Associate Professor and Director, Urology Fellowship in FPMRS, Houston Methodist
Houston Methodist Hospital
Dr. Ricardo R. Gonzalez specializes in minimally-invasive treatments for voiding dysfunction. For men, he is an internationally-recognized expert in surgical therapies for BPH, including GreenLight laser vaporization of the prostate, enucleation, Rezum, Urolift, iTIND, Aquablation and others. He has been invited to teach laser prostate surgery throughout the U.S. and in 19 foreign countries. His research includes the development and evaluation of minimally invasive treatments that improve voiding function in men while preserving sexual function. His focus also encompasses the evaluation and management in urinary incontinence and pelvic floor reconstruction and functional restoration in women. His goal is to provide state-of-the-art urologic care to improve patients’ quality of life, especially with urinary and sexual quality of life.
Dr. Gonzalez was the former Medical Director for the Centers for Voiding Dysfunction and Clinical Research at Houston Metro Urology. He has joined the full-time faculty at Houston Methodist Hospital as director of the Urology and Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship. He is an Associate Professor of Urology for Weill Cornell and Texas A&M; and clinical faculty for Baylor College of Medicine. He is a graduate of Stanford University School of Medicine and completed his residency and fellowship at Cornell in New York City. He currently practices urology with a focus on voiding dysfunction and pelvic restorative medicine reconstructive surgery in The Texas Medical Center in Houston, TX. He is a diplomate of the American Board of Urology (ABU) and has earned board subspecialty certification in FPMRS.
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