Richard P. Gonzalez, MD, was recently named director of the division of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care and Burns at Loyola University Health System in Chicago. Dr. Gonzalez was recruited to Loyola from the University of South Alabama. Loyola University Medical Center is the only Level I trauma center in Illinois that is verified by the American College of Surgeons.
At the University of South Alabama, Dr. Gonzalez served as the director of the Division of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care and Acute Care Surgical Services. He is board-certified by the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Surgery – Surgical Critical Care. Gonzalez is also a certified instructor in advanced trauma life support.
Dr. Gonzalez is a member of the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma, the American Association for the Surgery of Trauma, the American Trauma Society and the Chicago Surgical Society. He is also a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma.
Dr. Gonzalez serves on the manuscript review committees of the Journal of Trauma, Journal of the American College of Surgeons, Journal of Surgical Education and American Surgeon. He has served as principal investigator on many grant-funded research projects, including the Study of Rural Vehicular Trauma for the Department of Transportation and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. He has authored more than 75 manuscripts, abstracts and study chapters.