Maria Hernandez, MD

Languages:

English and Spanish

Specialties:

Internal Medicine
Patient Rating
4.9 / 5 (368 Reviews)

Maria Hernandez, MD, is an internal medicine physician at Medical Associates Clinic in Galena and Elizabeth, Illinois. Dr. Hernandez offers immediate and routine care including diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic illnesses for patients of all ages.

Internal Medicine Department

Locations

Credentials

Medical School

The University Of Illinois College Of Medicine At Rockford - 2001

Residency

Internal Medicine/Pediatrics, University Of Texas Health Science Center At Houston, 2002 - 2005

Hospital Affiliations

  • Midwest Medical Center
  • Board Certifications

  • American Board of Internal Medicine
  • Ratings and Reviews

    Distribution

    5
    99 Comments
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    Question Rating Breakdown

    4.8
    "Seen By Provider In Timely Manner"
    4.8
    "Provider gave enough information "
    4.9
    "Provider Listened"
    4.8
    "Trust Provider With Care"
    4.7
    "Provider Knew Medical History"
    4.8
    "Knew what to do if questions"
    4.9
    "Provider Would Recommend"
    4.9
    "Providers Courtesy and Respect"

    What Patients Are Saying

    5 Stars
    October 01, 2025
    "Dr. Hernandez is great, as is the staff."
    5 Stars
    September 17, 2025
    "The entire staff was excellent from the receptionist who helped my w the wheel chair to the Doc."
    5 Stars
    September 17, 2025
    "Dr. Hernandez was great & her staff."
    5 Stars
    September 17, 2025
    "Good experience"
    5 Stars
    September 15, 2025
    "Great service!"
    5 Stars
    September 12, 2025
    "We are so fortunate to have Dr.Hernandez and this clinic in our community! They are very professional, and always take time to listen."
    5 Stars
    September 11, 2025
    "This was my first visit and I was very happy and impressed!"
    5 Stars
    September 11, 2025
    "Great staff and friendly upon arrival. The provider was very understanding and very helpful with information for my specific care. I greatly appreciate all the help and look forward to future appointments."
    5 Stars
    September 05, 2025
    "Dr. Hernandez is the best ."
    5 Stars
    September 04, 2025
    "Both the Physician and the Nurse were excellent communicators as well as professional!"
    5 Stars
    September 03, 2025
    "I had a good experience."
    5 Stars
    August 27, 2025
    "Dr Hernandez and her nurse both make sure they are up to date on my medical history and care. Dr Hernandez is very very pleasant and very very thorough. Through her actions it is apparent she is concerned about making sure she does everything to keep me in the best health possible. I feel completely safe and well taking care of in her hands."
    5 Stars
    August 15, 2025
    "Great!"
    5 Stars
    August 15, 2025
    "I trust Dr. Maria Hernandez with my health care and appreciate her professional attention to the details concerning my overall health and well-being, as well as her friendly approach which makes me feel more comfortable discussing any of my health concerns."
    5 Stars
    August 08, 2025
    "Great provider"
    5 Stars
    August 07, 2025
    "She is now my new Dr . Since my other retired. I am so very pleased with her and so is my wife I feel very lucky to have her"
    5 Stars
    August 07, 2025
    "Dr Hernandez has great medical knowledge and strong people skills !"
    5 Stars
    August 06, 2025
    "Dr H is so engaged and easy to talk to. Really listens."
    5 Stars
    July 28, 2025
    "The doctor is always willing to take as much time as necessary to thoroughly explain all my concerns."
    5 Stars
    July 21, 2025
    "I was very pleased with my visit with Maria Hernandez. She's an excellent doctor and she listened to everything I said and is very in tune to my needs. And I really appreciate the time she spent with me. Thank you so much. I would recommend her to anybody."
    5 Stars
    July 16, 2025
    "Dr. Hernandez appears to be an excellent physician. She answered all of my questions and suggested that, because of my age (82) and generally good health, I consider an additional procedure."
    5 Stars
    July 14, 2025
    "Excellent"
    5 Stars
    July 09, 2025
    "My provider is excellent and remembers my history!"
    5 Stars
    July 02, 2025
    "Overall great experience"
    5 Stars
    July 02, 2025
    "This is my first visit and it certainly won't be my last. I'm looking forward to working with my new doctor to keep myself healthy."
    5 Stars
    June 30, 2025
    "We're very welcoming."
    5 Stars
    June 30, 2025
    "I appreciate the thoughtful and comprehensive care."
    5 Stars
    June 30, 2025
    "DR. Hernandez is wonderful. I am blessed to have her as my primary doctor."
    5 Stars
    June 27, 2025
    "My main MD wasn't available so Dr. Hernandez took care of me. She was excellent."
    5 Stars
    June 16, 2025
    "Very pleasant office. Helpful and respectful."
    5 Stars
    June 13, 2025
    "You have a truly special provider in Dr Hernandez. I 100% trust her which is saying a lot in today's healthcare. I am a nurse of 32 years and she is restoring my faith of health care post covid."
    5 Stars
    June 11, 2025
    "I felt very much at ease in communicating with zdr"
    5 Stars
    June 11, 2025
    "Dr Hernandez is a terrific doctor. All of the staff at the office are very helpful. I have never had a long wait at the office"
    5 Stars
    June 04, 2025
    "Very happy with my new Dr Maria Hernandez. I use to have [REDACTED] Dr.Hernandez is very caring, sweet and knowledgeable. Love her ?? Always have a good experience we with all the staff. Ty"
    5 Stars
    June 02, 2025
    "Everyone that I interacted with was kind and professional."
    5 Stars
    May 29, 2025
    "I enjoy my annual visits with Dr. Hernandez. We cover the basics but always have a few laughs in the process."
    5 Stars
    May 23, 2025
    "Impressed"
    5 Stars
    May 19, 2025
    "Dr. Hernandez is respectful of my conditions and treats me as part of the team making the decisions about the path to proceed. I appreciate her knowledge, professionalism and guidance with my treatment plans. She considers all angles, pros and cons with my complicated health issues."
    5 Stars
    May 15, 2025
    "Beautiful clean office, friendly staff, kind doctor"
    5 Stars
    May 13, 2025
    "All staff members in this clinic are very courteous, kind and attentive! Dr. Hernandez is very knowledgeable and caring!! She listens to my health concerns and addresses them quickly!!!"
    5 Stars
    May 12, 2025
    "Everybody was just very nice and doctor, this is the first time I met her and she was very pleasant and I really enjoyed my visit. Thank you."
    5 Stars
    April 28, 2025
    "Thanks!"
    5 Stars
    April 21, 2025
    "Great!"
    5 Stars
    April 18, 2025
    "Yeah, everything went fine. Took me on time. Everything was good. Happy with the doctor. Thank you."
    5 Stars
    April 16, 2025
    "Good person"
    5 Stars
    April 11, 2025
    "Nice small clinic but competent. friendly and knowledgeable staff."
    5 Stars
    April 11, 2025
    "We like Dr Maria Hernandez Some times if hard for us to speak English she is definitely great for Hispanic community"
    4 Stars
    April 10, 2025
    "It was very good."
    5 Stars
    April 10, 2025
    "Dr.Hernandez listens and responds appropriately. I have the utmost confidence in her as my primary physician."
    5 Stars
    April 03, 2025
    "Dr Hernandez very professional. Put my mind at ease. While I waited for the doctor her nurse was vey attentive. Put me at ease. They both listened to me very attentively. It was an anxious appt for me but by the time I left the office both of these women were super helpful"
    5 Stars
    April 01, 2025
    "Dr Hernandez is a warm, caring and professional Doctor"
    5 Stars
    March 27, 2025
    "Great doctor and wonderful nurse Harmony"
    5 Stars
    March 24, 2025
    "[REDACTED] was very impressed with Doctor Hernandez!"
    5 Stars
    March 24, 2025
    "Very nice and not pushy."
    5 Stars
    March 20, 2025
    "Dr. Hernadez was awesome."
    5 Stars
    March 17, 2025
    "Doctor Hernandez. Is very profesional. Plus is good for spanish comunity. Thank you very much.for all you do.!"
    5 Stars
    March 06, 2025
    "It was perfect"
    5 Stars
    March 06, 2025
    "Very nice and empathetic. Listened to my needs. A plus in overall from staff, appointment, knowledge, experience. I am i awe with the staff and quality of treatment. Thank you so much"
    5 Stars
    March 05, 2025
    "Dr Hernandez is kind and willing to answer all my questions."
    5 Stars
    March 03, 2025
    "Everyone I encountered at the clinic was very kind and caring. Dr. Hernandez listened intently to my health concerns and was able to ease my mind. She also set up a plan moving forward to monitor and improve my wellness. I highly recommend Dr. Hernandez and her team!"
    5 Stars
    February 28, 2025
    "My experience was excellent."
    5 Stars
    February 28, 2025
    "I recently moved to the area and she my yet established a primary doctor. So, when I go sick and went to the clinic, they were amazing and Dr. Maria was so helpful and kind."
    5 Stars
    February 26, 2025
    "Very professional care administured in a personal manner."
    5 Stars
    February 19, 2025
    "Dr. Hernandez always does a great job!"
    5 Stars
    February 19, 2025
    "Dr. Hernandez was kind, funny and very thorough."
    5 Stars
    February 18, 2025
    "This was my first appointment with Dr Hernandez after Dr Christ's retirement. She was absolutely wonderful. She was friendly, treated me as if she'd known me for years, and knew my medical history better than I know It. I felt absolutely comfortable and have no doubt that I am in good hands regarding my health and welfare."
    3 Stars
    February 14, 2025
    "My experience at my appointments at the doctor's office was very good. But afterwards when I had to call the office and the nurse was to give me information, she just totally confused me and then she was very rude and raised her voice to me. And I'm not real happy with Dr. Hernandez's nurse, not at the present time. I haven't called back to find out actually what's wrong with me because I didn't want to deal with her. Thank you."
    5 Stars
    February 14, 2025
    "Terrific first visit with Dr. Hernandez."
    5 Stars
    February 14, 2025
    "Great customer service. Thank you."
    5 Stars
    February 06, 2025
    "It was great. I just thought I would get a print out of my visit details but I didn't."
    5 Stars
    January 30, 2025
    "Dr. Hernandez set up 3 appointments and told me to get verification at the front desk. The front desk gave me printouts of the next 3 appointments. I looked at them when I got home. The appointments note they are with Dr. [REDACTED] instead of Dr. Hernandez. I sent a text message about thus error and so far I have hear nothing back. Can the error be corrected and mailed to me or the correction sent to my e-mail-- [REDACTED]. Thank you."
    4 Stars
    January 29, 2025
    "The clinic experience was very good The on line sign in was bad, locked up 3 different times"
    5 Stars
    January 23, 2025
    "Maria was very helpful and answered all my questions and helped me me get relief from my symptoms"
    5 Stars
    January 22, 2025
    "I felt very comfortable with Dr. HERNANDEZ, though we'd never met before. She seemed eager to get to know me, and learn about my health history. She asked that Drs. in Iowa City update her on my condition when I visit on Jan. 30th. I feel like she'll be a contributing part of my medical team."
    5 Stars
    January 22, 2025
    "This was my first visit with Dr. Hernandez. I'm happy that I chose her as my primary care physician"
    5 Stars
    January 17, 2025
    "First time experience with this doctor was very good."
    5 Stars
    January 16, 2025
    "The doctor I saw was VERY friendly and knowledgeable"
    5 Stars
    January 16, 2025
    "This was my in first meeting with Dr Hernandez and her knowledge of my medical history was excellent as were her strong people skills !"
    3 Stars
    January 15, 2025
    "I was surprised that I didnt get a physical assessment or a health history at the initial exam. Maybe at a future exam after she has test & lab results."
    5 Stars
    January 15, 2025
    "Dr.Hernandez is a wonderful doctor. I am so happy to have met her for the first time this morning.She makes me feel like I am the most important patient in the world and nothing else matters.She is very thorough and I am very happy to have her as my doctor when visiting family and friends every holiday season in Galena. Sincerely, [REDACTED]"
    5 Stars
    January 14, 2025
    "I am very pleased to have Dr Hermandez as my primary physician now that Dr Moore is retiring."
    5 Stars
    January 14, 2025
    "I have covid so I didn't go in but the doctor called me and explained things to me."
    5 Stars
    January 09, 2025
    "Very enjoyable. So easy to talk to the Doctor. She doesn't rush you."
    5 Stars
    January 09, 2025
    "Dr. Hernandez is the best!"
    5 Stars
    January 08, 2025
    "Appointment went great"
    5 Stars
    January 07, 2025
    "I was sick and got an appointment in 2 hours."
    5 Stars
    January 06, 2025
    "Sad that Dr. CRIST has retired..but looking forward to getting to know Dr Hernandez as my new medical professional."
    5 Stars
    January 06, 2025
    "Dr Hernandez was the best. Knew my health background and was very much prepared for my first visit."
    5 Stars
    January 03, 2025
    "It was my first appointment with Dr. Hernandez after Dr. Crist's retirement. She was very kind and looking forward to working with her for my medical needs. I hope they are few."
    5 Stars
    January 02, 2025
    "Dr. Hernandez is the nicest doctor I have ever been seen by. She is very intelligent and just a joy to be around--the nicest, most genuine doctor I have ever been around--the nurses and receptionists were just the nicest and genuine and so helpful and patient. The experience at Medical Associates in Galena was the best experience I was ever involved in in connection to health providers--Dr. Andrew Bland and the people that work with him at Medical Associates East Campus are so helpful and genuine and intelligent too--Dr. Hernandez just the sweetest."
    5 Stars
    December 30, 2024
    "I am looking forward to working with the provider gor my health care needs in the future."
    5 Stars
    December 23, 2024
    "My GP is Dr Koenigs who was off this week so I saw Dr Hernandez. She was very professional and thorough. I liked her alot."
    5 Stars
    December 20, 2024
    "[REDACTED]Dr Hernandez looks to be a good fit for me if weren't for her caring I would switch to [REDACTED]!!!"
    5 Stars
    December 20, 2024
    "My family doctor was not available but I was provided another doctor in a timely manner. Doctor Maria was thorough and helpful as was her nurse."
    5 Stars
    December 19, 2024
    "Very helpful"
    5 Stars
    December 16, 2024
    "Dr Hernandez listened and was extremely kind"
    5 Stars
    December 09, 2024
    "Staff was courteous and attentive. A 10 out of 10 experience"
    2 Stars
    December 06, 2024
    "Dr. Hernandez never called me back with any of my test results. I had to call to get those test results and spoke to a nurse. I was not satisfied with their answers. When I had my x-rays taken, the girl who was taking my x-rays, her name was [REDACTED]. She was very, very rude."
    5 Stars
    November 26, 2024
    "Very attentive and kind"
    5 Stars
    November 22, 2024
    "She does an excellent job! And is super friendly and well experienced too!"
    5 Stars
    November 22, 2024
    "Dr. Hernandez is a wonderful Dr. with a delightful personality! She is always so caring . What a great lady!!!"
    5 Stars
    November 19, 2024
    "Dr. Hernandez is such a great addition to the Galena site. She is so knowledgeable and kind. Her nurse, Rachael, is always so helpful. I felt like I was in the best, caring hands!"
    5 Stars
    November 14, 2024
    "I enjoy Dr.Hernandez, she's always happy and smiling...Very friendly and professional but down to earth and easy to talk too..."
    5 Stars
    November 13, 2024
    "Dr. Hernandez is extremely knowledgeable about a wide variety of health issues. I trust her completely. In addition, she is kind, patient, empathetic and truly listens to my health concerns. I struck gold when I got Dr. Hernandez as my PCP."
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