Faculty Profiles
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Juan M. Sarmiento, MD
– Associate Professor of Surgery, Division of General and GI Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine
– Director, Hepaticopancreaticobiliary Surgery
Telephone: 404.727.1540
E-mail: jsarmie@emory.edu
Certification: American Board of Surgery
Year Joined Emory as a Faculty Member: 2003
Dr. Sarmiento focuses on surgical treatment of metastatic liver disease, primary hepatic tumors, gallbladder cancer, cholangiocarcinoma, pancreatic cancer, and reconstruction of the bile duct. With Dr. Edward Lin, Dr. Sarmiento has developed unique techniques for laparoscopic-assisted formal liver resections, such as the performance of laparoscopic hepatectomy through incisions that are much smaller than those of a standard open procedure. He has also developed innovative methods of doing laparoscopic surgery of the pancreas. Dr. Sarmiento, Dr. Shishir Maithel, and Dr. David Kooby have amassed the largest national series of laparoscopic pancreatectomies for both benign and malignant disease and co-founded the Central Pancreatic Consortium, an academic multi-institutional research group addressing important trials in hepatobiliary cancers.
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Affiliations
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Emory University Hospital
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The Emory Clinic
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Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University
Graduate Education
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MD received 1987, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia
Postgraduate Training
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General Surgery Residency, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia, 1987-1993, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 1996-2000
Fellowship/Advanced Training
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GI Surgical Scholar (Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 2000-2002
Prior Appointments
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Assistant Professor of Surgery, Mayo Medical School, Rochester, MN, 2002-2003
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Senior Associate Consultant, Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 2002-2003
Honors and Awards
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Distinguished Poster: Laparoscopic Resection of the Liver, SAGES 2005 Annual Meeting
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History of Medicine Fellowship, Southern Surgical Association, December 2005
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Surgical Fellow Teacher of the Year, Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, June 2001
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Karee D. Nygaard Award, Outstanding Achievement in Clinical Sciences Research, Department of Surgery, Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, 1999
Current Organizational Memberships
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American College of Surgeons, Fellow
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Video Committee, Surgical Society of the Alimentary Tract
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Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons
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Association for Academic Surgery
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Atlanta Surgical Society
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Southeastern Surgical Society
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Membership Committee, American Hepatopancreaticobiliary Association
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The Pancreas Club
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Mayo Medical Alumni Association
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American Medical Association
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Priestly Surgical Society
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Minnesota Medical Association
- Georgia Surgical Society
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Zumbro Valley Medical Society
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Sociedad Colombiana de Cirugía
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Associación Colombiana de Nutrición Cliníca
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Honorary Member, Paraquay Society of Surgery
Clinical and Research Interests
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Surgical treatment of metastatic liver disease
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Primary hepatic tumors
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Gallbladder cancer
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Cholangiocarcinoma
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Pancreatic cancer
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Reconstruction of the bile duct
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Surgery of the stomach
