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Office
20 Courthouse Sq
Ste 204
Rockville, MD 20850Phone+1 301-962-4278Fax+1 833-781-1112
Summary
- Dr. Alan Gonzalez-Cota is an anesthesiologist in Rockville, MD and is affiliated with Holy Cross Germantown Hospital. He received his medical degree from Autonomous University of Baja California School of Medicine and has been in practice 12 years. He also speaks multiple languages, including Spanish. He specializes in pain medicine and is experienced in radio frequency nerve lesioning, spinal cord stimulation, radiofrequency ablation, pain management, and infections of the spine.
Education & Training
- University of MichiganFellowship, Pain Medicine, 2010 - 2011
- University of MichiganResidency, Anesthesiology, 2007 - 2010
- UC San Diego Medical Center - HillcrestPost-Doctoral Fellowship, 2005 - 2006
- Autonomous University of Baja California School of MedicineClass of 2005
Certifications & Licensure
- DC State Medical License Current
- CA State Medical License 2012 - 2026
- MD State Medical License 2013 - 2026
- VA State Medical License 2016 - 2026
- DE State Medical License 2011 - 2025
- FL State Medical License 2017 - 2025
- MI State Medical License 2006 - 2023
- American Board of Anesthesiology Anesthesiology
- American Board of Anesthesiology Pain Medicine
- World Institute of PainFellow Interventional Pain Practice
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Best Scientific Poster Award Society for Education in Anesthesia, 2011
- Peter J. Cohen Award University of Michigan, Anesthesiology Residency Class 2010, 2010
- Resident Scholar Award Foundation for Anesthesia Education and Research, 2009
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 52 citationsSystematic Review of the Effectiveness of Lumbar Medial Branch Thermal Radiofrequency Neurotomy, Stratified for Diagnostic Methods and Procedural TechniqueByron J Schneider, Lisa Doan, Marc K Maes, Kevin R Martinez, Alan Gonzalez Cota
Pain Medicine. 2020-06-01 - 8 citationsThe effect of bench model fidelity on fluoroscopy-guided transforaminal epidural injection training: a randomized control study.Alan Gonzalez-Cota, Srinivas Chiravuri, R. Brent Stansfield, Chad M. Brummett, Stanley J. Hamstra
Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine. 2013-03-01 - 3 citationsComputational Modeling and Prototyping of a Pediatric Airway Management InstrumentAlan Gonzalez-Cota, Grant H. Kruger, Padmaja Raghavan, Paul I. Reynolds
Anesthesia and Analgesia. 2010-06-25
Journal Articles
- The effect of Model Fidelity on Transforaminal Epidural TrainingGonzalez-Cota A, Chiravuri S, Hamstra S, Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, 1/1/2013
- Computational Modeling and Prototyping of a Pediatric Airway Management InstrumentGonzalez-Cota A, Kruger G, Reynolds P, Anesthesia & Analgesia, 1/1/2010
- Non-Invasive Ventilation: When does it fail?Gonzalez A , Varon J, Crit Care & Shock, 1/1/2005
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Books/Book Chapters
Abstracts/Posters
- Intelligent Spinal Cord Stimulation System in a Neural Bench Model.Gonzalez-Cota A, Chiravuri S, American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, 1/1/2010
- Computational Modeling and Prototyping of a Pediatric Airway Management Instrument.Gonzalez-Cota A, Kruger G, Reynolds P, Society for Airway Meeting, American Society of Anesthesiologists, Chicago, IL, 1/1/2010
- The role of alpha2 noradrenergic receptors in regulating primary afferent release of substance P and formalin-induced nociception.Gonzalez-Cota A, Yaksh TL, Society of Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine 2009 Annual Pain Medicine Meeting and Workshops, San Antonio, TX, 1/19/2009
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Lectures
- Delaware State Mandatory CME on Opioid ManagementLewes, DE, 2015; Dover, DE, 2015 - 1/1/2015
- Ultrasound Guidance for Peripheral Nerve Blocks (Workshop Faculty)Jersey City, NJ - 1/1/2015
- Percutaneous Lumbar DecompressionLewes, DE - 1/1/2013
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Professional Memberships
- Member
- Standards Division - EBM Member
- The Maryland State Medical Society, Montgomery CountyCo-Chair, Membership
Other Languages
- Spanish
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