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Fernando Jose Bula Rudas

Fernando Jose Bula Rudas, MD

Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Highlights

Languages

  • Spanish
  • English

Gender

Male

Johns Hopkins Affiliations:

  • All Children's Specialty Physicians

About Fernando Jose Bula Rudas

Johns Hopkins Physician

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Background

Dr. Fernando Bula is a physician in the infectious disease program at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital. He joined the medical staff in 2021.

Before joining our hospital, Dr. Bula practiced as a pediatric infectious disease specialist in Sanford Children's Hospital in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He was also a pediatric clerkship director and an associate professor of pediatrics at the University of South Dakota Sanford School of Medicine.

Dr. Bula earned his medical degree from the Universidad del Norte in Barranquilla, Colombia. He completed a pediatric residency from Mount Sinai School of Medicine — Elmhurst Hospital Center in Elmhurst, New York, followed by a pediatric infectious diseases fellowship from the University of Florida College of Medicine in Jacksonville, Florida.

Dr. Bula is fluent in Spanish.

Recent News Articles and Media Coverage

  • What You Need to Know About Covid-19 Vaccines for Kids Under 5, Sarasota Magazine (6/30/2022)

    Doctors watch surge in pediatric flu, Covid cases, St. Pete Catalyst (June 13, 2022)

    New antibody shot that will protect babies and toddlers against RSV available this fall, WTVT - TV August 4, 2023)

    COVID-19, influenza, and RSV showing up again as the start of school nears, WFTS -TV (July 31, 2023)

Locations

  1. Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital
    • 501 6th Avenue South, Saint Petersburg, FL 33701

    Expertise

    Education

    University of Florida Health Jacksonville

    Fellowship, Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 2016

    NYC Health+Hospitals/Elmhurst

    Residency, Pediatrics, 2012

    Universidad del Norte Programa de Medicina

    Medical Education, MD, 2003

    Board Certifications

    Pediatric Infectious Diseases

    American Board of Pediatrics, 2017

    Pediatrics

    American Board of Pediatrics, 2014

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