
Jose Ignacio Suarez, MD
Neurocritical Care
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty
About Jose Ignacio Suarez
Professional Titles
- Director, Division of Neurosciences Critical Care
Primary Academic Title
Professor of Neurology
Background
Dr. Jose I. Suarez graduated from Javeriana University School of Medicine in Bogota, Colombia. He subsequently trained in Internal Medicine in Bogota and at Beth Israel Hospital in New York City and then completed his neurology residency at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH followed by a fellowship in neurocritical care and stroke at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD (USA). After completion of his training Dr. Suarez joined the faculty at the Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery at Case Western Reserve University where he became the Maxine Stone and John A Flower Chair of acute neurology. He then became the head of vascular neurology and neurocritical care and a tenured professor of neurology and neurosurgery at the Baylor College of Medicine and the CHI Baylor St Luke’s Medical Center in Houston, TX (USA) from 02/2007 – 07/2017. He is currently professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine, neurology and neurosurgery and director of the Neurocritical Care Division at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD.
Recent News Articles and Media Coverage
A Cure for Coma? The Hub (7/25/2022)
Additional Academic Titles
Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Professor of Neurological Surgery
Locations
- The Johns Hopkins Hospital
- 1800 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD 21287
- phone: 410-955-5000
- fax: 410-955-5001
Expertise
Education
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Fellowship, Neurocritical Care Medicine, 1998University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Residency, Neurology, 1996Pontificia Universidad Javeriana-Facultad de Medicina
Residency, Medicine, 1990Pontificia Universidad Javeriana-Facultad de Medicina
Medical Education, MD, 1988Board Certifications
Neurocritical Care
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 2021Vascular Neurology
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 2005Neurology
American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 1998Insurance
- Aetna
- CareFirst
- Cigna
- First Health
- Geisinger Health Plan
- HealthSmart/Accel
- Humana
- Johns Hopkins Health Plans
- MultiPlan
- Pennsylvania's Preferred Health Networks (PPHN)
- Point Comfort Underwriters
- Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
- UnitedHealthcare
- Veteran Affairs Community Care Network (Optum-VACCN)