Dr. Mauricio Lynn

Dr. Mauricio Lynn

Medical Director, Jackson Memorial Hospital International

Dr Lynn finished his Medical School at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.  He trained in General Surgery at Tel Aviv University/Sheba Medical Center in Israel and did a Trauma Critical Care fellowship at the Ryder Trauma Center in Miami, Florida.

Dr. Lynn is a retired Lieutenant Colonel from the Israeli Military where he served for 18 years. His main positions were as Flight Surgeon with the Israeli Air Force Special Forces, Medical Director of the Israeli Air Rescue and Medical Evacuation Unit and Chief of Trauma for the Israeli Military. Dr. Lynn was the Medical Commander of Operation Solomon, the largest airborne humanitarian mission in history. He was the Commander of the Israeli medical team deployed to Nairobi, for the bombings of the American embassy and Team commander and chief surgeon of 2 Israeli field hospitals deployed to Turkey in the aftermath of the1999 earthquakes. As Chief of Trauma and working at the Surgeon General Headquarters, Dr. Lynn was in charge of policy making for field trauma care for the military, consultant for the civilian Emergency Medical Services and in charge of disaster preparedness of all Israeli hospitals, working in conjunction with the Ministry of Health.

Currently, Dr. Lynn is a Professor of Surgery and practices as a Trauma Surgeon and Critical Care Specialist at Jackson Memorial Medical Center affiliated with the University of Miami. He is Director of the Trauma Resuscitation Unit at the Ryder Trauma Center, Medical Director of the Center for Bloodless Medicine and Surgery, Medical Director of the Mass Casualty Program and recently became the Medical Director of the Jackson Memorial International Medical Services program.

Dr Lynn served as Disaster consultant for the Join Commission for Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) and Disasterconsultant for Royal Caribbean Cruise Line.

Dr. Lynn is a member of the Eastern Association for Surgery of Trauma, Society of Critical Care Medicine, Pan American Trauma Society and the World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine (WADEM).

Dr. Lynn lives close to Miami with his family and enjoys tourism, outdoor activities, music and cinema.