Dr. Rakesh M. Suri

Dr. Rakesh M. Suri, MD, is Chief Executive Officer and Chair of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. In his role, Dr. Suri oversees the hospital’s overall strategy and effective operation as the first ever US multispecialty hospital to be replicated outside of North America with more than 5,000 caregivers.

In his previous role as Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi’s Chief of Staff, Dr. Suri spearheaded the recruitment of more than 400 physicians and led the medical staff to deliver a suite of complex and innovative services with safety and quality outcomes that are competitive among leading academic medical centers globally.

In his secondary role, Dr. Suri recruited and led the Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgical team and was involved in the creation of the Robotic and Transcatheter Cardiac Programs at Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi. He holds extensive clinical expertise in robotic and minimally invasive cardiac surgery, mitral valve repair and transcatheter valve therapies.

He has completed more than 6,000 surgical procedures in his career and helped to make Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi home to the most sophisticated group of robotic cardiac surgeons in the world.

PROFESSIONAL JOURNEY

• 1995 - 1998: MAGDALEN COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD, OXFORD, UK. Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
• 1991 - 1995: UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA. Doctor of Medicine (MD)
• 2005 - 2006: MAYO SCHOOL OF GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION, MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, US. Chief Resident
• 2003 - 2005: MAYO SCHOOL OF GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION, MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, US. Resident, Thoracic Surgery Residency Program
• 1995 - 2002: UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA. Resident, General Surgery
• 2002 - 2003: ST. MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL, UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO, TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA. Fellow, Cardiac Surgery

WORK EXPERIENCE

• 2013 - 2015: MAYO CLINIC, ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, US. Master's Faculty Privileges in Clinical & Translational Science; Professor, Surgery
• 2011 - 2013: MAYO CLINIC, ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, US. Master's Faculty Privileges in Clinical & Translational Science
• 2010 - 2013: MAYO CLINIC, ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, US. Associate Professor, Surgery
• 2006 - 2010: MAYO CLINIC, ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, US. Assistant Professor, Surgery
• 2006 - 2009: MAYO CLINIC, ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, US. Senior Associate Consultant, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery
• 2002 - 2002: ETOBICOKE GENERAL HOSPITAL, TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA. Temporary Staff General Surgery Locum

Achievements & Career Highlights

• Board certified Cardiac Surgeon in Canada (Royal College of Surgeons Canada) and US (American Board of Thoracic Surgery)
• Professor of Surgery, Cleveland Clinic Learner College of Medicine
• Renowned expert and innovative leader in minimally invasive (robotic) heart surgery, valve repair and transcatheter procedures
• Rhodes Scholar at Magdalen College, Oxford, England
• Authored more than 320 peer-reviewed manuscripts with special expertise in mitral valve surgery, robotics, transcatheter repair and valvular heart disease
• Serves on the editorial review board for several medical journals, including the Journal of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery and the Journal of the American College of Cardiology
• Led robotics program and created a surgical innovation program at Mayo Clinic & Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
• Created or involved in the generation of seventeen patents