Dr. Juan Sarmiento, Division of General and GI Surgery, Dept. of Surgery, Emory University SOM

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Juan M. Sarmiento, MD

Academic Appointment

Assistant Professor of Surgery, Division of General and GI Surgery, Department of Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine

Clinical Appointment

Director, Hepatopancreatic Biliary Surgery, Emory University Hospital

Telephone

404.712.2031

Location of Practice

		Inpatient: Emory University Hospital

		Outpatient The Emory Clinic

Graduate Education

MD received 1987, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia

Postgraduate Training

General Surgery Residency, Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia, 1987-1993, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 1996-2000

Fellowship/Advanced Training

GI Surgical Scholar (Hepatopancreatobiliary Surgery), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 2000-2002

Prior Appointments

		Assistant Professor of Surgery, Mayo Medical School, Rochester, MN, 2002-2003

		Senior Associate Consultant, Department of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, 2002-2003

Board Certification

Honors and Awards

		Distinguished Poster: Laparoscopic Resection of the Liver, SAGES 2005 Annual Meeting

		History of Medicine Fellowship, Southern Surgical Association, December 2005

		Surgical Fellow Teacher of the Year, Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, June 2001

		Karee D. Nygaard Award, Outstanding Achievement in Clinical Sciences Research, Department of Surgery, Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, 1999

Current Organizational Memberships

		American College of Surgeons, Fellow

		Surgical Society of the Alimentary Tract

		Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons

		Association for Academic Surgery

		Atlanta Surgical Society

		Southeastern Surgical Society

		American Hepatopancreaticobiliary Association

		The Pancreas Club

		Mayo Medical Alumni Association

		American Medical Association

		Priestly Surgical Society

		Minnesota Medical Association

		Zumbro Valley Medical Society

		Sociedad Colombiana de Cirugía

		Associación Colombiana de Nutrición Cliníca

Clinical and Research Interests

		Surgical treatment of metastatic liver disease

		Primary hepatic tumors

		Gallbladder cancer

		Cholangiocarcinoma

		Chronic pancreatitis

		Reconstruction of the bile duct

		Surgery of the stomach

Year Joined the Department of Surgery as a Faculty Member

2003