Carlos R. Gonzales, MD, FAAFP, a family physician in Patagonia and Nogales, Ariz., serves on the board of directors of the American Academy of Family Physicians. The AAFP represents 105,900 physicians and medical students nationwide. Gonzales was elected to a three-year term in October 2012 by the AAFP's governing body, the Congress of Delegates. As an AAFP board member, Gonzales will advocate on behalf of family physicians and patients nationwide to inspire positive change in the U.S. health care system.
Gonzales has been a practicing family physician in Arizona for nearly 30 years. He currently serves as an associate professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, where he also is director for curriculum and community-based education. In addition, Gonzales serves as an advisor for the college's Traditional Indian and Western Medicine Collaboration as well as to minority medical students.
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