Joel Gonzalez teaches pharmacology in the Physician Assistant program. He has experience in medical education across classroom and clinical settings and has taught at institutions including Miami Dade College and Florida National University.
A practicing, board-certified physician assistant, Gonzalez has worked in internal medicine and acute care and trauma surgery. He has served on clinical committees focused on physician assistant education and leadership and served in communities with limited access to care, including migrant and global health settings.
Areas of Expertise
- Internal medicine
- Acute care surgery
- Trauma surgery
- Emergency management and global health
- Medical simulation
- Pharmacology
Research Interests
- Global health
- Critical care medicine
- Acute Care and trauma care medicine
- Pharmacology
- Wilderness, rural, austere medicine
- Medical simulation
Current Courses Taught
- PAS 6023 - Pharmacology I
- PAS 6026 - Pharmacology II
- PAS 6031 - Electrocardiography
- PAS 6090 - Evidence-Based Medicine I
Committees & Professional Organizations
- American Association of Surgical Physician Assistant
- American Academy of Physician Assistants
- Florida Academy of Physician Assistants
- American College of Clinical Pharmacology
- American Physiological Society
Education
- DMS, Emergency Management and Global Health, Lynchburg University, Lynchburg, VA 2026
- MHS, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, FL 2024
- BS, Health Sciences, Physician Assistant, Miami Dade College, Miami, FL 2024
- MS, Medical Physiology and Medical Pharmacology, Gainesville, FL 2023