Dr. Gustavo Ferrer-Gonzalez, MD

Dr. Ferrer was trained in Internal and Pulmonary Medicine in Cuba in the early 1990s. In 1999, he was hired by the United Nations University to serve as the Director of Respiratory Research while working with the native peoples of Venezuela’s Orinoco River region. During this time, he delivered multiple professional presentations at international meetings.
He went for residency in Texas, received a fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Care at George Washington University. He then joined the Cleveland Clinic Florida where he led efforts to open a lung fibrosis and chronic cough center of excellency.
In 2011, Dr. Ferrer was appointed to the prestigious National Steering Committee for the COPD Alliance of nine medical organizations. As part of that esteemed group, he was invited to the White House to help shape the Affordable Care Act’s end of life policies and practices. He has since received several prestigious awards, including: being listed among the Best Doctors in the US by …U.S. News & World Report, Most Compassionate Doctor, Patients’ Choice Award, and multiple teaching awards. He has been featured in USA Today, NBC News, CNN en Español, the Miami Herald, and on Radio Caracol Miami. As well as in El Salvador and Honduras national newspaper. Ferrer left the Cleveland Clinic in 2013 to open and establish Intensive Care Experts Network and a chronic cough center of excellency.