10/16/2024
Everything has been excellent
- 4 out of 5 starsReviewed on 9/10/2024
Good
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 9/10/2024
Good
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 9/4/2024
Fernando Vilella MD is the best in every way. But we all know that already.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 8/13/2024
Very Good
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 8/10/2024
Exelente todos muy amable
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 8/8/2024
been very professional all the time , the also very profesiional really I have no complain at all.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 7/21/2024
Dr. Vilella listened to me, asked if there were questions, and was open to answering questions I had afterwards. I am very satisfied!
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 7/9/2024
Dr. Vilella-Hernandez is very professional, patient and kind.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 6/12/2024
Dr Vilella Hernandez is very knowledgeable, friendly, explained my condition and options very detailed without any rushing me to make a decision. He performed a knee reconstruction surgery to my husband years ago with excellent results. I'm on the best hands to perform my knee replacement.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 5/18/2024
Very well
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 5/10/2024
Excellent Care
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 5/7/2024
Good
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 5/3/2024
An exceptionally positive experience. I felt I was in competent hands. All questions were answered quite honestly, compassionately giving me a positive feeling.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 4/30/2024
Excellent