Dr. Heldo Gomez, Jr. M.D.
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Date of Birth:f October 14, 1959
Present Position & Title: Private practice in Neurological Surgery
Offices
Main: 4290 Professional Center Drive #105, Palm Beach Gardens, FL33410, (561) 627-7855
Satellite: 7300 NW 5th Street, Plantation, Fl 33317
Satellite: 3615 Central Avenue, Suite 3, Ft. Myers, Fl 33901
Surgical Staff
Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center, 3360 Burns Road, Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410, Chief of Staff (2005 - 2007)
Columbia Hospital, 2201 45th Street, West Palm Beach, FL 33407
Neurological surgery is a discipline of medicine and that specialty of surgery which deals with the diagnosis, evaluation and treatment of disorders of the central, peripheral and autonomic nervous systems, including their supporting structures and vascular supply; and the evaluation and treatment of pathological processes which modify function or activity of the nervous system, including the hypophysis. Neurological surgery includes the operative and non-operative management, diagnosis, evaluation, treatment, critical care and rehabilitation of patients with disorders of the nervous system.
Education
Secondary: SouthMiami Senior High School, Miami, Florida 1974-1977
Undergraduate: University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida 1977-1981
Medical: Universityof Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida 1981-1985
Degrees
Bachelor of Science, University of Miami, Miami, Florida 1981
Doctor of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, Florida 1985
Medical Licensure
State of Florida OPR #55599 - August 7, 1989
Board Certified - written exam 1989, oral exam May 1996
Resident in Neurosurgery
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio July 1986 - June 1991
Neurotrauma Fellowship
Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania July 1989 - December 1989
Honors & Awards
- Bachelor of Science degree, summa cum laude, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida 1981
- Alpha Epsilon Delta, Premedical Honor Society, University of Miami, coral Gables, Florida 1980
- Alpha Omega Alpha, Honor Medical Society, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida 1984
- Upjohn Achievement Award, Scholastic and Applied Personal Qualities, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida 1984
- John Milton Achievement Award, sponsored by Florida Obstetric and Gynecological Society 1985
- Listed in "Best Physicians in the U.S.", fall of 1997, compiled by center for the Study of Services, a Washington, D.C. based nonprofit consumer-research organization; based upon physician survey of to whom they would refer a family member.
Professional Societies
- Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Member 1989-Present
- American Association of Neurological Surgery, Member 1991
- Joint Section on disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons and Congress of Neurological Surgeons
- Joint Section on Neurotrauma and Critical care of the American Association of Neurological surgeons and congress of Neurological Surgeons
- Florida Medical Association
- Florida Neurosurgical Society
- Joint Section on Cerebrovascular Surgery of the American Association of Neurological surgeons and congress of Neurological Surgeons
Bibliography
- Gomez H and Little JR: Spinal Cord Compression: A Complication of Silicone-coated Dacron Dural Grafts. Report of Two Cases: Neurosurgery 24: 114-118, 1989.
- Gomez H and Chou SM: Myeloradiculopathy Secondary to Pseudogout in the Cervical Ligamentum Flavum: Case Report.
- Dernbach PK, Gomez H, Hahn J: Primary closures of Infected Spinal Wounds, Neurosurgery 26: 707-709, 1990
- Gomez H, Barnett GH, et al: Stereotactic and Computer-Assisted Neurosurgery at the Cleveland Clinic: Review of 501 Consecutive Cases. Cleveland Clinic J. Med, 60: 339-410, 1993.
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