Jorge A. Almario Alvarez, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery

Surgical Director of Vascular Access Program

Specialty: Transplant

Attending Surgeon at University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System

Clinical Interests: Multi-Organ Abdominal Transplantation (kidney and pancreas)

Languages Spoken: English, Spanish

Medical Education: Universidad Libre, Facultad Ciencias de La Salud. Medicina Y Cirugia, Cali Colombia

Residency: Universidad Nacional de Colombia-General Surgery Residency

Liver Kidney & Pancreas Fellowship: Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL

Publications, Awards, and Memberships:

Awards: Co-Founder Acemli (Medical Students’ Association for Research at the Universidad Libre)

First Ranking in The Medical Internship

Society Memberships: American Society of Transplant Surgeons

Publications:

Almario Alvarez JA, Okoye O, Tulla K, Spaggiari M, Di Cocco P, Benedetti E, Tzvetanov I. Tracheostomy Following Liver Transplantation. March, 2020.
Spaggiari M, Okoye O, Tulla K, Di Cocco P, Almario J, Benedetti E, Tzvetanov I. Geographic Disparities in Liver Allocation and Distribution in the United States: Where Are We Now? December, 2019.
Spaggiari M, Tulla KA, Okoye O, Di Bella C, Di Cocco P, Almario J, Ugwu-Dike P, Tzvetanov IG, Benedetti E. The Utility of Robotic Assisted Pancreas Transplants – A Single Center Retrospective Study. November, 2019.
Spaggiari M, Okoye O, Almario J, Tulla K, Di Cocco P, Benedetti E, Tzvetanov I. Simultaneous Recipient External Iliac Endarterectomy and Renal Transplant – A Propensity Score Matched Analysis. November, 2019.
Di Cocco P, Okoye O, Almario J, Benedetti E, Tzvetanov IG, Spaggiari M. Obesity in kidney transplantation. Transpl Int. 2020 Jun;33(6):581-589. doi: 10.1111/tri.13547. Epub 2019 Nov 19. PMID: 31667905.
Almario Alvarez JA, Okoye O, Tulla K, Spaggiari M, Di Cocco P, Benedetti E, Tzvetanov I. Tracheostomy Following Liver Transplantation. Transplant Proc. 2020 Apr;52(3):932-937. doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2020.01.009. Epub 2020 Mar 2. PMID: 32139274.