Jorge Mallea MD

Jorge M Mallea, M.D. is a consultant in the Department of Critical Care Medicine, he holds a Joint appointment in the Department of Transplantation and the Center for Regenerative Biotherapeutics (CRB) at Mayo Clinic Florda. He serves as the medical director for Lung Bioengineering Jacksonville (LB-JAX) a joint project between Mayo Clinic and Lung Biothechnology (a subsidiary of United Therapeutics). He is the chair for CRB's equity, inclusion and diversity committee.  

Dr. Mallea received his M.D. degree at the Universidad Nacional de San Agustin. He  completed a residency in Internal Medicine at New York Medial College in New York. He received further fellowship training in Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine at Saint Louis University, Missouri. He joined the lung transplant team at Mayo Clinic Florida in 2011. 

Dr. Mallea's research interests include lung repair and regeneration, and organ preservation. He has served as principal investigator in industry sponsored clinical trials involving endobronchial valves to treat emphysema and centralized ex vivo lung perfusion facilities. 

Dr. Mallea serves as co-chair for the American Society of Transplant Recovery and Preservation Community of Practice. He is a fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians and the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. He holds membership in other national and international professional societies.