Highlights
Age Groups Seen
- Adults
- Adults 65 and up
Languages
- English
Gender
MaleAbout Fernando A Navarro
Fernando Navarro, MD, MPH, joined Prisma Health and the University of South Carolina School of Medicine in Columbia in July 2012. He received his medical degree in his native Colombia in 1996, and then served as a research fellow in tissue engineering and wound healing at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston. He completed his residency at Maine Medical Center in Portland, and held a clinical and academic appointment with the Maine Medical Center/Tufts University School of Medicine.
Dr. Navarro has a parallel interest in epidemiology and in the development of public health policies, and completed his master's degree in public health at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. He completed an intensive fellowship in all aspects of minimally invasive surgery at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Navarro is board certified in surgery and is a fellow of the American College of Surgeons. He has authored several peer-reviewed publications in his field and continues being an active member of a number of professional organizations including the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons, American Hernia Society and Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery. His other special interests continue in wound healing and in surgical simulation. He welcomes referrals for patients requiring all general surgery procedures with particular emphasis on minimally invasive procedures.
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Locations
- Prisma Health Surgical Oncology – Richland
- 2 Medical Park Road, Suite 300, Columbia, SC 29203
- Get Directions
- phone: 803-434-8800
- fax: 803-929-0492
- Prisma Health Surgical Oncology–Northeast Medical Park
- 1120 Roberts Branch Parkway, Columbia, SC 29203
- Get Directions
- phone: 803-434-8800
- fax: 803-929-0492
Expertise
Education
- Fellowship: Atrium Health Union, Minimally Invasive Surgery
- Medical School: Escuela Autonoma de Ciencias Medicas
- Residency: MaineHealth Maine Medical Center
Insurance
- Absolute Total Care - Ambetter
- Absolute Total Care (Centene)
- Aetna
- Aetna Medicare
- Allwell Medicare - Absolute Total Care
- BCBS
- BCBS Blue Essentials
- BCBS PPC
- BCBSSC Blue Reedy Exchange Product (Upstate)
- BCBSSC State Health Plan (PEBA)
- BlueChoice Health Plan
- BlueChoice Medicaid - Healthy Blue
- BlueChoiceMyChoice Advantage
- Carelon Behavioral Health
- Cigna
- Cigna Medicare
- Companion Benefit Alternatives
- CorVel Workers Compensation
- Evernorth Behavioral Health
- FirstHealth (Aetna)
- Healthy Connections
- Humana - Healthy Horizons
- Humana Choice Care
- Humana Medicare
- Liberty Advantage
- Logistics Health
- Magellan
- MedCost
- Medicare (Traditional Fee-for-Service)
- Molina
- Molina Medicaid
- Multiplan/PHCS
- NHC Advantage
- Optum Behavioral Health
- Promise Health Plan
- SC Medicaid Healthy Connections
- Select Health Medicare
- Select Heath (First Choice)
- Spectera
- TriCare
- UnitedHealthcare Medicare Advantage
- Veterans Affairs Community Care Network - VACCN
- Wellcare (Centene)
Ratings & Reviews
4.6 out of 5
106 ratings, 16 reviewsThe Patient Satisfaction Rating is derived from patient surveys based on the likelihood to recommend this provider’s office.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 2/20/2026
I was treated very professionally
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 1/17/2026
Nothing the staffed took care of me. I'm very thankful to the staff I really appreciate it. I will send a thank you card to my dr and nurse they took really good care of me before and after my surgery
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 1/11/2026
Y'all did a wonderful job.
- 1 out of 5 starsReviewed on 1/2/2026
The Doctor seemed like he was in a hurry and really didn't take time to explain to me this whole process. I had to ask questions I feel should have been bought up. The doctor did not wash his hands. I didn't get a good vibe from this doctor regarding my care.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 12/14/2025
Not at this time. Everyone was very professional.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 12/11/2025
Thank You-Dr. Navarro and Staff
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 11/22/2025
Very helpful.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 10/18/2025
N/A - everything was perfect. Very professional.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 9/13/2025
Very pleased with entire staff and facility.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 9/12/2025
No complaints. Experience was a delight.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 8/29/2025
Everything was done appropriately therefore I have no complaints.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 8/23/2025
You all did an excellent job in this area!
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 8/22/2025
Nothing, excellent doctor and staff!!
- 4 out of 5 starsReviewed on 7/26/2025
They could have told that nurse to not come back in there because I was allergic to that perfume that she was wearing. I don't know her name, but every time she leaves the room, I start coughing.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 6/8/2025
There was nothing that Dr. Navarro's office could have done to make my visit any better than it was. He and his staff are exemplary in what they do. Having a military background, I am used to dealing with all different types of personalities and everyone there is just so nice and personable and And Dr. Navarro has a wonderful, wonderful bedside manner. And I just, I wish he could have been my primary doctor, to be honest with you. But I really enjoyed the service in his office. He made me feel extremely comfortable with the surgery that I had. And even after my surgery, you know, he opened up, you know, to take any questions that I had. The information was just forthcoming and free-flowing, so there were no worries.
- 5 out of 5 starsReviewed on 5/23/2025
It was awesome
