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Jose Ignacio Suarez

Jose Ignacio Suarez, MD

Neurocritical Care

Johns Hopkins Affiliations:
  • Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Faculty

Languages

  • Spanish
  • English

14 Insurances Accepted

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Gender

Male

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

  1. The Johns Hopkins Hospital
    • 1800 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD 21287

    Expertise

    Education

    Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

    Fellowship, Neurocritical Care Medicine, 1998

    University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center

    Residency, Neurology, 1996

    Pontificia Universidad Javeriana-Facultad de Medicina

    Residency, Medicine, 1990

    Pontificia Universidad Javeriana-Facultad de Medicina

    Medical Education, MD, 1988

    Board Certifications

    Neurocritical Care

    American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 2021

    Vascular Neurology

    American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 2005

    Neurology

    American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, 1998

    Insurance

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    • 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)