Chair, Department of Internal Medicine
Edward Randall and Edward Randall Jr.,
Distinguished Chair in Internal Medicine
Professor of Internal Medicine
Please join me in congratulating Dr. Emilio B. Gonzalez on his retirement from UTMB after 27 years of service and serving as the Division Chief for Rheumatology with great distinction since 2004.
Dr. Gonzalez joined UTMB faculty from Emory University and Atlanta Medical Center, in Atlanta, Georgia. He trained in allergy, immunology, and rheumatology at the universities of Pittsburgh, Colorado, and Texas in Galveston. He is Board-certified in internal
medicine, allergy-immunology, and rheumatology.
Dr. Gonzalez became Fellowship Program Director in 2006 and has published well over 100 scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals in addition to 15 textbook chapters, including the Kelly’s rheumatology textbook and Hurst’s The Heart. He
has served as the principal investigator in several research studies dealing with newer therapies in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, gout, and the antiphospholipid syndrome (APS). He is a fellow of the American College of Physicians
(ACP) and a founding fellow of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR), being elected an ACR Master (MACR) in 2014. In 1996, he served as president of the Georgia Society of Rheumatology, and in 2004, as Chairman of the Medical & Scientific
Committee of the Arthritis Foundation, Georgia chapter, in Atlanta. While at Emory, Dr. Gonzalez was the recipient of the Golden Apple Award for excellence in teaching at Grady Memorial Hospital, Department of Medicine. While at UTMB, since 2011,
he was elected as a Texas Super Doc for several years and as one of America’s Top Doctors (Castle Connolly Medical Ltd). At UTMB, he was elected as a member of the UTMB Academy of Master Teachers and in 2009 was appointed as a distinguished
teaching professor by the University of Texas Board of Regents. In 2023, he was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by the UTMB Academy of Master Clinicians.
Please join me in wishing Dr. Gonzalez well as he moves into retirement.
Sincerely,
Pete
Peter Cram, MD, MBA
Chair, Department of Internal Medicine
Edward Randall and Edward Randall Jr.,
Distinguished Chair in Internal Medicine
Professor of Internal Medicine