Juan Sarmiento, MD, FACS

Background

Dr. Sarmiento's innovative treatments include a minimally-invasive approach to liver surgery (the only one in the state and one of very few in the country) and laparoscopic surgery of the pancreas. With Dr. Edward Lin, Dr. Sarmiento 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. Originally from Colombia, Dr. Sarmiento came to the U.S. in 1995 for further surgical training at the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, where he joined the faculty once his training was completed.

Dr. Sarmiento and his team are conducting clinical research related to several aspects of hepatopancreatic biliary surgery, including the coagulation consequences of major liver resection, the endocrine implications of partial pancreatic resection in nondiabetic patients, and simplified clinical pathways for complex pancreatic resections like the Whipple procedure.

Titles & Roles

• Professor, Division of General and GI Surgery, Department of Surgery

  Emory University School of Medicine
• Director of Hepatopancreatic Biliary Surgery

  Emory University Hospital

Education & Training

Education

• Fellowship, Gastroenterology, 2002

  Mayo Clinic School of Medicine
• Residency, General Surgery, 2000

  Mayo Clinic School of Medicine
• Residency, General Surgery, 1998

  Mayo Clinic School of Medicine
• Fellowship, Surgery, 1996

  Mayo Clinic School of Medicine
• Internship, General Surgery, 1993

  Universidad del Valle
• Medical Education, MD, 1987

  Universidad del Valle - Columbia

Board Certifications

• Surgery

  American Board of Surgery, 2001

Professional Memberships

• American College of Surgeons
• American Hepatopancreatobiliary Association
• American Medical Association
• Pancreas Club
• Priestly Surgical Society
• Surgical Society of Alimentary Tract

Research

Publications

Awards

• A. Hamblin Letton Lecture Keynote Speaker, 2017 Southeastern Surgical Congress Annual Meeting
• Distinguished Poster: Laparoscopic Resection of the Liver, SAGES 2005 Annual Meeting
• History of Medicine Fellowship, Southern Surgical Afssociation, 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

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