Faculty

Juan R. Sanabria, M.D., M.Sc., F.R.C.S.C., F.A.C.S.

Interests
General Surgery, Hepatobiliary Surgery, Kidney, Pancreas and Liver Transplants

Education

M.D. with honors, magna cum laude, Faculty of Medicine, Colegio Mayor de Ntra Sra del Rosario, 1979-1985
Master in Sciences (Thesis: The permeation of substances into cholesterol gallstones and the effect of deoxycholate on biliary IgG concentration studies on gallstones pathogenesis in man and swine), 1988-1992
M.D., International Medical Graduate, University of Toronto, St Michael’s Hospital, 1993

Training

Internship in Surgery, Medicine, Pediatrics, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Andes Medical Centre, Bogotá-Colombia, 1985-1986
GP year (obligatory year as General Practitioner to obtain professional card), Acting Director last 6 months, M.D. professional card #11042, Santa Rosa Hospital, Bogotá-Colombia, 1985-1986
Elective Fellow, Epidemiology Unit, G.I. Cancer Registry, Mount Sinai Hospital, 1994
Resident in General Surgery, Gallie Program, Toronto General and Mount Sinai Hospitals, 1994-1999
Fellow in HPB and Transplant Surgery, Multi-Organ Transplant Unit, University of Toronto, 1999-2000

Appointments

Clinical Associate in General Surgery, Andes Medical Centre, Bogotá-Colombia, 1986-1988
Attending, Multi-Organ Transplant Unit, Toronto General Hospital, 2000-2001
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Division of Transplantation, Medical College of Ohio Hospitals, 2001-2003
Assistant Professor, MCO Medical School and School of Graduate Studies, 2002-2004
Director, Liver & Pancreas Transplant Programs (acting), Department of Surgery, 2003-2004
Director, Liver & Pancreas Transplant Programs, MCO Transplant Institute, 2004
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, 2004-present
Director, Pancreas Transplant Program, University Hospitals of Cleveland, Case Western Reserve University, 2004-present