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SearchCleveland Clinic has appointed board-certified surgeon Enrique F. Elli, M.D., FACS to lead the Florida Market
Enrique F. Elli, M.D., FACS, has been appointed the Division Chair of General Surgery for the Cleveland Clinic Florida Market.
In this role, Dr. Elli will work alongside the Digestive Disease Institute team to enhance surgical services, improve patient outcomes, expand access to advanced surgical care, and strengthen provider collaboration and engagement.
“At Cleveland Clinic, patient care starts with our caregivers. We’re committed to attracting exceptional leaders who support our caregivers, strengthen our teams, and enhance the care experience for our patients and their families,” said Eric G. Weiss, M.D., Vice Chief of the Digestive Disease Institute and Chairman of Colorectal Surgery for the Cleveland Clinic Florida Market. “We’re excited to welcome Dr. Elli and the perspective and expertise he brings as we continue advancing care.”
Dr. Elli is a board-certified general surgeon whose expertise focuses on bariatric, foregut, robotic surgery and adrenal gland pathology. This includes complex revisional surgery for the upper GI tract, as well as gastric and esophageal cancers. He has held many leadership positions, including director of Bariatric Surgery and chair of the Division of Advanced Gastrointestinal and Bariatric Surgery at Mayo Clinic, where he also served as professor of Surgery and program director of the General Surgery Residency program. He is also a Fellow of the American Society of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery and The American College of Surgeons.
Dr. Elli earned his medical degree from Universidad del Salvador in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He completed residences in general surgery at the University of Buenos Aires and the University of Illinois in Chicago. He then completed fellowships in minimally invasive and advanced laparoscopic surgery and laparoscopic bariatric surgery at the University of Illinois.
Cleveland Clinic’s Digestive Disease Institute is nationally recognized for excellence in patient care and recently became the first medical center in Florida to earn accreditation from the National Accreditation Program for Rectal Cancer through the American College of Surgeons.
For information about the Digestive Disease Institute at Cleveland Clinic in Florida, visit: my.clevelandclinic.org/florida/departments/digestive. For a list of awards and recognitions, visit: https://my.clevelandclinic.org/florida/about/awards.
Cleveland Clinic in Florida is a nonprofit multi-specialty healthcare provider that integrates clinical and hospital care with research and education. The Florida market includes Cleveland Clinic Weston Hospital, Cleveland Clinic Indian River Hospital, Cleveland Clinic Martin North Hospital, Cleveland Clinic Martin South Hospital and Cleveland Clinic Tradition Hospital, as well as 40 outpatient centers across Broward, Palm Beach, Martin, St. Lucie and Indian River counties. An integral part of Cleveland Clinic, the Florida market employs approximately 12,000 caregivers and operates a 1,100-bed health system, where exceptional patient care is rooted in a mission of caring for life, researching for health, and educating those who serve. In 2025, caregivers across the Florida market provided more than 2.7 million patient encounters.
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