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Reengineering the heart

Reengineering the heart

Update: 2025-12-10
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How does a young medical student from Bogotá, Colombia go on to co-invent a device that revolutionizes mitral valve repair, and then reshape an entire nation’s landscape of cardiac care? Dr. Juan Pablo Umaña shares the extraordinary journey that shaped his philosophy as a heart surgeon, innovator, and mentor.

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Reengineering the heart

Reengineering the heart

University of Miami Miller School of Medicine