Alexandra Gonzalez, MD

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A Specialist in General Surgery

Alexandra Gonzalez, MD, is a board-certified general surgeon. She has a special interest in breast health and cancer surgery, particularly colon cancer surgery.

She offers a wide range of surgical procedures, including:

  • Abdominal surgery
  • Endoscopy
  • Gallbladder disorder treatments
  • Gastrointestinal cancer surgery
  • General surgery
  • Hemorrhoid removal
  • Hernia repair
  • Melanoma removal
  • Minimally invasive surgery, including Da Vinci robotic surgery and laparoscopic surgery
  • Trauma surgery

Dr. Gonzalez also provides outreach services at CHI LakeWood Health Center in Baudette, Minnesota.

 

Speaks: English

Specialties

Types of Care

(218) 333-5283

Background Information

Education & Training History

Residency:
General Surgery: Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Medical School:
University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Graduate School:
Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Rochester, MN
Undergraduate School:
Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA

Experience & Research

Professional memberships:

  • National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers, Bemidji chapter director
  • Committee on Cancer

Peer-reviewed publications:

  • A Validated Nomogram to Predict Upstaging of Ductal Carcinoma in Situ to Invasive Disease. Annals of Surgical Oncology (2017)
  • Ability of Intraoperative Pathologic Analysis of Ductal Carcinoma In Situ to Guide Selective Use of Sentinel Lymph Node Surgery. The American Surgeon (2018)
  • Identifying a subset of patients with DCIS who have a low likelihood of residual disease at surgical excision following a core needle biopsy. Journal of Surgical Oncology (2017)
  • Margin Proximity Correlates with Local Recurrence After Mastectomy for Patients Not Receiving Adjuvant Radiotherapy. Annals of Surgical Oncology (2017)
  • Neoadjuvant systemic therapy for regionally advanced melanoma. Journal of Surgical Oncology (2018)
  • Patterns of failure following the excision of in-transit lesions in melanoma and the influence of excisional margins. Journal of Surgical Oncology (2018)
  • Status of the Regional Nodal Basin Remains Highly Prognostic in Melanoma Patients with In-Transit Disease. Journal of the American College of Surgeons (2016)
 

Personal Interests

Dr. Gonzalez enjoys traveling and outdoor activities like hiking and skiing.

Additional Locations

Edith Sanford Breast Center Bemidji

1233 34th St. NW.
Bemidji, Minnesota 56601

(218) 333-4624

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