Justin Hernandez

Justin Hernandez is a hematologist-oncologist at an academic cancer center in Montgomery, Alabama, and writes about cancer care for Biology Insights. He earned a bachelor’s degree in biology from Unity Environmental University and his medical degree from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences before completing subspecialty fellowship training in hematology and medical oncology. In his clinical practice, he manages patients with acute leukemias, lymphomas, and rare hematologic disorders. Hernandez also serves as an investigator on early-phase oncology clinical trials, studying novel targeted therapies and monitoring treatment responses in patients with treatment-resistant malignancies to help expand standard therapeutic options.