Mr Muel-Gonzalez specialised in ophthalmic surgery in Spain before he moved to Dublin, where he completed advanced training in oculoplastic surgery and neurophthalmology.

He holds a substantive NHS Consultant position at Mid Cheshire Hospitals Foundation Trust. Here he is the Lead for the Ophthalmic Emergency Department and for Theatre Efficiency, leading a very busy cataract theatre service every week. Mr Muel-Gonzalez performs 1000+ cataract and lens surgeries per year. His areas of interest include cataract surgery under topical anaesthesia, oculoplastic surgery, management of the watery eye and medical and laser treatment of glaucoma. He has extensive experience in general ophthalmology and emergency care. Mr Muel-Gonzalez is member of the Royal College of Ophthalmologists, the British Oculoplastic Surgery Society (BOPSS) and the British Eye Emergency Case Society (BEECS) among other organizations.

He also actively collaborates with a charity organisation, regularly traveling to the African Sahara to treat patients from refugee camps by operating on complex cataracts and oculoplastic surgery cases.