Jorge Mayol Almera
EDUCATION AND AWARDS
Dr. Jorge Mayol, MD, is currently the Consultant Cardiologist and Co-Director of Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory at the Centro Cardiológico Americano, Montevideo.
He graduated from the UDELAR, University of Montevideo-Uruguay in 1987 and received his overseas training in Interventional Cardiology at UAB in Birmingham, Alabama, USA in 1991.
ACTIVE AREAS OF RESEARCH
His special interests include Interventional Cardiology (Coronary and Structural Heart Interventions) and AMI/ACS management.
In Sanatorio Americano, he leads the TAVI and Structural Heart Program having performed the first TAVI case in Uruguay in 2010. In the last years, he worked with the Uruguayan Society of Cardiology and the Ministry of Health to establish the National Primary Reperfusion and PCI Program in Uruguay.
He has been the director of the Regional Conferences of SOLACI (Latin American Society of Interventional Cardiology) since 2015, developing educational activities throughout the continent.
EDUCATION RESPONSIBILITIES AND MEETING ORGANISATION
He was recently appointed Co-Regional Champion of LATAM for the Stent–Save a Life! Global Initiative with the objective to promote access to primary PCI for STEMI patients in Latin America.
Latest contributions
Equity in STEMI management: bridging gaps in STEMI care for women
15 May 2024 – From EuroPCR 2024
This joint session with the Stent - Save a Life! initiative focuses on the unique challenges in STEMI diagnosis and management for women. It explores different pathological processes resulting in STEMI and STEMI mimics in women, and discusses optimal management techniques. The session features perspectives from...
STEMI Vignettes - The global classroom
18 May 2023 – From EuroPCR 2023
Through these cases, explore global STEMI management and understand various geographic challenges and complication management approaches.
Stent - Save A Life! 10th Anniversary Forum - Welcome
20 May 2019 – From EuroPCR 2019
Consult this session to discover the slides of the welcome ceremony of Stent - Save A Life! 10th Anniversary Forum, and learn about the 2019 program and the future perspectives.
