## About

Alejandro Barrera-Godínez, MD, is a dermatologist at Boston Medical Center (BMC) and Boston Medical Center – South (BMC South) and an Assistant Professor of Dermatology at the Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine.

Dr. Barrera-Godínez earned his medical degree from the Ignacio A. Santos School of Medicine at the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education in Mexico. He ...  completed both internal medicine and dermatology residency training programs in Mexico City at the Salvador Zubirán National Institute of Health Sciences and Nutrition. He then moved to Boston to partake in Boston University’s International Graduate Training Program and subsequently completed a fellowship in Advanced Clinical Dermatology through the Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine.

Dr. Barrera-Godínez is passionate about health equity, particularly in Latino and LGBTQ+ communities. His clinical and research interests include complex medical and inpatient dermatology, medical mycology, nail pathology, and dermatology in populations identifying as LGBTQ+.

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- ### Departments
    
    [Dermatology](/departments/dermatology)
- ### Specialties
    
    Complex medical dermatology; inpatient dermatology; LGBTQ+ dermatology; medical mycology; nail pathology
- ### Languages
    
    Spanish
- ### Pronouns
    
    He/Him
 
 

- ### Contact
    
     [617.638.7420](tel:617.638.7420)
- ### Primary Location
    
    BMC, Shapiro Center  
    [725 Albany St.  
    8th Floor, Suite 8B  
    Boston, MA 02118](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?q=725+Albany+St.%2C+Boston%2C+MA+02118)
    
       
    North Easton, 3 Washington  
    [3 Washington Street  
    Suite 200  
    North Easton, MA 02356](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?q=3+Washington+Street%2C+North+Easton%2C+MA+02356)
 
 

 



 

 

- ### Administrative Title
    
    Assistant Professor of Dermatology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
- ### Residency
    
    Internal Medicine, (2014–2019) and Dermatology (2019–2022), Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico
- ### Fellowship
    
    Advanced Clinical Dermatology, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 2022–2023
- ### Education
    
     Medical School: Ignacio A. Santos School of Medicine, Inst. Tec. y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Mexico, 2014
 
 

 

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  ## Affiliations

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