George Gilbert MD

George W. Gilbert, M.D. put off his pursuit of an M.D. degree for ten years while he worked construction in Florida. “I was a roofer in the Florida heat, but I’d always been interested in medicine as a career. The company I worked for knew that and was behind me 100%. I wouldn’t be here today if it weren’t for their support.”

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Dr. Gilbert began realizing his dream in medical school at the American University of the Caribbean. Except his dream got interrupted by an active volcano on the island of Montserrat. “Half an inch of ash covered the campus.” He relocated to St. Martin where Hurricane Luis, a Category 4 hurricane, devastated the island with sustained winds of 140 m.p.h. “I took my daily shower from a hose.” He finally finished up his studies in Belize. “I wouldn’t trade my experiences for anything.” Dr. Gilbert topped off his world experience with seventeen months’ clinical training in Ireland, before coming back to the United States and the Aultman Family Practice in Canton, Ohio for his residency.

Today, after several stints at practices in Florida— from Venice to Gainesville to Belleview—Dr. Gilbert brings his unique down-to-earth perspective to the Institute of Cardiovascular Excellence. “I relate to my patients. They can talk to me like I’m the guy who paints your house. A lot of them tell me You’re just not my doctor you’re somebody I can talk to. I’m proud of that.”

Dr. Gilbert sees his patients as family. “I imagine they’re a family member. They’ve come to me for help and I treat them exactly the way I’d want my mother or my wife to be treated.”