Penn Medicine Provider
Colon and Rectal Surgery
Paul Tarver Hernandez, MD
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Colon and Rectal Surgery University City
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About me

  • Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery

Education and training

  • Medical School: University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
  • Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  • Fellowship: NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Hernandez is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Hernandez P, O’Brien C, Concors SJ, Wang Z, Ge G, Hancock WW, Levine MH The selective estrogen receptor modulator, raloxifene, is protective against renal ischemia reperfusion injury , Transplantation, 106(11): 2022,2166-2171


Arenas DJ, Hernandez PT, Hwang J, Agarwal D, Warshauer AK, Holena DN Appendiceal mucinous neoplasm lesion in an inflamed appendix within an inguinal hernia. , Journal of Surgical Case Reports, 2022(6): 2022,rjab489


Hernandez PT, Paspulati RM, Shanmugan S Diagnosis of anastomotic leak , Clinics in Colon & Rectal Surgery, 34(6): 2021,391-399


Aufhauser D, Hernandez P, Concors S, O’Brien C, Wang Z, Murken D, Samantal A, Beier UH, Krumreich L, Bhatti TR, Wang Y, Ge G, Wang L, Cheraghlou S, Wagner FF, Holson EB, Kalin JH, Cole PA, Hancock WW, Levine MH HDAC2 targeting stabilizes the CoREST complex in renal tubular cells and protects against renal ischemia/reperfusion injury , Scientific Reports, 11(1): 2021,9018


Hernandez PT, Saur NM Mesenteric cysts , The Mesenteric Organ in Health and Disease: 2021,445–460


Concors SJ, Murken DR, Hernandez PT, Mahmoud NN, Paulson EC The volume–outcome relationship in robotic proctectomy: Does center volume matter? Results of a national cohort study , Surgical Endoscopy, 34(10): 2020,4472-4480


Murken DR, Straker R, Hernandez PT, Paulson EC, Bleier JI Sacral nerve stimulation for fecal incontinence: Can demographics and diagnosis predict success? Results of a retrospective chart review , Diseases of the Colon & Rectum, 63(6): 2020,e340


Hernandez PT, Straker RJ, Murken D, Paulson EC, Bleier JI Sacral nerve stimulation for treatment of fecal incontinence: Complication rates, and post-revision outcomes , Diseases of the Colon & Rectum, 63(6): 2020,e184


Alam Z, Devalaraja S, Li M, To T, Folkert I, Mitchell-Velasquez E, Dang M, Young P, Wilbur C, Silverman M, Li X, Chen Y, Hernandez P, Bhattacharyya A, Bhattacharya M, Levine MH, Haldar M Counter regulation of Spic by NF-ΚB and STAT signaling controls inflammation and iron metabolism in macrophages , Cell Reports, 31(13): 2020,107825


Beier UH, Hartung EA, Concors S, Hernandez PT, Wang Z, Perry C, Baur JA, Denburg MR, Hancock WW, Gade TP, Levine MH Tissue metabolic profiling shows that saccharopine accumulates during renal ischemic-reperfusion injury, while kynurenine and itaconate accumulate in renal allograft rejection , Metabolomics, 16(5): 2020,65