Jorge E. Suarez-Cavelier, MD, FACS

Jorge E. Suarez-Cavelier, MD, FACS, is being recognized by Continental Who’s Who as a Pinnacle Lifetime Achiever in the field of medicine as a Cardiothoracic Surgeon with the Advent Health Cardiovascular Institute.

Advent Health delivers quality care to patients from everyday wellness and preventive health care, to life-saving diagnostic services and innovative medical treatments in cancer, and heart failure through the Advent Health Cardiovascular Institute.

Board-certified in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Dr. Jorge E. SuarezCavelier specializes in structural heart disease, and heart transplants. He has served as Chief of the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery for over 10 years performing Cardiothoracic and vascular surgeries. Dr. Suarez-Cavelier diagnoses and treats a collection of heart diseases that includes heart failure, coronary artery disease, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and congenital heart disease that is obtained through wear and tear, or heart disease that people are born with.

With a Medical Degree and his general surgical residency received from Javeriana University in Bogota, Columbia, Dr. SuarezCavelier came to the United States for a general surgical residency at Maimonides Medical Center in New York. For his academic success he was invited for a Fellowship in vascular and cardiac surgery at Caroline Medical Center, Charlotte, NC, and later invited for a Fellowship in cardiothoracic surgery with Methodist Hospital, Baylor University, Houston, Texas, and a Fellowship in cardiac surgery under Dr. Albert Starr in Portland, Oregon. Today he remains a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and affiliated with the Cardiac Surgery Association, Society of Thoracic Surgeons and the Southern Society of Thoracic Surgeons.

Dr. Jorge E. Suarez-Cavelier dedicates his success to his mentors Michael DeBakey, MD, and Francis Robichek, MD.