Dr. Echeverri received his undergraduate and medical degree in 1982 at the National University of Colombia School of Medicine. He completed his surgery residency and worked as Assistant Professor of Surgery at Bogota’s National University until 1991. He completed his fellowship in transplantation at the University of Pittsburgh in 1993. Dr. Echeverri completed his general surgery residency at the University of Texas Medical Branch in 1996 and complete an additional fellowship at the Texas Heart Institute in cardiac transplantation and mechanical circulatory support in 1998. He completed his thoracic surgery residency at the University of Arizona in 2001 and has practiced with Memorial Southwest Texas Surgical Associates since then. He is board certified in general surgery and thoracic surgery. Dr. Echeverri’s specialties and interests include aortic root reconstruction, stentless aortic valve replacement, mitral valve repair, aortic dissection surgery, thoracic aortic aneurysm replacement, atrial fibrillation ablation surgery, endovascular exclusion of aortic aneurysm and organ transplantation.