Yolangel Hernandez Suarez, MD, MBA, FACOG

Yolangel (Yogi) Hernandez Suarez, MD, MDA, FACOG, serves as Executive Vice Dean for Alice L. Walton School of Medicine. In this role, she provides oversight and coordination of the School’s clinical and education training programs and learning environments. 

Prior to joining the School, Dr. Hernandez Suarez most recently served as Senior Associate Dean for Students at Florida International University Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine. As FIU’s Founding Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs and Graduate Medical Education, she was critical in starting the Faculty Practice Plan and new residency programs. As FIU’s Founding Vice Provost for Population Health and Well-being, she led the University’s COVID-19 Response Team. 

A health care leader in Florida for more than two decades, Dr. Hernandez Suarez held positions in private, public, as academic, and hospital settings. She has served as a Hospital Administrator at the Jackson Health System, Miami’s safety net hospital system, and was Founding Chief Medical Officer of Humana’s Care Delivery Organization, where her team delivered care to more than 100,000 seniors across three states in a full-risk, value-based model. 

Dr. Hernandez Suarez graduated from Swarthmore College and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. She trained in Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics. Dr. Hernandez Suarez holds an MBA with specialization in Health Administration and Policy from the University of Miami.