In 1993 after completing his training in mainland United States he returned to Puerto Rico to practice as a Cardiovascular and Heart Transplant Surgeon.

On June 27, 1999, Dr.Iván González Cancel along with a group of healthcare professionals performed the surgery which took 3 hours and 17 minutes at the Cardiovascular Center of Puerto Rico.

Due to the success rate of these surgeries, and the outcome of his patients, Dr. González Cancel achieved the status of a prominent surgeon in Puerto Rico and the United States.

"This administration doesn't show any interest in finding out about corruption, which destroys every effort to improve the life of Puerto Ricans," cardiologist Dr. Iván González Cancel told the Daily Sun in an interview Saturday, the same day he opened his 2012 primary campaign office.

The subject of corruption is not a plank in his platform, but rather a shadow that hovers over every reform and project, according to González Cancel, who must get 10,000 endorsement signatures before challenging the incumbent governor to an inter-party primary race in March.

So far, the road has appeared rocky, as he meets criticism and obstacles at every turn, engineered by his potential opponent, Fortuño, and the NPP machine.

The avid statehood supporter can't see why Fortuño is "offended by being challenged, given that [his election] came from having made a primary fight against former NPP Gov.