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José P. Garcia, MBA, M.D.
BACKGROUND
Chief of Cardiothoracis Surgery Lee Health Fort Myers, FL • Chief, Adult Heart Transplant Surgery and MCS /ECMOMemorial Healthcare System Hollywood, FL. · Full-time – On-siteJan 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 11 mos• Surgical Director, Thoracic Transplantation and Artificial Heart and Lung ProgramsIU Health Methodist Hospital. Indianapolis, IN. Full-time – On siteMay 2018 – Jun 2022 · 4 yrs 2 mos• Indiana University-Methodist HospitalIndianapolis, IN. Full time – On Site o Surgical Director of Adult ECMO May 2018 – Jun 2022 · 4 yrs 2 moso Surgical Director of Ex-VivoMay 2018 – Jun 2022 · 4 yrs 2 moso Surgical Director of CTEPH Program May 2018 – Jun 2022 · 4 yrs 2 moso Surgical Director of Lung Transplant May 2018 – Dec 2021 · 3 yrs 8 moso Surgical Director of Heart Transplant May 2018 – Dec 2021 · 3 yrs 8 moso Surgical Director of Mechanical Circulatory Support May 2018 – Dec 2021 · 3 yrs 8 mos• Massachusetts General HospitalBoston, MA. Full time – On Site o Surgical Director, Cardiothoracic Transplantation and Artificial Heart and Lung Program Jun 2013 – Nov 2015 · 2 yrs 6 moso Surgical Director, Heart Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory Support Nov 2012 – Nov 2015 · 3 yrs 1 mo• University of Maryland Medical CenterBaltimore, MD. Full-time – On siteo Assistant Director Cardiothoracic Transplantation and Mechanical Circulator SupportOct 2009 – Oct 2012 · 3 yrs 1 moo Director, Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation SupportOct 2009 – Oct 2012 · 3 yrs 1 mo• Montefiore Medical Center New York, NY. Full time – On siteo 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 siteo Assistant Director, Heart /Lung Transplantation and Mechanical Circulatory SupportAugust 1999-August 2001• Brigham and Women’s HospitalBoston, MA. Full time – On siteo Cardiac Surgery ResidencyJul 1996 – Jun 1998 · 2 yrs o Clinical Fellow Thoracic OncologyJul 1995 – Jun 1996 · 1 yr o Assistant to Surgeon-in-ChiefJul 1994 – Jun 1995 · 1 yr o General Surgery ResidencyJun 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
EDUCATION & TRAINING
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