Juan M. González, PhD, DNP, APRN, AGACNP-BC, ENP-C, FNP-BC, CEN, CNE, FAANP, a professor of clinical and program director at the University of Miami School of Nursing and Health Studies, will be inducted into the American Academy of Nursing 2025 Class of New Fellows on October 18 in Washington, DC. Dr. González, a triple board-certified nurse practitioner, certified nurse educator and certified emergency nurse, joined the University of Miami in 2011. From 2015 to 2020, he directed the Family Nurse Practitioner program. In 2019, he won the University’s Outstanding Graduate Program Director of the Year Award. He is a two-time Clinical Faculty Teaching Excellence Award winner and three-time Teacher of the Year awardee at the school. Since 2022, he has been the school’s Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner program director.

A Duke-Johnson & Johnson Nurse Leadership Program graduate, Fellow of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, and visiting professor at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Dr. González is dedicated to caring for marginalized populations across the hemisphere. His recent accolades include the Florida Nurses Association 2025 Innovative Technology Impact Award, American Academy of Emergency Nurse Practitioners’ Excellence in Leadership Award, National Hispanic Nurses Association, Miami Chapter Clinical Leader Award, and Emergency Nurses Association “20 Under 40” recognition.

“By shaping policy, expanding academic pathways, and strengthening clinical training models across regional, national, and international settings, Dr. González exemplifies the best qualities of a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing,” said University of Miami School of Nursing and Health Studies Dean Hudson P. Santos Jr., Ph.D., RN, FABMR, FAAN.