Meet Dr. Jorge A. Gonzales

Specialty: D.D.S.

Experience: 10+

Qualifications

D.D.S. – Doctor Of Dental Surgery
B.A. – Bachelor Of Arts In Biology

Education

Dental School – Texas A&M University – College Of Dentistry

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Residency Training – University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, 2024

Honors & Awards:

• University Residence Hall Association – Resident Assistant Program of the Year
• Texas Pre-Dental Underclassmen Scholarship Recipient
• University Residence Hall Association 2015 Most Valuable Player – Resident Assistant
• Texas Pre-Dental Member of the Year             
• First Year Dean’s Honor List 
• Recipient of The Bush Jones-Sprenger Scholarship
• Second Year Dean’s Honor List          
• 3^rd Place – TAMCOD 45^th Annual Research Scholars Day
• Nominee and Inductee of the Odontological Honor Society
• Third Year Dean’s Honor List                 
• Fourth Year Dean’s Honor List             
• Omicron Kappa Upsilon (OKU) National Dental Honor Society – Member
• Texas A&M College of Dentistry – Excellence in Research and Scholarship, Bronze Award
• Texas A&M College of Dentistry – Excellence in Service and Leadership, Silver Award

Professional Volunteer Experience/Community Service

Global Dental Brigades – August 2013

Dental Mission trip to Accra, Ghana to provide free dental care to local residents

• Collaborated with medical students from the United Kingdom
• Worked hand in hand with physicians, pharmacists and dentists

Future Dentist Club – “Family and Friends Day” – September 2017

• Interacted with elementary, middle school, and high school students, showing them how to pour up impressions and fabricate stone models
• Talked about the field of dentistry and about the experience of being a dental student and future healthcare provider
• Aim was to get kids excited about the field of dentistry and involved with the college of dentistry

Future Dentist Club – “Diagnosis and Treatment Planning” – January 2019

• Collaborated with a general dentist to provide high school students with a hands-on lecture on diagnosis and treatment planning

Texas Dental Association – Texas Mission of Mercy – November 2018

• Provide free dental care to residents of various communities: Cleanings, Fillings, Extractions, and Root Canals on anterior teeth

Oral And Maxillofacial Surgery Experience

John Peter Smith Hospital – Fort Worth, TX

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department

• Shadowed attending doctors and 5th/6th year OMFS residents
• Interacted with patients admitted under OMFS care and participated in surgical cases in the operating room

Facial and Oral Surgery Associates

• Shadowed Dr. Herman Kao DDS, MD in private practice
• Observed several surgical procedures performed under IV sedation such as full mouth extractions and implant placement, extraction of impacted 3rd molars, and bone grafting including sinus lifts

University of Mississippi Medical Center

School of Dentistry

• Worked with attending doctors and residents to participate in multiple patient cases
• Assisted in treatment of head and neck trauma in the emergency department
• Observed case presentations for orthognathic surgery
• Assisted in cancer and reconstructive surgical cases performed in the operating room
• Performed minor procedures such as incision and drainage of acute abscesses

The University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine

Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

• Shadowed attending doctors in private practice and observed procedures such as implant placement, extraction of 3rd molars, removal of pathology and placement of soft/hard tissue grafts.
• Attended morning rounds with residents and assisted in surgical cases in the operating room.
• Completed several days of on-call with residents and performed minor procedures in the emergency department such as suturing of soft tissue trauma, incision and drainage of acute abscesses, and removal of grossly decayed teeth.

Texas A&M College of Dentistry

Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

• Gained experience in performing dentoalveolar surgery
• Observed major craniofacial and head and neck surgery procedures in the operating room
• Attended morning rounds and hospital and department meetings with residents
• Took emergency room calls with residents

University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

School of Dentistry – Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery                

• Scheduled with OMS residents in OMS clinics, operating rooms and academic sessions
• Assisted in complex surgical procedures in the operating room
• Took on call duties with OMS Residents at the University Hospital

Dr. Gonzales is an El Paso native who attended the University of Texas at Austin, where he obtained his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Biology with a certificate in Business Management in 2016. He then attended Texas A&M College of Dentistry (Baylor College of Dentistry) where he was appointed to the Dean’s Honor List each year. He was also inducted into the National Odontologic Honor Society (Omicron Kappa Upsilon) for his outstanding academic and clinical accomplishments. He obtained his Doctor of Dental Surgery Degree in 2020.

He was then selected for and completed his Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery training at The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, where he served his fourth year as Chief Resident and completed extensive training in clinic sedation, orthognathic surgery, head and neck trauma, and exodontia. He decided to move to the RGV with his wife, Jennifer, and their puppy, Maxi. He has joined Valley OMS as an associate surgeon where he practices the full scope of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery with an emphasis on exodontia, implantology, and orthognathic surgery. During his free time, Dr. Gonzales enjoys traveling, fishing, spending time with family, and trying out new restaurants. He is overjoyed to be a member of the RGV community and is excited to serve the greater Rio Grande Valley!

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