Dr. Javier Goncalves is a general surgery second-year resident at Hospital Domingo Luciani - Universidad Central de Venezuela in Caracas, Venezuela. He currently serves as a speaker of the Emergency Room Trauma Course (ERTC) endorsed by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). During his everyday responsibilities, he receives, refers and treats patients who arrive at the Polytrauma Unit of Hospital Domingo Luciani.
During his years as a medical student (2012-2018), he participated in the Scientific Society of Medical Students (SOCIEM) obtaining recognition for several research works and participated in the multidisciplinary research and service camp (CUMIS) from 2016 to 2018 where he help provide medical healthcare to more than 1000 indigenous patients in the rural communities of Bolivar State, Venezuela.
He also served as a representative in the student committee during university and national protests from 2013-2018, organizing the university community in search of student and national demands. And participated in cultural and sport groups (football, basketball, volleyball and musical groups), representing Venezuela in the AMERIDE’s Choir Festival at Sao Lorenzo, Brazil (2012).
As a resident he is concerned about providing the best quality of care to his patients despite the difficulties of the national health system. Interested in continuing his studies in minimal invasion surgeries to increase the access and availability of these procedures in the healthcare public setting in Venezuela.
Selected publications from PubMed
A Rare Case of Multi-Organ Complications Due to Disseminated Citrobacter koseri Infection Originating From a Renal Abscess.
Pinto-Magalhães S, Pinto R, Lino S, Gonçalves J, Manata MJ
Cureus. 2026 Jun;18(6):e110813 doi: 10.7759/cureus.110813.
Long-term outcomes of metabolic and bariatric surgery: a 10-year study of effectiveness and predictors.
Gonçalves J, Urbano Ferreira H, Menino J, Meira I, Ribeiro S, Moreno T, Leite AR, Ferreira P, Costa T, Borges-Canha M, Pedro J, Varela A, Festas Silva D, Souto S, Freitas P, Lima da Costa E, Queirós J
Int J Obes (Lond). 2026 May;50(5):1055-1063 doi: 10.1038/s41366-026-02039-w.
Common Practice of Percutaneous Drainage in Necrotising Pancreatitis-A Multicentre Retrospective Study (DRACULA).
Vornhülz M, Sirtl S, Xu Y, Klauss S, Orgler-Gasche E, Bezmarevic M, Jovanovic M, Ricci C, Fernandez Y Viesca M, Arvanitakis M, Hadi A, Prahm AP, Di Mauro D, Ruess DA, Focke C, Bender F, Hamm J, Ammer-Herrmenau C, Gonçalves TC, Gonçalves JC, Calavrezos L, Götz M, Stoerzer S, Schmelzle M, Nawacki Ł, Condori C, Seitzinger M, Seelig J, Chooklin S, Chuklin S, Rasch S, Phillip V, Pandanaboyana S, Aljaberi R, Kuzman M, Meinhardt C, González de la Higuera Carnicer B, Ruiz-Clavijo García D, Eross B, Hegyi P, Kerbazh N, Moga TV, Pawlak K, Calo N, Khalaf K, Brunner M, Schulte L, Kleger A, Ruiz Rebollo ML, Seidensticker M, Wildgruber M, Mansmann U, Stubbe H, Mayerle J, Beyer G, DRACULA study group: Laszlo Czako, Valentina Ratkajec
United European Gastroenterol J. 2025 Dec;13(10):2075-2089 doi: 10.1002/ueg2.70133.
Pregnancy Complicated by Primary Hyperparathyroidism-A Case Report on the Use of Cinacalcet.
Gonçalves J, Freitas G, Souto SB, Rodrigues T, Couto PS, Belo S, Queirós J
Clin Case Rep. 2025 Mar;13(3):e70305 doi: 10.1002/ccr3.70305.
The Role of 5-Hydroxymethylcytosine as a Potential Epigenetic Biomarker in a Large Series of Thyroid Neoplasms.
Canberk S, Gonçalves J, Rios E, Povoa AA, Tastekin E, Sobrinho-Simões M, Uguz A, Aydin O, Ince U, Soares P, Máximo V
Endocr Pathol. 2024 Mar;35(1):25-39 doi: 10.1007/s12022-024-09800-9.
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