Juan Pablo Umaña, MD, has joined Cleveland Clinic in Florida as Chair, Division of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery.
A renowned cardiothoracic surgeon, Dr. Umaña made an indelible contribution to global heart care early in his career. His specialty interests include mitral valve repair, tricuspid valve repair, aortic valve repair, valve-sparing aortic root replacement, Ross procedure, minimally invasive aortic root replacement, minimally invasive aortic valve replacement, transcatheter aortic valve replacement, transcatheter mitral valve repair, aortic dissection and cardiac tumors. He has presented on complex procedures including mitral valve repair for patients with mitral annular disjunction and aortic valve-sparing root replacement with valve reimplantation.
After completing a research fellowship in liver transplantation in Birmingham, England, Dr. Umaña pursued his general surgery training at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City. During that time, he also conducted research on mitral valve repair as a cardiovascular research fellow with the Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons.
