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José Garcia
José P. Garcia, MBA, M.D.
Background
• Chief, Adult Heart Transplant Surgery and MCS /ECMO
Memorial Healthcare System
Hollywood, FL. · Full-time - On-site
Jan 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 11 mos
• Surgical Director, Thoracic Transplantation and Artificial Heart and Lung Programs
IU Health Methodist Hospital.
Indianapolis, IN. Full-time - On site
May 2018 - Jun 2022 · 4 yrs 2 mos
• Indiana University-Methodist Hospital
Indianapolis, IN. Full time - On Site
o Surgical Director of Adult ECMO
May 2018 - Jun 2022 · 4 yrs 2 mos
o Surgical Director of Ex-Vivo
May 2018 - Jun 2022 · 4 yrs 2 mos
o Surgical Director of CTEPH Program
May 2018 - Jun 2022 · 4 yrs 2 mos
o Surgical Director of Lung Transplant
May 2018 - Dec 2021 · 3 yrs 8 mos
o Surgical Director of Heart Transplant
May 2018 - Dec 2021 · 3 yrs 8 mos
o Surgical Director of Mechanical Circulatory Support
May 2018 - Dec 2021 · 3 yrs 8 mos
• Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA. Full time - On Site
o Surgical Director, Cardiothoracic Transplantation and Artificial Heart and Lung Program
Jun 2013 - Nov 2015 · 2 yrs 6 mos
o Surgical Director, Heart Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support
Nov 2012 - Nov 2015 · 3 yrs 1 mo
• University of Maryland Medical Center
Baltimore, MD. Full-time – On site
o Assistant Director Cardiothoracic Transplantation and Mechanical Circulator Support
Oct 2009 - Oct 2012 · 3 yrs 1 mo
o Director, Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Support
Oct 2009 - Oct 2012 · 3 yrs 1 mo
• Montefiore Medical Center
New York, NY. Full time – On site
o Chief, Division of Heart Transplantation and Surgery for Congestive Heart Failure
Aug 2001 - Dec 2005 · 4 yrs 5 mos
• Temple University Hospital
Philadelphia, PA. Full time - On site
o Assistant Director, Heart /Lung Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support
August 1999-August 2001
• Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA. Full time - On site
o Cardiac Surgery Residency
Jul 1996 - Jun 1998 · 2 yrs
o Clinical Fellow Thoracic Oncology
Jul 1995 - Jun 1996 · 1 yr
o Assistant to Surgeon-in-Chief
Jul 1994 - Jun 1995 · 1 yr
o General Surgery Residency
Jun 1987 - Jun 1994 · 7 yrs 1 mo
• VA Medical Center - West Roxbury/Cambridge, MA.
Full time - On site
Cardiac Surgery Research Fellowship
Jul 1990 - Jun 1992 · 2 yrs
Other Interests
• Heart and Lung Transplantation
• Mechanical Circulatory Support
• Organ Recovery and Perfusion
• Surgical Resident Education
ORGANIZATIONS
• American College of Cardiology (Fellow)
• American College of Surgeons (Fellow)
• Society of Thoracic Surgeons
• American Society of Transplant Surgeons
• American Society of Artificial Internal
• International Society of Heart/Lung Transplant
• European Association of Cardiac Thoracic Surgeons
• American Thoracic Society
• American Society of Transplantation
• American College of Healthcare Executives
Research
• Focus on heart and lung transplant clinical research
• Mechanical support devices
• ECMO
Additional Educational Information
Chief Residency, Cardiac Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 12/01/1997-6/30/1998
Senior Residency, Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Boston Children’s Hospital, 07/01/1997-11/30/1997
Junior Residency, Cardiothoracic Surgery Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 07/01/1996-06/30/1997
Program in Clinical Effectiveness, Thoracic Oncology, Harvard School of Public Health, 06/01/1995–08/01/1995
Clinical Fellow, Thoracic Oncology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Dana Farber Cancer Institute, 07/01/1995–06/30/1996
Assistant- to- Surgeon –in- Chief, Cardiothoracic Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 07/01/1994-06/30/1995
Chief Residency, General Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 07/01/1993–06/30/1994
Senior Residency, General Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 07/01/1992–06/30/1993
Research Fellow, General Surgery, M.I.T./West Roxbury VAMC, 07/01/1990–06/30/1992
Senior Residency, General Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 07/01/1989–06/30/1990
Junior Residency, General Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 07/01/1988–06/30/1989
Internship, General Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 07/01/1987–06/30/1988
Printer-friendlyPractice Areas
- Cardiac
- Extracorporeal circulation
- Mechanical circulatory assistance
- Mechanical support and transplantation
- Heart Transplant
- Lung Transplant