Dr. Rakesh M. Suri (MD, DPhil)
Dr. Rakesh M. Suri, MD, DPhil, is a Strategic Advisor to the CEO and Professor of Surgery at Jefferson University Health System, and Jefferson Health Insurance Plan. He is a thought leader on innovative models of healthcare delivery, international enterprise growth and organizational transformation in pursuit of value.
Dr. Suri served as the first President of International Operations at the Cleveland Clinic leading the international strategy and global business development efforts positioning the organization as One Cleveland Clinic in the United States and abroad.
From 2017-2021, Dr. Suri led Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi as President and Chief Executive Officer and served as Executive Team member of the Cleveland Clinic Enterprise. He oversaw the hospital's strategy and effective operations as the first-ever U.S. multispecialty hospital to be replicated outside of North America with more than 6,000 caregivers from 85+ countries in partnership with stakeholder Mubadala, one of the world's largest sovereign wealth funds. Under his leadership the hospital grew to nearly 500 beds; launched the UAE's first multi- organ transplantation and living-related organ donation programs; supported healthcare transformation in Abu Dhabi, the UAE and the region through education, research, innovation, and construction of a state-of-the- art Oncology tower. He led the team towards financial sustainability, improving revenue and decreasing costs while delivering outcomes that led to the hospital being ranked amongst Newsweek top 150 hospitals globally.
As a practicing cardiovascular surgeon, Dr. Suri focuses on pre-emptive care of patients with asymptomatic mitral valve prolapse, including robotic and minimally invasive mitral valve repair and transcatheter valve therapies. He has completed more than 7,000 surgical procedures in his career.
Dr. Suri was a consultant in the Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Professor of Surgery and Chair of the Enterprise Robotic Practice at Mayo Clinic. His academic pursuits include contributions to more than 340 peer-reviewed journal articles and book chapters, more than 15 patents and several FDA multicenter trials. He was the Director of the Cardiovascular Fellowship Program at Mayo Clinic and past President of the Heart Valve Society.
He is Medical Advisory Board Member and past President/Chief Medical Officer of Fountain Life, where he led expansion of operations, including the establishment of partnerships with payers, community developers, corporate entities and wellness-oriented businesses.
Dr. Suri earned his undergraduate degree at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, medical degree with honors f rom the University of Toronto and a doctorate at Magdalen College, Oxford, UK, as a Rhodes Scholar. He completed thoracic surgical residency at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and is board-certified in both General Surgery and Cardiothoracic Surgery.