Update |

Meet Our Advocates: Dr. Maritza G. Gonzalez (she/her)

Where do you call home?
Chicago.

What are your clinical or research interests?
High risk pregnancy, diabetes in pregnancy, reproductive health, and addiction medicine.

What current policy issue motivates you to be an advocate?
Access to pregnancy care, underrepresented minorities in medicine especially subspecialties, and policy change.

What local justice-centered organization do you wish we knew about?
Local prenatal free prenatal care clinics, immigration and citizenship support programs.

What is bringing you joy these days?
Hiking, being with loved ones, and cooking.

Our Meet Our Advocates series showcases the talents and passion of one of our doctors and finds out, in their own words, what inspires them to be physician advocates. Maritza G. Gonzalez, MD is a current Fellow in our Leadership Training Academy Class of 2023. Dr. Gonzalez practices obstetrics and gynecology in Illinois.

Read more interviews from the Meet Our Advocates series.