She has over 20 years of experience in Molecular Pathology and implemented clinical NGS assays for the detection of somatic variants in cancer at Weill Cornell Medicine. Dr. Fernandes is involved in the training and education of molecular diagnosticians and has presented at several meetings and webinars nationally and internationally. She is an active member of several organizations including, Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) and American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC).