Reynaldo Gomez, MD, FACS

Reynaldo G. Gomez, MD, FACS, is chief of the Urology Service at Hospital del Trabajador in Santiago, Chile. He obtained his undergraduate and medical degrees from the Catholic University of Chile Medical School. He performed residency training in general surgery and in urology at the same university and then moved to Hospital del Trabajador in 1984 where he started the urology service. Dr. Gomez completed a fellowship in trauma and reconstructive urology at the University of California in San Francisco.

Dr. Gómez is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and member of several scientific societies, including the American Urological Association (AUA), Confederación Americana de Urologia (CAU) and Société Internationale d'Urologie (SIU). He is a past president of the Chilean Society of Urology and of the Society of Genitourinary Reconstructive Surgeons (GURS). He also served several terms on the board of the CAU and was past president of the SIU. Dr. Gomez is the author of more than 100 peer-reviewed international articles, has contributed with numerous book chapters and is the editor of two books. He is also a reviewer for several international journals.

Dr. Gomez is interested in trauma and genitourinary reconstructive urology, including urethral reconstruction, neurourology and neurogenic bladder. Since 2004 he has led training in urethral reconstruction in Latin America.

Dr Gomez is fluent in English and Spanish.