Lucien Gonzalez, MD, MS, FAAP

My clinical practice focuses on pediatric allergies, including food allergy, eczema/atopic dermatitis, asthma, environmental allergies, hives, drug allergy and other allergic diseases. My research focuses on phenotyping patients with food allergies and understanding the mechanisms of new investigational therapies for food allergy. My areas of active investigation include (1) safety of investigational therapies and predicting which patients are most likely to benefit, (2) studying metabolite and ribonucleic acid (RNA) profiles of patients with food allergy and (3) investigating immunoglobulin E (IgE)-mediated and non-IgE-mediated allergic disease in collaboration with the Gastrointestinal Microbiome and Allergic Proctocolitis (GMAP) Study, a healthy infant cohort at Massachusetts General Hospital.

I care for pediatric patients of all ages, from infants through young adults. My passion is helping adolescents and young adults with complex mental health and sexual and reproductive health needs. I believe that each child and family is the expert on what is best for them. I strive to personalize my approach to care for each patient; above all else, I want them to feel that I am supporting them in the way they want to be supported. My research focuses on how we can improve sexual and reproductive health care for adolescents and young adults in primary care.

As long as I can remember, I have sought out roles caring for children. It began when I was the oldest child helping my younger brothers and continued as I sought summer jobs as a babysitter or camp counselor. Then, as a college student, I first held a human kidney and became enthralled with the amazing complexity of the human body. Instantaneously, I knew I wanted to be a pediatrician. Primary care pediatrics is my dream job. It lets me build years-long relationships with children and families while guiding them through their bodies changes and illnesses. The joy of a primary care pediatrician is getting to know families during times of health to be able to better support them in times of stress. I strive to partner with families to pursue the best care for their children. The primary care pediatrics practice should serve as the patients medical home. It should help families navigate a complicated medical system and coordinate care with and between specialists. When I am not working, you can usually find me walking around my neighborhood or at a local playground. I spend as much time as possible with my husband, child, family and friends. I am always listening to music and love catching local bands play at the Triangles many outdoor concert venues.