Dr. Juan Gonzalez ~ Profile

Internal Medicine Residency
Internal Medicine Residency
Roosevelt Hospital (Guatemala City) Internal Medicine     
4/80-1/82

Nephrology Fellowship

Texas Tech Health Sciences Center (Lubbock) Nephrology   
7/88-6/89

Baylor College of Medicine (Houston) Nephrology     
7/89-6/91

Board Certification

American Board of Internal Medicine – Internal Medicine     
1992

American Board of Internal Medicine – Nephrology     
1998

Present and Past Academic Titles

Voluntary Clinical Instructor, Baylor College of Medicine,

Department of Medicine     
(8/00 to present)

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine

Department of Medicine, Renal Section     
(7/91 to 7/00)

Instructor, Texas Tech Health Sciences Center (Lubbock)     
7/88-6/89

Chief Resident, Texas Tech Health Sciences Center (Lubbock)     
6/87-7/88

Present and Past Society Memberships and Offices Held

National Kidney Foundation (National and Southeast Division) 

 
American Federation for Clinical Research

International Society of Nephrology

Houston-Gulf Coast Area Nephrology Association, President-elect   
Harris County Medical Society

Distinctions, Prizes, and Awards
Outstanding Intern of the Year, 1985-86

Outstanding Senior Resident of the Year     
1987-88

Alpha Omega Alpha – Member     
1988

National Kidney Foundation Research Fellowship Award Project:

“Cloning and Characterization of Ca2+ATPases in Rat Kidney”     
7/90-6/91

Annual Department of Medicine – Residents and Fellows Research Symposium. “Cloning and Sequencing of Ca2+ ATPases in Rat Kidney”     
5/91

National Kidney Foundation Young Investigator Award Project:

“Cloning and Characterization of Ca2+ ATPases in Rat Kidney”     
7/91-6/93

Ciba-Geigy Research Study: “A Randomized, Double- Blind Parallel Group Comparison of Benazepril Hcl and Lisinopril in Hypertensive Patients     
7/92-3/93

National Institutes of Health Grant, Recruitment and Retention of Underrepresented Minorities into Academic Research. Project:

Cloning and Localization of a New Ca2+ ATPase in the Rat Kidney”     
9/92-8/94

The Methodist Hospital Foundation Research Award Project:

“Molecular Basis of Calcium Transport in Hypertension”     
1/93-12/95

Pfizer Research Study: “A Novel Event of Calcium Channel Blockers”     
3/95

Publications
Published 27 articles on various aspects of kidney function and disease including articles on hypertension and calcium transport.