![A rendered image of the new hospital building at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland. The building is a rectangular, glassy building with seven stories.](/sites/default/files/styles/news_card__image/public/2024-07/bch-oakland-new-hospital-building-dover-extension.jpg)
Lorna Fernandes
Senior Public Information Representative
![Headshot, Lorna Fernandes.](/sites/default/files/styles/author_card__image/public/2019-04/fernandes-lorna_0.jpg)
Lorna Fernandes, senior public information representative at UCSF, manages media relations for UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals overall and is the point person for day-to-day media stories for UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland.
She has more than 25 years of experience in news reporting and communications, starting as a reporter at the LA Times, San Francisco Chronicle and San Francisco Business Times. After covering tech and business as a reporter, Lorna moved into communications for tech companies, including PeopleSoft, Oracle and Sybase. She went on to work with Brown & Toland and with Kaiser Permanente, before her previous position managing media relations for Alameda Health System. Lorna holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from San Francisco State University.
-
-
- Patient Care
-
Workforce Agreement Supports Local Labor for Oakland Hospital
-
- Patient Care
-
Joseph Papa Doesn’t Know ‘Quit,’ Even After 2 ACL Tears
-
- Patient Care
-
Teenage Patients Celebrate with Harry Potter-Themed Prom at UCSF
-
- Patient Care
-
For Children Specializing in One Sport – More Harm Than Good?
-
- Patient Care
-
Pain Expert Calls on Clinicians to Stop Needle Pain for Kids
-
- Patient Care
-
Pioneering Sickle Cell Care and Research for 50 Years
-
- Patient Care
-
Two Daughters, a Rare Blood Disorder and a Fairytale Cure
-
- Patient Care
-
Oakland Hospital First in West to Pioneer Beta Thalassemia Drug