Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Accomplishments
Military Experience
Lectures and Publications
Timeline
Hi, I’m

Michael G. Gonzalez, MD, FACEP

Houston

Summary

Knowledgeable physician leader with proven track record in leading medical teams and optimizing healthcare delivery. Successfully implemented innovative clinical programs that enhanced patient outcomes and operational efficiency. Demonstrated expertise in strategic planning and team leadership to drive continuous improvement and collaboration.

Experienced operational leader with strategic oversight in clinical settings, ensuring high standards of patient care and operational efficiency. Utilizes in-depth knowledge of healthcare regulations and medical protocols to achieve organizational goals. Track record of fostering collaborative environments and leading multidisciplinary teams to success.

Overview

24
years of professional experience
1
Certification

Work History

Memorial Hermann Health System

Medical Director - Emergency Department
08.2015 - Current

Job overview

  • Chair & Medical Director, Emergency Services
  • Member, Medical Executive Committee
  • Member, Medical Peer Review
  • Member, Emergency Management
  • Member, Critical Care Committee

Visionable

Medical Advisor
01.2024 - Current

Job overview

  • Established relationships with external customers to gain insights into decision-making and brand strategy development.
  • Evaluated competitor landscape through strategic analysis techniques, identifying opportunities for differentiation.
  • Maximized product adoption by developing compelling value propositions that resonated with target customer segments.

With Cline, Inc.

CMO (Fractional)
02.2024 - Current

Job overview

  • Strengthened relationships with key industry partners to facilitate strategic collaborations and joint ventures.
  • Optimized digital presence, enhancing website design and improving search engine rankings.
  • Developed innovative solutions to address specific business challenges or capitalize on emerging trends in the marketplace.

Houston Fire Department

Associate Medical Director
09.2013 - 03.2025

Job overview

  • Director, Emergency Tele-Health & Navigation (ETHAN) Project
  • Paramedic/EMT Training & Credentialing
  • Spearheaded process improvements that resulted in increased efficiency within department operations.
  • Administered and developed organizational budgets and productivity analysis to create strategic planning goals and objectives.
  • Directed and coordinated patient care to help patients navigate clinical system, improve patient access and enhance communication across care team.

Mercury Five, LLC

Founder & Chief, Health Transformation
01.2018 - 12.2023

Job overview

  • Delivered exceptional customer service by addressing client concerns promptly and effectively resolving issues.
  • Led the strategic planning process to define business goals and ensure alignment across all departments.

Rice University - Emergency Medical Services

Associate Medical Director
11.2012 - 07.2019

Job overview

  • Founder & Course Director, Rice University NSCI 492
  • Enhanced clinical efficiency through the creation of streamlined processes for medical team.

Baylor College of Medicine & Ben Taub General Hospital

Assistant Professor
10.2011 - 09.2015

Job overview

  • Chair, BCM Surgical Simulation Center Curriculum Committee
  • Director of Trauma Services, Emergency Center
  • Director of Advanced Airway Management, Emergency Center
  • Director of Simulation, EM Residency
  • Member, BCM Institutional Review Board

Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, U.S. Army

Chief of Emergency Services
07.2008 - 07.2011

Job overview

  • Deputy Director, USAF-Europe Critical Care Air Transport Teams
  • Member of Risk Management Committee
  • Member of Resuscitation & Critical Care Committee

Wilford Hall Medical Center, USAF

Attending Physician
07.2006 - 07.2008

Job overview

  • SAUSHEC Joint Service Medical Director for Simulation
  • Deputy Flight Commander, 59th EMS/SGOED
  • Difficult Airway & Simulation Curriculum Director, EM Residency
  • Undergraduate Research Program Director
  • Member, WHMC Institutional Review Board
  • 342nd TRS - USAF Pararescue Training Medical Director

Lackland Air Force Base, Texas

Medical Director - Trainee Clinic
07.2001 - 06.2003

Job overview

  • Flight Surgeon, 59th AMDS
  • Supervised clinical staff, providing continuous professional development opportunities and training to maintain and strengthen competencies.

TEAMHealth

Medical Director - Emergency Department
08.2015 - 07.2020

Job overview

  • Member, Hospital Quality & Safety Committee
  • Member, Medical Peer Review

Education

Baylor College of Medicine
Houston

Postdoctoral Fellowship from Emergency Medical Services
07-2015

University Overview

San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education
San Antonio

Residency from Emergency Medicine
07-2006

University Overview

  • Chief Resident - Education and Procedural Training

San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education
San Antonio

Internship from General Surgery
06-2001

University Overview

U.T. Houston Medical School (now McGovern Medical)
Houston, TX

M.D.
05-2000

University Overview

Rice University
Houston, TX

Bachelor of Arts from Economics & Political Science
05-1993

University Overview

Skills

  • Patient safety advocacy
  • Direct patient care
  • Clinical expertise
  • Healthcare management
  • Strategic planning
  • Quality improvement
  • Staff development
  • Protocol development

Certification

Diplomate, American Board of Emergency Medicine - December 2007 Medical Physician License, State of Texas, 2007 - Present
Medical Physician License, State of Indiana, 2001-11
Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS), Instructor, 2004-10 Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), Instructor, 2004-09

Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), Instructor, 2007-10 Basic Life Support (BLS), Instructor, 2006-10

Accomplishments

Accomplishments

    HONORS & AWARDS

    EMS for Children Telehealth Advisory Council, 2020-present

    National Quality Foundation - Trauma Outcomes Committee Member, 2018-present

    Texas Medical Center, TMCx Innovation Institute Advisor, 2015-present

    University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Department of Medical Informatics, Assistant Professor - Adjunct Faculty, 2016-present

    Best Abstract Presentation, 2017 Research Forum, ACEP Scientific Assembly

    JEMS/EMS Innovators Award 2016 - Project ETHAN

    2016 "New Frontiers" Hooley Award, Imagetrend, Inc.

    Baylor College of Medicine Emergency Medicine Interest Group Mentoring Award 2013 Reviewer, Academic Emergency Medicine, 2011 - Present

    Reviewer, Air Medical Journal, 2012 - Present

    Fellow, American College of Emergency Physicians

    Fellow, American Academy of Emergency Medicine

    Fellow, ACEP/EMF Teaching Fellowship Graduate 2008

    Military:

    USAF Aerial Achievement Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters USAF Meritorious Service Medal

    Operation Enduring Freedom Campaign Medal

    Operation Iraqi Freedom Campaign Medal

    USAF Commendation Medals

    USAF Achievement Medals

    US Army Achievement Medal

    US Army Certificate of Achievement

    Residency:

    SAUSHEC EM Residency "Save of the Year - 2006"

    SAUSHEC EM Residency "Save of the Month - September 2003" Vanguard Medicine, "Great Case Award"

    Outstanding Support of Emergency Medicine

Military Experience

Military Experience

2011 455th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, Bagram AB, Afghanistan Critical Care Air Transport Teams -Lead Physician & Medical Director 2008-'11 USAF-Europe, Ramstein AB, Germany
Critical Care Air Transport Teams, Deputy Director

2010 Critical Care Air Transport Team - CSTARS Advanced Course Graduate 2009 10th Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Flight, Ramstein AB, Germany Critical Care Air Transport Teams -Lead Physician
2006-'08 Critical Care Air Transport, Brooks-City Base, Texas
Instructor Cadre
2007 LSA Anaconda, 332nd EMDG Air Force Theatre Hospital, Balad AB, Iraq Deputy Chief, Emergency Services
2006 Critical Care Air Transport Team - Basic Course Graduate
2005 Medical Effects of Ionizing Radiation Course, Bethesda, Maryland
2003 USAF Aerospace Medicine Primary Course, Brooks AFB, Texas
2003 USAF Survival, Evasion, Resistance & Escape School
1997 Commissioned Officer Training, Maxwell AFB, Montgomery, Alabama

Lectures and Publications

Lectures and Publications

National Faculty - The Difficult Airway Course-Emergency Medicine

o The Trauma Airway, The Surgical Airway, Pediatric Airway, Surgical Skills Lab • 2007 – present

o American College of Emergency Physicians, Scientific Assembly

  • Surgical Skills Lab Instructor, 2012 – 2019
  • Lecture, Controversies in EMS & Intersections of Medicine, 2021
  • Lecture, Intersections of Medicine, 2020

Lecture, International Assoc of Fire Chiefs, ETHAN – Behind the Scenes, May 2021
Lecture, Massachusetts General Hospital EM Telehealth, ETHAN – An EMS Telehealth Model, December 2020
Lecture, Governmental Services ACEP Chapter, No Mask, No Problem: HVI Oxygen System Solution, December 2020

Lecture, ACEP Scientific Assembly (virtual), Crossroads in EMS, October 2020
Lecture, ACEP Leadership and Advocacy Conference, Telemedicine Innovations, May 2019
Lecture, International Assoc of Fire Chiefs/Fire-Rescue, Project ETHAN – Lessons Learned, May 2018

Lecture, International Assoc of Fire Chiefs/Fire-Rescue, Project ETHAN - Transforming EMS Care, May 2016

Panelist, Medical World Americas, Trends in Digital Medicine, May 2016
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Panelist, HIMSS 2016, The Building Blocks of Digital Transformation, March 2016 Lecture, ZOLL Summit 2015, A Texas-Sized Solution to Unnecessary ER Visits, May 2015

Lecture, Houston, We Have a Solution: Project ETHAN, Emergencies in Medicine Conference, 2015 Lecture, Blunt Trauma: Does Anyone Go to the OR Anymore?, Emergencies in Medicine Conference, 2014 Lecture, Trauma Transit: From Battlefield to Bedside, Air Medical Transport Conference, 2013


Regional
Lecture, No Mask, No Problem – Mask Free NIV, Arizona Society for Respiratory Care, April 2021

Lecture, No Mask, No Problem – Mask Free NIV, Union Hospital Group, Terra Haute, IN, Feb 2021 o Lecture, Houston, We Have A Solution, Denver Health EM Grand Rounds, December 2020

Lecture, Houston, We Have A Solution, California Fire EMS Disaster Conference, May 2018 Panelist, TechStreet Houston - Healthcare Edition, Rice University, 2014

Lecture, ETHAN: Transforming Emergency First Response, 15th Annual Health Services & Outcomes Research Conference, 2014

Lecture, TXA: Implementation of a Hospital-Based Protocol, Mississippi Coastal Trauma Symposium, 2014 Lecture, Back to the Future: Tourniquets & TXA, Mississippi Coastal Trauma Symposium, 2013
Panelist, TXA in the Trauma Patient, Circle of Survival Trauma Conference, 2013
Panelist, Simulation Solutions, All-Houston Emergency Medicine Conference, 2013

Instructor, FDNY Medical Special Operations - 1st Inaugural Conference, 2013
Lecture, Tourniquets: Back to the Future, Circle of Survival Trauma Conference, 2012
Panelist, Trauma: New Advances & Technologies, All-Houston Emergency Medicine Conference, 2012 Lecture, From the Front Lines of War, AAEM Regional Meeting, 2011
Lecturer, Certified Flight Registered Nurse Certification Course, Bagram AB, 2010-11
Lecturer, Tactical & Field Airway Management, USAF Pararescue Indoctrination Course, 2006-08

Local

Lecture & Skills Lab, The Difficult Airway, BCM EM Residency, 2011-14
Lecture & Skills Lab, Introduction to the Difficult Airway, BCM EM Residency, 2011-14 Lecture & Skills Lab, Introduction to Airway Management, BCM EM Residency, 2011-14 Lecture & Skills Lab, Procedures in Emergency Medicine, BCM EM Residency, 2011-14 Lecture, Novel Approach to the Difficult Airway, BCM Internal Medicine Grand Rounds, 2011 Course Director & Creator, Difficult Airway Workshop, SAUSHEC EM Residency, 2006-08 Lecture, Professional Pitfalls in Emergency Medicine, SAUSHEC EM Residency, 2006-08


RESEARCH & PUBLICATIONS

Langabeer J, Champagne-Langabeer T, Gleisberg G, and Gonzalez M (2018). Telehealth and Alternative Delivery Models in Emergency Medical Services. Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) Annual Conference (Indianapolis, May 18, 2018).

Gonzalez M, Gleisberg G, Champagne-Langabeer T, and Langabeer J (2018). Utilization and Outcomes from the Emergency Telehealth and Navigation Program in Houston. Texas College of Emergency Physicians. (Houston, April 15, 2018).

Langabeer J, Champagne-Langabeer T, and Gonzalez M (2017). Exploring the Efficacy of a Telehealth in


National Presentations

Emergency Medical Services. AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting, New Orleans LA. July 26-27, 2017.

Gonzalez, M, Langabeer J. Mobile Innovations and Telehealth in Emergency Care. (2017). Health Information & Management Systems Society - HIMSS17. February 2017, Orlando, Florida

Champagne-Langabeer T, Gonzalez M, Alqusairi D; Jackson, A; Mikhail J, & Langabeer J. (2016). The Effect of a Large-Scale Mobile Health Emergency Project: A Telehealth Enabled Informatics EMS Intervention. American Medical Informatics Association Annual Conference. November 13, Chicago Illinois.

Gonzalez, M. Houston ETHAN Project. (2016). International Association of Fire Chiefs Fire-Rescue Medical Conference. May 2016, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Langabeer J, Champagne-Langabeer T, Alqusairi D, Jackson A, Mikhail J, Persse D, Gonzalez M. (2016). Innovations in Prehospital Delivery Models Incorporating Telehealth: The City of Houston Emergency Medical Services ETHAN Program. Society of Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) Annual Meeting, New Orleans LA, May 2016.

Mason P, Gonzalez MG, "Utility of the Charlotte criteria and the Liatest D-dimer assay in the exclusion of pulmonary embolism in the emergency department." ACEP Scientific Assembly 2008, Oral Presentation

Hampton MS, Gonzalez MD, Adams BD, "A Comparative Study of Endotracheal Intubation by Airtraq, Glidescope Ranger and Direct Laryngoscopy in a Closed Space Environment." US Joint Services Symposium Research Forum 2008, Poster & Oral Presentation

Publications

Champagne-Langabeer T, Langabeer J, Roberts K, Gross J, Gleisberg G, Gonzalez M (2019). Telehealth Impact on Primary Care Related Ambulance Transports. Prehospital Emergency Care, Jan 2019 (online, publication pending)

Langabeer J, Champagne-Langabeer T, Alqusairi D, Kim JY, Jackson A, Persse D, and Gonzalez M (2016). Cost- Benefit Analysis of Telehealth in Pre-Hospital Care. Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, 23(8):747-751.

Langabeer J, Gonzalez M, Alqusairi D, Champagne-Langabeer T, Jackson A, Mikhail J, and Persse D (2016). Telehealth-Enabled Emergency Medical Services Reduces Ambulance Transport to Urban Emergency Departments. Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 17(6). 2016 Nov.

Gonzalez M, Persse D, Alqusairi D, Champagne T, Mikhail J, and Langabeer J. (2016). The Telehealth Initiative in Houston Emergency Medical Services. Telemedicine, 1(4), 20-25.

Peacock WF, Levy PD, Gonzalez MG, Than MT, "Target-Specific Oral Anticoagulants in the Emergency Department." Journal of Emergency Medicine. 50(2): 246-57, 2016 Feb.

Gonzalez, M., Alqusairi, D., Jackson, A., Champagne-Langabeer, T., Langabeer, J., and Persse, D. (2015). Houston EMS Advances Mobile Integrated Healthcare Through the ETHAN Program. Directing Appropriate Care in EMS. Journal of Emergency Medical Services, 40(11): 53-56.

Gonzalez MG, Gleisberg G, Traynor K, Escott ME, "Evaluation of the King Vision Video Laryngoscope in Paramedics Using Levitan Airway Trainers." Prehospital Emergency Care, Abstract No. 56, 2014 Jan/Feb

Farias S, Peacock WF, Gonzalez MG, "Impact of Initial Blood Pressure on Antihypertensive Response in Patients with Acute Hypertension." Americal Journal of Emergency Medicine. 32(8):833-6, 2014 Aug.

Gibbs M, Gonzalez MG, Walls R, "The Trauma Patient" Chapter in textbook: Manual of Emergency Airway Management, 4th edition. 2013

Williams JB, McDonough MA, Gonzalez MG, "Intermethod Reliability of Real-time Versus Delayed Videotaped Evaluation of a High-fidelity Medical Simulation Septic Shock Scenario." Academic Emergency Medicine.

16(9):887-93, 2009 Sept.

Bebarta VS, Kostic MA, Gonzalez MG, "Managing adverse reactions to psychotropic medications." Pediatric

Annals. 34(12):947-54, 2005 Dec.

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Poster Presentations

Alqusairi D, Gonzalez M, Champagne-Langabeer T, Mikhail J, Jackson A, and Langabeer J. (2016). Houston EMS: Changing the Delivery of Emergency Care. Texas HIMSS Annual Conference, Houston TX, May 2016.

Gonzalez MG, Adams BA, "The Difficult Airway Model - Instructor Trainer (DAM-IT): Novel Use of High- Fidelity Simulator to evaluate airway management skills in emergency physicians and trainees." Poster at GSACEP Joint Service Symposium; 2008, San Antonio, Texas

Adams BA, McGowan TM, Gonzalez MG, "First pass intubation success of Glidescope Ranger versus Macintosh blade in difficult airway mannequin simulations by emergency medicine physicians." Poster at GSACEP Joint Service Symposium; 2008, San Antonio, Texas

Collaborator

Hasegawa K, Sullivan AF, Hirashima ET, Gaeta TJ, Fee C, Turner SJ, Massaro S, Camargo CA Jr, on behalf of the MARC-36 Investigators. A multicenter observational study of US adults with acute asthma: Who are the frequent utilizers in the emergency department? J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract 2014; in press.

Sullivan AF, Hasegawa K, Linnemann RW, Long AA, Teuber SS, Turner SJ, Massaro S, Camargo CA Jr, on behalf of the MARC-36 Investigators. An update on U.S. asthma centers: 2013. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 2014; in press.

Hasegawa K, Sullivan AF, Tsugawa Y, Turner SJ, Massaro S, Clark S, Tsai CL, Camargo CA Jr, on behalf of the MARC-36 Investigators. Comparison of U.S. emergency department acute asthma care quality, 1997-2001 and 2001-2012. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2014; in press

Timeline

CMO (Fractional)
With Cline, Inc.
02.2024 - Current
Medical Advisor
Visionable
01.2024 - Current
Founder & Chief, Health Transformation
Mercury Five, LLC
01.2018 - 12.2023
Medical Director - Emergency Department
Memorial Hermann Health System
08.2015 - Current
Medical Director - Emergency Department
TEAMHealth
08.2015 - 07.2020
Associate Medical Director
Houston Fire Department
09.2013 - 03.2025
Associate Medical Director
Rice University - Emergency Medical Services
11.2012 - 07.2019
Assistant Professor
Baylor College of Medicine & Ben Taub General Hospital
10.2011 - 09.2015
Chief of Emergency Services
Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, U.S. Army
07.2008 - 07.2011
Attending Physician
Wilford Hall Medical Center, USAF
07.2006 - 07.2008
Medical Director - Trainee Clinic
Lackland Air Force Base, Texas
07.2001 - 06.2003
Baylor College of Medicine
Postdoctoral Fellowship from Emergency Medical Services
San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education
Residency from Emergency Medicine
San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education
Internship from General Surgery
U.T. Houston Medical School (now McGovern Medical)
M.D.
Rice University
Bachelor of Arts from Economics & Political Science
Michael G. Gonzalez, MD, FACEP