Dr. Mercedes E. Gonzalez is a board-certified pediatric dermatologist who serves as Medical Director of Pediatric Skin Research in Miami, FL.

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, 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 followed by a clinical fellowship in pediatric dermatology at the top-ranked New York University (NYU) Department of Dermatology.

Dr. Gonzalez’s gentle, child-friendly bedside manner, combined with her broad knowledge of childhood skin diseases and their treatments, makes her the preferred pediatric dermatologist in Miami. In addition to practicing medicine, Dr. Gonzalez currently serves as a clinical assistant professor at 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 and has a special interest in severe skin disease in children. She lectures regularly at Dermatology conferences and to medical students and residents. She 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.