M.D., Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, 1997.
M.B.A., Universidad Andres Bello, Santiago, Chile, 2013.

Residency/Fellowship: Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile (general surgery), 1997-2000; Instituto Nacional del Torax, Santiago, Chile (cardiovascular surgery), 2000-2003; Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, Minn. (cardiovascular surgery), 2003-2005; (cardiopulmonary transplantation), 2005-2006; Freeman Hospital, Newcastle, United Kingdom (thoracic transplantation), 2006-2007; Duke University, Durham, N.C. (thoracic transplantation and assist devices), 2015.

Certified by the Chilean Board of Certification of Medical in General Surgery and in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.

Instituto Nacional del Torax, Santiago, Chile, attending surgeon, Cardiovascular Surgery Thoracic Transplantation, 2007-2014; Clinica Davila, Santiago, Chile, founder and surgical director, Heart/Lung Transplantation & Ventricular Assist Devices Program, 2009-2014; Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Mass., surgical director, ECMO, 2015-2017; surgical director, Lung Transplantation, 2016-2021; assistant surgeon, Department of Surgery, 2015-2019; associate visiting surgeon, 2019-2021; attending cardiac surgeon, Division of Cardiac Surgery, 2015-2021; Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, Mass., Instructor, Department of Surgery, 2016-2019; Assistant Professor of Surgery, 2019-2021.

Appointed to the staff of Mayo Clinic, 2021; Associate Professor of Surgery, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, 2021-present; surgical director, ECMO Program, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, 2021-2023; surgical director, Heart and Lung Transplant and Mechanical Circulatory Support Programs, 2022-present.