Dr. Jorge A. Guzman

Dr. Jorge A. Guzman, MD, is Chief of Staff at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, as well as Attending Staff at the Department of Critical Care Institute at Cleveland Clinic Ohio.

Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi, Dr. Guzman was Cleveland Clinic’s Vice President of Regional Hospital Medical Operations.

Dr. Guzman is a fellow of the American College of Critical Care and led ICU operations and the development of the ICU telemedicine program (eHospital) at the Cleveland Clinic. He was appointed to Cleveland Clinic’s medical staff in 2007.

Dr. Guzman received his medical degree from the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina in 1988. After completing his residency in Internal Medicine and a fellowship in Critical Care Medicine at the Hospital Privado de Comunidad, Mar del Plata in Argentina, he completed an additional fellowship in Critical Care Medicine at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. Prior to joining Cleveland Clinic, he served as Chief of Medicine at Harper Hospital, the flagship hospital of the Detroit Medical Center in Detroit, Michigan. Dr. Guzman has served in many leadership positions at Cleveland Clinic and at hospitals throughout the United States. He has authored or co-authored more than fifty scientific papers in peer-reviewed medical journals, book chapters and holds two patents registered with the US Patent and Trademark Office.​

PROFESSIONAL JOURNEY

• 1983 - 1988: CÓRDOBA, ARGENTINA. Doctor of Medicine (MD)
• 1993 - 1996: WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, DETROIT, MICHIGAN, US. Fellow, Critical Care
• 1989 - 1993: HOSPITAL PRIVADO DE COMUNIDAD, MAR DEL PLATA, ARGENTINA. Resident, Internal Medicine

WORK EXPERIENCE

• 2016 - 2017: CLEVELAND CLINIC, CLEVELAND, OHIO, US. Vice President Regional Hospitals, Medical Operations
• 2012 - 2015: CLEVELAND CLINIC, CLEVELAND, OHIO, US. Director, Intensive Care Unit Operations
• 2007 - 2015: CLEVELAND CLINIC, CLEVELAND, OHIO, US. Director, Medical Intensive Care Unit
• 2005 - 2007: WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY-HARPER HOSPITAL, DETROIT, US. Chief of Medicine
• 2001 - 2005: WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY-HARPER HOSPITAL, DETROIT, US. Director, Medical Intensive Care Unit
• 1996 - 2001: WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY-HARPER HOSPITAL, DETROIT, US. Staff Physician, Assistant Professor

Achievements & Career Highlights

• Completed Healthcare MBA at Baldwin Wallace University, Berea, Ohio, US
• Led development of eHospital, Cleveland Clinic’s proprietary ICU telemedicine platform and clinical program
• Led ICU operations for the Cleveland Clinic Health System
• Led expansion of MICU at the Cleveland Clinic Main Campus