health pros Javier M. Gonzalez, M.D.

Javier M. Gonzalez, M.D., FACC, is board-certified in internal medicine and cardiovascular disease. He attended medical school at the Universidad Del Norte in Barranquilla, Colombia, and performed his general medicine internship at the Hospital Erasmo Meoz in Cucuta, Colombia. He was a staff physician at both the Hospital Integrado Landazuri and the Hospital San Juan De Dios in Colombia. He performed his internal medicine residency and his fellowship in cardiology at the Brooklyn Hospital Center in Brooklyn, New York. He is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology.

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Dr. Gonzalez’ journey from a small town in Colombia to his position at Citrus Cardiology Consultants has been a fascinating one. Working for the non-profit group Heart to Heart, Inc. as a guardian for a child with a congenital heart malformation, Dr. Gonzalez traveled from Colombia to the United States, and the trip changed his life. Not only did he decide to focus his medical studies on cardiology, he also decided to stay. Dr. Gonzalez left his general practice in his small hometown to study cardiology in the U.S., but what he didn’t leave in Colombia was his philosophy of global “whole patient” care. His focus is the heart health of his patients, but Dr. Gonzalez believes that by listening carefully, he can support his patients’ emotional health and build a deeper connection for better treatment outcomes. Dr. Gonzalez balances work and family by spending as much time as possible outdoors with his children, where they share a love of fishing.