Dr. Mauricio Gonzalez is an internal medicine and emergency room physician in New York who has been treating covid-19 patients in the middle of the pandemic. A trusted source of medical information, Dr. Gonzalez has been dubbed the Latin Fauci, doing national TV interviews and leveraging the power of social media to debunk myths and share facts related to all things Science.

Dr. Mau, as he is affectionately known by his followers, is passionate about inspiring, motivating and educating his vast online community about a healthy lifestyle, which includes exercise, nutrition and the right mentality. Reaching millions on social media daily, his main mission is to make scientific and medical knowledge available and easy to understand to everyone. He wishes to inspire the Latinx community.

Along with his wife, Mayte Moncada, they’re founders of the Veggie Power Summit, which is the largest plant-based medical conference in Latin America and for Spanish speakers in the U.S. This year the conference went virtual for its 6th edition with more than 3,000 attendees from all over the world.

He is a regular contributor for CNN, Telemundo, Televisa, Univision and has been featured in Forbes, The Today Show, People Magazine, InStyle, GQ Mexico to name a few. An avid public speaker, he has shared a panel with Dr. Thedros and Bill Clinton.

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