09/29/2025
The Department of Cardiovascular Surgery leadership is proud to announce that Dr. Yazan AlJamal has joined the department as a Senior Associate Consultant, after completing a year-long Mayo Scholar position at University of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois.
Dr. AlJamal obtained his MBBS from Jordan University of Science & Technology in Irbid Jordan. He then went to King Hussein Cancer Center in Amman Jordan to complete an internship. In 2010, he came to Mayo Clinic to complete a Research Fellowship in Education and Surgical Simulation, and ACS-accredited fellowship in Surgical Education and Simulation. In June of 2018, he completed his Postdoctoral Diploma in Clinical and Translational Science (CCaTS). He then continued at Mayo to complete his residency (Surgery), fellowship (Thoracic Surgery), and Thoracic Surgery residency.
In 2023, Dr. AlJamal was awarded the 2023 STS/TSF Advanced Robotic Cardiac Surgery Fellowship from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, and in 2024, he was awarded the O.T. Claggett-Jack Taylor Foundation Travel Award for outstanding clinical and academic achievement from the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery.
He has presented at national and international conferences. He currently has 41 peer-reviewed articles to his credit. He has also been involved in book chapters and abstracts.
His clinical practice will revolve around developing an ischemic heart team and robotic valvular and coronary programs.
Please welcome Dr. Yazan AlJamal to the Department.
