Meet Dr. Javier Gelvez

Dr. Javier Gelvez, a highly trained specialist in Cook Children's Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU), cares for children with life-threatening illnesses or injuries.

Services

  • Pediatric critical and intensive care

Baby with a cochlear implant being held by her mother

Adalyn gets her hearing back

When Adalyn was just five months old, a complication from meningitis led to a life-changing diagnosis - hearing loss. Thanks to a life-changing cochlear implant surgery at Cook Children's, she can hear planes, bells, and her parents' voices.

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Education

  • Medical school:
  • Industrial University of Santander - Bucaramanga, Colombia
  • Residency:
  • Children's Hospital of Michigan
  • Board certifications:
  • Pediatrics and Critical Care Medicine

Affiliations

  • Cook Children's Physician Network

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