Professor and Chair
Loyola University Medical Center
Chris M. Gonzalez, MD, MBA, FACS is a native of Toledo, Ohio. He graduated from Denison University in Granville, Ohio with a BS degree in 1989. Afterwards he obtained his MD degree from the University of Iowa College of Medicine in Iowa City, Iowa. Dr. Gonzalez then completed both his general surgical and urologic residency training at the McGaw Medical Center, Northwestern University in Chicago, Illinois. Dr. Gonzalez served in the US Army National Guard from January 1991 – January 2001. He joined the Northwestern University Department of Urology in 2000 following residency, and was appointed Professor of Urology in 2011. He served as Chief of Urology for the VA Lakeside from 2003 – 2006 and completed his MBA degree from the Northwestern Kellogg School of Management in 2006. He was the Director of Surgery for the Northwestern Medicine Surgical Services from 2014 - 2015. Dr. Gonzalez was the Lester Persky Professor and Chairman of the Urology Institute at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio from 2015 to 2018. He was named the Albert J. Jr. and Claire Speh Professor and Chair of Urology for the Loyola University Medical Center and Stritch School of Medicine, Maywood, Illinois in August 2018. He is the current Chief of Surgery for the Loyola University Medical Center. Dr Gonzalez served as the Chair of AUA Public Policy and Practice Management and as a Senior Editor for the ABU examination committee. He is a member of the American Association of Genitourinary Surgeons and was recently selected as a Trustee of the ABU. Dr. Gonzalez has published over 150 peer reveiwed manuscripts, review articles, invited editorials, and book chapters with a concentration in genitourinary reconstruction, health policy, and clinical outcomes.
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Thursday, May 12, 2022
8:01 AM – 8:07 AM
Thursday, May 12, 2022
5:25 PM – 5:30 PM
Friday, May 13, 2022
4:42 PM – 4:50 PM