Efren M Gonzalez, MD
Contact information
LOCATION
SPECIALTY
Pediatric Oncologist
Education and Fellowships
-MEDICAL SCHOOL
Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, México
-FELLOWSHIP
Valley Retina Institute, McAllen, TX
-FELLOWSHIP
University of Toronto, ON, Canada
-FELLOWSHIP
Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA
-RESIDENCY
Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA
Current Positions
Director, Ocular Oncology Service, Boston Children's Hospital, Instructor in Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School
Biography
Dr. Jose Efren Gonzalez Monroy is an adult and pediatric ocular oncologist, adult and pediatric vitreoretinal surgeon, and pediatric ophthalmologist and strabismus surgeon. He is the Director of the Ocular Oncology Service at Boston Children's Hospital. Dr. Gonzalez treats various oncological and retinal conditions, including intraocular tumors such as retinoblastoma, choroidal melanoma, ocular lymphoma, and tumors of the lids, eye surface, iris, ciliary body, retina, and orbit. As a retinal specialist, he treats retinopathy of prematurity, familial exudative vitreoretinopathy, Norrie disease, Coats’ disease, Von Hippel Lindau syndrome, persistent fetal vasculature, congenital retinoschisis, traumatic macular hole, open globe injuries, and all forms of retinal detachment.
Dr. Gonzalez received his MD with honors from the Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. He completed two ophthalmology residency programs, three clinical fellowships (in Ocular Oncology, Vitreoretinal Surgery, and Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus), and two research fellowships. He has two academic appointments: Instructor in Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass. and Assistant Professor in Ophthalmology at Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico.
LOCATION
- Boston Children's Hospital/Harvard Medical School
300 Longwood Ave, Ophthalmology Dept., Boston, MA 02115
617-355-5685
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SPECIALTY
Pediatric Oncologist
Education and Fellowships
-MEDICAL SCHOOL
Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, México
-FELLOWSHIP
Valley Retina Institute, McAllen, TX
-FELLOWSHIP
University of Toronto, ON, Canada
-FELLOWSHIP
Boston Children’s Hospital, Boston, MA
-RESIDENCY
Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA
Current Positions
Director, Ocular Oncology Service, Boston Children's Hospital, Instructor in Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School
Biography
Dr. Jose Efren Gonzalez Monroy is an adult and pediatric ocular oncologist, adult and pediatric vitreoretinal surgeon, and pediatric ophthalmologist and strabismus surgeon. He is the Director of the Ocular Oncology Service at Boston Children's Hospital. Dr. Gonzalez treats various oncological and retinal conditions, including intraocular tumors such as retinoblastoma, choroidal melanoma, ocular lymphoma, and tumors of the lids, eye surface, iris, ciliary body, retina, and orbit. As a retinal specialist, he treats retinopathy of prematurity, familial exudative vitreoretinopathy, Norrie disease, Coats’ disease, Von Hippel Lindau syndrome, persistent fetal vasculature, congenital retinoschisis, traumatic macular hole, open globe injuries, and all forms of retinal detachment.
Dr. Gonzalez received his MD with honors from the Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. He completed two ophthalmology residency programs, three clinical fellowships (in Ocular Oncology, Vitreoretinal Surgery, and Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus), and two research fellowships. He has two academic appointments: Instructor in Ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass. and Assistant Professor in Ophthalmology at Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico.
