Jorge M Mallea, M.D. is a consultant in the Department of Critical Care Medicine and the Center for Regenerative Biotherapeutics at Mayo Clinic Florida. He holds a joint appointment in the Department of Transplantation. He serves as the medical director for Lung Bioengineering Jacksonville (LB-JAX) a joint project between Mayo Clinic and Lung Biothechnology. He is the chair for Mayo Clinic Center for Regenerative Biotherapeutics’ equity, inclusion and diversity committee and the Director for Mayo Clinic Center for Regenerative Biotherapeutics Seminar Series. Dr. Mallea serves as the chair for the American Society of Transplant Recovery and Preservation Community of Practice. He is a fellow of the American College of Chest Physician. 

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 was the principal investigator for a multicenter trial on remote centralized ex vivo lung perfusion (EVLP). His current research projects include machine-perfusion-based techniques and therapies to improve lung graft function and longevity.