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Office
Francis I. Proctor Foundation, University of California San Francisco
490 Illinois Street, Second Floor
San Francisco, CA 94158Phone+1 415-476-1442Fax+1 415-502-2521
Summary
- Dr. John Gonzales is an ophthalmologist in San Francisco, CA and is affiliated with UCSF Medical Center. He received his medical degree from the Keck School of Medicine at USC and has been in practice 10 years. He specializes in uveitis (ocular immunology and inflammation) and medical cornea including managing systemic and local immunosuppression, ocular manifestations of Sjögren's syndrome/graft-versus-host disease/mucous membrane pemphigoid, and vitreoretinal lymphoma.
Education & Training
University of California (San Francisco)Fellowship, Ocular Immunology/Uveitis, 2011 - 2012
University of Texas Medical Branch Hospitals/Methodist Hospital (Houston)Residency, Ophthalmology, 2008 - 2011
University of Southern California/Los Angeles General Medical Center (USC/LA General)Internship, Internal Medicine, 2007 - 2008
Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern CaliforniaClass of 2007
Certifications & Licensure
CA State Medical License 2011 - 2025
NY State Medical License 2012 - 2022- American Board of Ophthalmology Ophthalmology
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification EpicCare Ambulatory EMR, Epic Systems Corporation, 2013
Clinical Trials
- Methotrexate and Mycophenolate Mofetil for UVEITIS Start of enrollment: 2013 Aug 01
- Systemic and Topical Antivirals for Control of Cytomegalovirus Anterior Uveitis: Treatment Outcomes Start of enrollment: 2020 Mar 15
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- Intraocular Metastatic Lung Adenocarcinoma Masquerading as an Intermediate Uveitis.Robert D Nguyen, Itamar Livnat, Vimal Krishnan, Jay M Stewart, John A Gonzales
Ocular Immunology and Inflammation. 2025-01-13 - Multiple Anterior Chamber Paracenteses May Be Needed to Identify Cytomegalovirus Anterior Uveitis.Christine Benador-Shen, Jessica Shantha, Jennifer Lee, Ying Qian, Thuy Doan
American Journal of Ophthalmology. 2025-01-01 - Deep sequencing as a diagnostic tool in patients with suspected primary vitreoretinal lymphoma.Charlene Choo, Olivia Cote, Karina Bostwick, Matthew Regueiro, Jill Wells
The British Journal of Ophthalmology. 2024-12-17
Press Mentions
- Health and Vision-Related Quality of Life in a Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Methotrexate and Mycophenolate Mofetil for UveitisMarch 3rd, 2021
Grant Support
- Non-Sjögren's Syndrome and Sjögren's Syndrome-Related Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca: A Spectrum of Inflammatory Dry EyeNational Institutes of Health - National Eye Institute2016–2021
- Biomarkers in Ocular SarcoidosisThat Man May See2014–2018
Committees
- Task Force Member, American Uveitis Society Task Force for Membership Value Enhancement 2021 - Present
- Subspecialty Manager for Uveitis, Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology Fellowship Compliance Committee Board of Managers 2021 - Present
- Department of Ophthalmology Representative, University of California San Francisco Pharmacy & Therapeutics Committee 2014 - Present
- Member, American Academy of Ophthalmology Self Assessment Committee 2015 - 2021
Professional Memberships
- Fellow
- Association for Research in Vision and OphthalmologyMember
- Pacific Coast Oto-Ophthalmologic SocietyMember
- American Uveitis SocietyMember
External Links
- Proctor Foundation Websitehttps://proctor.ucsf.edu
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