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PEDIATRIC SKIN RESEARCH

PEDIATRIC SKIN RESEARCH

Active Trials

Pedskin Research pediatric dermatology
Treatment of Atopic Dermatitis

This study aims to evaluate a new topical medication for the treatment of atopic dermatitis in children older than 2 years old.

Pedskin Research clinical dermatology studies
Treatment of Epidermolysis Bullosa

This study consists of evaluating the efficacy of a topical gel for the healing of the subject’s blisters compared to a placebo.

Pedskin Research skin disorder research
Treatment 0f Plaque Psoriasis

The purpose of the study is to evaluate a novel topical cream in pediatric subjects with severe plaque psoriasis.

Pedskin Research pediatric skin diseases
Treatment for Vitiligo

This study is a randomized, double-blind trial assessing ruxolitinib 1.5% cream in children aged 2 to under 12 with non segmental vitiligo.

Meet Our Medical Director

Mercedes E. Gonzalez M.D.
Mercedes E. Gonzalez M.D.

Dr. Mercedes E. Gonzalez is a board-certified pediatric dermatologist. After graduating from Emory University, she earned her degree at Rutgers–New Jersey Medical School in 2004. Always drawn to working with children, she accepted the prestigious pediatrics program at the Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of New York–Columbia University where she solidified her interest in treating skin disorders. She then completed a dermatology residency followed by a clinical fellowship in pediatric dermatology at the top-ranked New York University (NYU) Department of Dermatology.

Her gentle, child-friendly bedside manner, combined with her broad knowledge of childhood skin diseases and their treatments, make her the preferred pediatric dermatologist in Miami. In addition to practicing medicine, Dr. Gonzalez currently serves as a clinical assistant professor at The FIU Herbert Wertheim School of Medicine and The Phillip Frost Department of Dermatology at Miller School of Medicine.

Dr. Gonzalez serves as the principal investigator on numerous clinical trials and has a special interest in severe skin diseases in children. She lectures regularly at dermatology conferences and to medical students and residents and is the co-editor of 3 dermatology textbooks, including the recently published 2nd edition of Goodheart’s Same Site Differential Diagnosis, and has published over 50 journal articles.

  • Board-certified pediatric dermatologist.

  • Graduated from Emory University.

  • Earned her degree at rutgers–New Jersey Medical School in 2004.

  • Dr. Gonzalez accepted the prestigious pediatrics program at the Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of New York–Columbia University where she solidified her interest in treating skin disorders.

  • She then completed a dermatology residency at the top-ranked New York School of Medicine, followed by a clinical fellowship in pediatric dermatology.

Pedskin Research treatment for skin conditions
Pedskin Research pediatric dermatology

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“Children are our most valuable resource.”

“Children are our most valuable resource.”

– Herbert Hoover