Meet Our Editorial Board Member Dr. Michael J

Meet Our Editorial Board Member

Current Traditional Medicine, 2017, Vol. 2, No. 2

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Meet Our Editorial Board Member Dr. Michael J. Gonzalez School of Public Health in the Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus in San Juan, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Dr. Michael J. Gonzalez is a Professor at the Nutrition Program, School of Public Health in the Medical Sciences Campus, University of Puerto Rico and Adjunct faculty at the University of Western States. He earned a Bachelor Degree in Biology and Chemistry (Catholic University), a Masters in Cellular Biology and Biophysics (Nova University), and another Masters in Nutrition and Public Health (University of PR Med Sciences Campus). He has a Doctorate in Nutritional Medicine (John F. Kennedy University). He has also a Doctorate in Health Sciences (Lafayette University), and another Doctorate in Nutritional Biochemistry and Cancer Biology (Michigan State University). He completed a Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Geriatrics at the School of Medicine, University of Puerto Rico. Dr. Gonzalez is a Fellow of the American College of Nutrition, and has authored over 150 scientific publications. He has served as a member on more than 15 scientific journal Editorial Boards, such as Biomedicina, the Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine, and Alternative Medicine Reviews. He has served as consultant for several companies, he has been responsible for designing formulations of nutritional supplements and pharmaceutical products. He has also been a consultant for The Center for the Improvement of Human Functioning (now Riordan Clinic), in Wichita, Kansas. He has obtained several research awards for his work on Nutrition and Cancer. He is currently Co-Director of RECNAC II project, and Research Director of the InBioMed Project Initiative. Dr. Gonzalez also serves as a nutrition consultant to the Puerto Rican Basketball National Team and is part of the Medical Commission of the Puerto Rican Basketball Federation. He is in a part time clinical practice with Dr. Miguel J. Berdiel in Ponce, PR. In December 2013, Dr. Gonzalez was exalted as Distinguished Ponceño in Medicine. In November 2014 he was selected as a member as the Academy of Arts and Sciences of Puerto Rico and to the Iberoamerican Academy of Sciences and Culture. Doctor González and Dr. Jorge Miranda-Massari, founders of InBioMed, are leaders in the development of non-toxic chemotherapy treatments for cancer. The findings of their work with Intravenous Vitamin C as an anti-cancer agent, published in 2002, were confirmed by the NIH in 2005. They published the first Phase-I clinical study utilizing Intravenous Vitamin C for the treatment of terminal cancer patients in 2005, and also published in 2005 the most comprehensive review on Vitamin C and Cancer, as a follow-up on the work of two times Nobel Laureate, Dr. Linus C. Pauling. They have brought many new concepts into the scientific field, such as the Bioenergetic theory of carcinogenesis, the systemic saturation phenomenon of intravenous vitamin C, the metabolic correction concept for disease treatment and prevention. Books: Doctors Gonzalez, Miranda-Massari and Saul’s book “I Have Cancer What Should I do: The Orthomolecular Guide to Cancer Management” provides evidence based recommendations for an integrative approach for those dealing with cancer and seeking to improve quality of life and survival. The book “New Insights on Vitamin C and Cancer” presents the current evidence on the use of Vitamin C in Cancer therapy.