Get to know Cardiothoracic Surgeon Dr. Jorge E. Suarez-Cavelier, who serves patients in Orlando, Florida.

Dr. Suarez-Cavelier is an experienced board-certified and fellowship-trained cardiothoracic surgeon in practice with the AdventHealth Cardiovascular Institute in Orlando, Florida. It is a part of AdventHealth Orlando. Throughout his academic career, Dr. Suarez-Cavelier earned his medical degree from the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Faculty of Medicine in Columbia, where he also completed his first residency in general surgery. After moving to the United States, he completed three more residencies, including a residency in general surgery at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn and two residencies in vascular surgery and cardiovascular & thoracic surgery at Carolinas HealthCare System in Charlotte, North Carolina. For his two fellowships in cardiovascular & thoracic surgery, he practiced at both Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas and St. Vincent Hospital in Portland, Oregon.

Jorge E. Suarez-Cavelier, MD, FACS, is a 1978-graduate of the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana/Pontifical Xavierian University Faculty of Medicine in Bogotá, Colombia. His postgraduate training includes his first residency in general surgery served at the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana. Following his relocation to the United States, Dr. Suarez-Cavelier completed a cardiothoracic surgery fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX (1986-1988), and, a second cardiothoracic surgery fellowship at St. Vincent Hospital in Portland, OR (1988-1990). He then conducted a general surgery residency at Maimonides Medical Center (1990-1995), as well as a cardiovascular surgery residency at Carolinas HealthCare System in Charlotte, NC (1995-1998). He attained board certification in cardiothoracic surgery with the American Board of Thoracic Surgery. Dr. Suarez-Cavelier is a member of the American Medical Association and the Orange County Medical Society. For more information about Dr. Jorge E. Suarez-Cavelier, please visit https://www.findatopdoc.com/doctor/1511139-Jorge-Suarez-Cardiothoracic-Surgeon.