Overview
Dr. Gonzalez is a pediatric and surgical critical care surgeon at Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital. She joined the hospital staff in 2017. She was previously the surgical critical care fellowship program director at the Detroit Medical Center and also served as a member of the American Pediatric Surgical Association Surgical Critical Care Committee. Dr. Gonzalez received her medical degree from the University Of Puerto Rico School Of Medicine and trained in general surgery at Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, New Jersey. Dr. Gonzalez then completed a surgical critical care fellowship at University of Michigan Health Systems & CS Mott Children’s Hospital and a pediatric surgery fellowship at the Children’s Hospital of Michigan. She subsequently completed a Master’s in Health Care Management at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She is fluent in Spanish. Videos Meet Raquel González, M.D.
Dr. Gonzalez is highly rated in 2 conditions, according to our data. Her top areas of expertise are Omphalocele, Umbilical Hernia, VACTERL Association, Appendectomy, and Oophorectomy.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 31 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
601 5th Street South, Suite 360, Suite 360, Saint Petersburg, FL 33701
4443 Rowan Road, New Port Richey, FL 34653
3850 Tampa Road, Palm Harbor, FL 34684
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
Johns Hopkins All Children's Outpatient Care, St. Petersburg
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Areas of Expertise
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- OmphaloceleDr. Gonzalez isAdvanced. Learn about Omphalocele.
- Umbilical HerniaDr. Gonzalez isAdvanced. Learn about Umbilical Hernia.
- Experienced
- AppendectomyDr. Gonzalez isExperienced. Learn about Appendectomy.
- AppendicitisDr. Gonzalez isExperienced. Learn about Appendicitis.
- Childhood PancreatitisDr. Gonzalez isExperienced. Learn about Childhood Pancreatitis.
- CholedocholithiasisDr. Gonzalez isExperienced. Learn about Choledocholithiasis.
- Desmoid TumorDr. Gonzalez isExperienced. Learn about Desmoid Tumor.
- EndoscopyDr. Gonzalez isExperienced. Learn about Endoscopy.