Dr. Cesar Gonzales
Meet Dr. Cesar Gonzales
DCHC Addiction Medicine Program Director
Dr. Cesar Gonzales is a Board-Certified Physician in both Family Medicine and Addiction Medicine and serves as the Medical Director of the DCHC Addiction Medicine Program.
Dr. Cesar Gonzales was born and raised in El Paso, TX. He attended medical school at the University of Texas in, Galveston, TX, and went on to complete his internship at the University of Southern California’s LAC+USC Medical Center in, Los Angeles, CA. Finally, Dr. Gonzales completed two residency programs: the first in Psychiatry at Austin Medical Education Program and the second in Family Medicine at EA Conway Medical Center. This landed him dual Board Certifications in Family Medicine and Addiction Medicine.
With over eighteen years of experience, Dr. Gonzales is committed to the treatment of individuals and their families. He is passionate about seeing his patients recover and live the lives they deserve while reducing drug use and drug overdoses.
Aside from Dr. Gonzales’ career in medicine, he is an avid supporter of families that have dealt or are dealing with infertility, miscarriage, and/or bereavement. His support comes from his personal experience of losing his daughters, Gabby and Eva. The pain that his family endured became the foundation of him and his wife, Kila, starting their own business, “I Will Carry You: Birth & Bereavement Doula Services.”
Dr. Gonzales cherishes his family of five. He enjoys playing with his children and being a husband to his beautiful wife.
Dr. Gonzales’s Bio
- Education & Experience
- Awards & Honors
- Medical School; University of Texas Medical Branch; Galveston, TX
- Internship; University of Southern California LAC+USC Medical Center; Los Angeles, CA
- Residency; EA Conway; Monroe, LA
- Medical Director; Broken Wings Recovery Center; Bastrop, LA
- Medical Director; New Hope Addiction Recovery; Monroe, LA
- Owner/Founder; New Hope Addiction Recovery; Monroe, LA
- Addiction Medication Physician; Delhi Community Health Center; Delhi, LA
- Board Certified in Family Medicine
- AOA Board of Family Physicians in Addiction Medicine
Patient Testimonials
“Dr. Gonzales has helped me transition from an lifestyle of addiction into a lifestyle of sobriety. I am able to do telehealth visits with him to get my medication refilled and see my counselor. I have really been working the steps and with the support of Dr. Gonzales and my family, I am finally living again.”
“Nobody would understand. Nobody would know what it feels like. They will just judge me. That is what I thought I would be treated like before I decided to reach out for help. However, Dr. Gonzales understood. He never judged me, only supported me. He acted like my struggles were now his struggles too. I never knew this type of care from a doctor existed until now.”
“For the first time, I am able to work on myself and put an end to my addiction. I’m ready to have a life that I can be proud of and that will make my family proud of me. Dr. G and his staff really care and have helped me so much already. Even when I had to be quarantined for COVID, I was able to have my visit through my phone’s camera. Keeping my appointments means everything to keeping sober.”
