Obstetrics and Gynecology Laredo, TX
7210 McPherson Ave, Suite 100
Laredo, TX 78041

956-717-5775
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Our Doctor


Dr. Dagoberto Gonzalez, Jr.


CERTIFICATION:
Board Fellow, American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology

EDUCATION:

Medical School

Texas A&M University Health Science Center
Dates: August 1992-May 1996
Degree: Doctor of Medicine

Undergraduate

Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
Dates: August 1988-May 1992
Degree: BS in Biomedical Science, Cum Laude

PROFESSIONAL:

Military Background

Honorably Discharged on June 2004
Rank: Major

Internship and Residency

San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium (SAUSHEC)
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Dates: July 1996-June 2000
Program Director: LTC Randal Robinson

Staff Appointments

Secretary of Staff - Laredo Medical Center (2008)
Vice Chief of Obstetrics & Gynecology - Laredo Medical Center (2008)
Chief of Obstetrics & Gynecology - Doctors Hospital (2006)
Luke Women’s Health Center (2003-present)
Luke Air Force Base, Arizona
-staff physician
-member of Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee

Wilford Hall Medical Center (2000-2003)
Lackland Air Force Base, Texas
-Director of Medical Readiness and Civic and Humanitarian Assistance for Ob/Gyn
-Mentor of 3rd and 4th year residents
-Appointed Assistant Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology for the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
-Responsible for Transitional Residents during clerkship rotation in Ob/Gyn
-Doctor's Hospital of Laredo (2004-Present)
-Chief of Obstetrics & Gynecology (2005-Present)

HONORS AND AWARDS:

1988-1992 Corps of Cadets, Army ROTC, Scholastic Achievement Award for Company D-2
1990-1992 Texas A&M University Corps of Cadets Distinguished Student Award
1990-1992 General O.R. Simpson Corps Honor Society
1989-1992 Company D-2 Scholastics Officer
1988-1992 Texas A&M University Presidential Achievement Award
1999-2000 Outstanding Chief Resident in Obstetrics
1999-2000 Special Excellence in Endoscopic Procedures

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:

1997-Present Society of Air Force Clinical Surgeons
1996-Present American Medical Association
1996-Present Texas Medical Association
1996-Present Bexar County Medical Society
2000-Present The American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists
2001-Present The Texas Association of Obstetricians & Gynecologists

PUBLICATIONS:

Gonzalez DI, Gobern J, Krivak T, Gordon M. Guest Editorial: Stump the Professor, Sickle Cell
Hemolytic Crisis Diagnosed in Pregnancy. Obstetrical and Gynecological Survey. Vol 55(4),
April 2000. Presented at the ACOG National Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1999.

Capt Dagoberto I. Gonzalez, LtCol Christopher M. Zahn, Maj Matthew Retzloff, Maj William F. Moore, LtCol Edward Kost, Col Russel Snyder. Recurrence of Dysplasia Following Loop
Electrosurgical Excision Procedures with Long-Term Follow-Up. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2001;
184:315-21. Presented and awarded Outstanding Scientific Paper at the Armed Forces Annual District Meeting in Kissimmee, Florida, 1998. Presented and Awarded Second Place in Clinical Research at the Annual Air ForceClinical Surgeons Meeting in San Antonio, Texas, 1998. Selected for presentation to the San Antonio Ob/Gyn Society, September, 1999.

Sherman RP, Groll JM, Gonzalez DI, Aerts MA, Black widow spider (Latrodectus mactans) envenomation in a term pregnancy. Curr Surg 2000 Jul 1:57(4):346-348. Presented at the Annual Air Force Clinical Surgeons Meeting in Biloxi, Mississippi, 2000.

Christopher Zahn MD, Dagoberto I. Gonzalez MD, Sara Kennedy CNP, Jeffrey Hines, Low-dose oral contraceptives effects on thromboelastogram criteria and relationship to hypercoagulability, Am J Obstet Gynecol 2003; 189:1.

ONGOING RESEARCH

Principal Investigator with LtCol William Barth, The risk of subsequent preterm delivery after
LEEP, Accepted for IRB approval, In patient recruiting phase.

HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE

Selected by the USAF as a Special Experience Identifier (SEI)
-selected based on language capabilities and international experience
-work in conjunction with international health specialist in coordinating future missions

Usulatan, El Salvador (August 2002)
-clinical obstetrics & gynecology in a school room setting
-presented lecture on Osteoporosis to local physicians

Jinotega & Matagalpa, Nicaragua (August 2000)
-clinical obstetrics & gynecology in a school room setting
-presented lecture on Vaginitis to local physicians

Easter Island, Chile (May 2000)
-humanitarian mission with the Chilean Air Force
-clinical and surgical assistance in Obstetrics & Gynecology
-high level of interaction with Chilean Air Force officers and government officials

Monterrey, Mexico (July 1991)
-humanitarian mission with physicians from Nuevo Laredo, Mexico
-assisted with surgical procedures (orthopedics and general surgery)
-interaction with local physicians

Nuevo Laredo, Tamps, Mexico (May 1990)
-humanitarian mission to under served areas within city limits
-clinical assistance (internal medicine)
-interaction with local physicians