He completed his MD at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia in Bogota, Colombia, a medical internship at the University of Miami, Jackson Hospital, and an anesthesia residency at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dr. Gomez came to Pittsburgh for his Critical Care Medicine fellowship, after which he was appointed to a faculty position. His research focus will be in translational research on the role of mitophagy and mitochondrial dysfunction during sepsis-induced microcirculatory failure.