Joan Fernandez

Joan Fernandez is a board-certified dermatologist and the founder of Evolve Dermatology, listed as a provider at both the Forney and Plano offices in Texas. Her practice covers medical, surgical and cosmetic dermatology, and she is a fellowship-trained Mohs micrographic surgeon. She holds the MD and FAAD credentials and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Dermatology.

She studied at Texas Christian University as a Chancellor's Scholar, graduating summa cum laude. She was also named Senior Honor Scholar for the Department of Biology and inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. She then earned her medical degree at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, graduating with Honors and joining Alpha Omega Alpha, and completed her dermatology residency there followed by a fellowship in Micrographic Surgery and Dermatologic Oncology at Baylor.

She is a member of the American College of Mohs Surgeons, the American Society for Laser and Surgery Medicine and the Texas Dermatologic Society. Patient reviews on the site describe her as attentive and thorough, and say she talks through each treatment plan and checks what has or has not worked before.