Jorge Sánchez-Vivaldi, M.D.

Jorge Sánchez-Vivaldi, M.D., was born and raised in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. He was part of the USA Volleyball Boys National Team from 2004-2005. He obtained a biology degree from the University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez campus (UPRM) in 2009. Dr. Sanchez-Vivaldi received his medical degree at Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara (UAG) in 2014. He then completed his general surgery training at Ponce Health Sciences University (PHSU) in Ponce, Puerto Rico.

Dr. Sanchez-Vivaldi is well published in several national and international journals, and is an active member of the American Society of Transplant Surgeons (ASTS).

He joined UTSW as the Abdominal Transplant Surgery Fellow in the summer of 2021, with an expected graduation date in 2023.