FACULTY
AGNALDO SOARES LIMA
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, UFMG. Medical degree (1987) from UFMG. Master’s degree in Surgery from UFMG (1995) and PhD in Medicine (Gastroenterology) from UFMG (2004). Fellow in Organ Transplantation at the University of Strasbourg – France (1991-1993). Coordinator of the Transplant Group of the Alpha Institute of Gastroenterology. Coordinator of the Liver Department of the Brazilian Association of Organ Transplantation (ABTO), management 2010-2011. He held the position of 2nd secretary on the Board of Directors of ABTO for the management of 2013-2015. He is currently a member of the Liver Department of ABTO, managing 2016-2017. Head of the Brazilian College of Surgeons (CBC), where he held the position of Master in the Chapter of Minas Gerais of CBC (2012-2013). Titular of the Brazilian College of Digestive Surgery, where he holds the position of Regional President of Minas Gerais.
Areas of interest: Liver transplantation, liver tumor surgery, transplantation of other organs of the digestive system and surgery of the digestive system.
Lines of Research: Systemic Response to Organ and Tissue Transplants, Molecular and Pathophysiological Bases of Neoplasms
ALEXANDRE VARELLA GIANNETTI
Adjunct Professor IV of the Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, UFMG. Medical degree from the UFMG (1986), Medical Residency in Neurosurgery at the HC-UFMG (1991), Master of Medicine (Neurosurgery) from the Federal University of São Paulo (1997), PhD in Medicine (Surgery) at UFMG (2009) and Post-doctorate at Columbia University and Weill Cornell in New York (USA, 2013). Complementary training in General Neurosurgery in Strasbourg (France), Zurich (Switzerland) and Hannover (Germany) and Functional Neurosurgery in Montreal (Canada) and Houston (USA). Neurosurgeon physician at Hospital das Clínicas at UFMG and Mater Dei and Vera Cruz Hospitals.
Topics of interest: Pediatric neurosurgery, neurotraumatology, neuroendoscopy, epilepsy, stereotactic and skull base surgery.
Lines of Research: Morphofunctional Repercussions to Minimally Invasive Techniques; Correlation between Surgical Image, Morphology and Pathophysiology.
ANDY PETROIANU
Full Professor, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, UFMG. Medical degree from UFMG (1976), Master’s degree in Surgery from UFMG (1981), Master’s degree in Physiology from the Institute of Biological Sciences (1983), PhD in Surgery from UFMG (1985) and PhD in Biological Sciences (Physiology and Pharmacology). UFMG (1998), Free Teaching in Surgical Technique and Experimental Surgery, Federal University of São Paulo (1990), Free Teaching in Surgical Gastroenterology, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto (1992), Fellow in Surgery, State University of New York 1986-1987). CNPq Research Grant at Level 1 A and B since 1981. Coordinator of the Advisory Committee on Medicine III CNPq (2013-2015); Consultant of Medicine I and III of CAPES (2008-current); Member of the FAPEMIG Health Advisory Committee (2013). Leader of the Research Group Advances in Medicine, attached to CNPq, since 1987. Coordinator of the Academic League of Surgical Anatomy of UFMG, since 2010.
Topics of interest: General Surgery, Gastroenterology and Oncology, splenectomy, spleen, portal hypertension, scarring, smooth muscle motility and organ and tissue transplantation.
Lines of Research: Factors Involved in Healing; Correlation between Surgical Image, Morphology and Pathophysiology; Clinical and Experimental Models in Surgical Technique.
ANTONIO LACERDA FILHO
Associate Professor III, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, UFMG. Medical degree from the UFMG (1986), Master’s Degree in Surgery from the UFMG Medical School (1994), PhD in Gastroenterology from the Faculty of Medicine of UFMG (2004). Member of the Coloproctology and Small Intestine Group of the Alpha Institute of Gastroenterology of the Hospital das Clínicas of UFMG. Full Member of the Brazilian Society of Coloproctology and the Brazilian College of Surgeons and International Fellow of the American Society of Colorectal Surgeons. President of the Mnas Gerais Society of Coloproctology (2000-2002) and is a member of the Scientific Committee of the Brazilian Society of Coloproctology.
Topics of interest: Coloproctological surgery, colorectal cancer; Inflammatory bowel diseases; Minimally invasive surgery; Defecation disorders and orifice surgeries.
Lines of Research: Morphofunctional Repercussions to Minimally Invasive Techniques; Molecular and Pathophysiological Bases of Neoplasms
CRISTIANO XAVIER LIMA
Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Medicine, UFMG. Medical degree from UFMG (1992), Master’s degree in Surgery from UFMG (2006) and PhD in Biological Sciences (Physiology and Pharmacology) from UFMG (2010). Fellow in Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplant at Paul Brousse Hospital – Paris (1996). Member of the Group of Liver, Pancreas, Biliary Tree and Spleen of the Alpha Institute of Gastroenterology of the HC-UFMG.
Areas of interest: Organ transplants, inflammation (in particular – acute liver diseases, sepsis and reperfusion injury).
Lines of Research: Systemic Response to Organ and Tissue Transplants; Local and Systemic Repercussions to Tissue Lesions and Applied Drugs in Surgery
DANIEL VITOR DE VASCONCELOS SANTOS
Adjunct Professor of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, UFMG. Medical degree from UFMG (1995-2000), PhD in Ophthalmology (2004-2007) from UFMG and Postdoctoral Degree in Ocular Inflammatory Diseases and Ophthalmic Pathology from the Doheny Eye Institute / University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA). Preceptor of the medical residencies of Ophthalmology of Hospital São Geraldo / HC-UFMG and Pathology of HC-UFMG, besides clinical coordinator of the Telehealth Center of Hospital das Clínicas of UFMG and head of Uveitis Sector of Hospital São Geraldo / HC-UFMG . Elected member of the International Uveitis Study Group (IUSG) and the American Uveitis Society (AUS). Board member of the International Ocular Inflammation Society (IOIS) and international consultant for the Basic and Clinical Sciences Course (Section 9 – Intraocular Inflammation And Uveitis) from the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO).
Topics of Interest: Ocular Inflammation, Uveitis, Retina, Immunology, Pathology, Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, Telehealth
Lines of Research: Morphofunctional Response of the Visual System to Physical, Chemical and Biological Agents
IVANA DUVAL DE ARAUJO
Associate Professor IV, Department of Surgery, Medical Faculty. Medical degree from the UFMG (1989), a Medical Residency in General Surgery from the Luxembourg Hospital, Master’s Degree in Surgery from UFMG (1993) and PhD in Surgery from UFMG (1996). Leader of the Research Group of Experimental Surgery Laboratory (certified by CNPq).
Topics of interest: Local and Systemic Changes in Peritonitis, Interfering Factors in Tissue Healing and Motor and Gastric Secretory Response in Experimental Infection by Spiral Gastric Bacteria, especially in experimental models of surgical diseases.
Lines of Research: factors involved in healing; Local and Systemic Repercussions to Tissue Lesions and Applied Drugs in Surgery; Clinical and Experimental Models in Surgical Technique.
MARIA ISABEL TOULSON DAVISSON CORREIA
Full Professor, Department of Surgery, Medical Faculty, UFMG. Master’s Degree in Surgery from UFMG (1997), PhD in Medicine (Digestive System Surgery) from the University of São Paulo (2000). Postdoctoral degree from the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in 2008 with a CAPES scholarship. Co-editor of Nutrition magazine, member of the editorial board of Clinical Nutrition, Current Opinion in Metabolic and Nutrition Care, Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, Brazilian Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Medical Journal of Minas Gerais, and reviewer of the Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas. CNPq Level 2 Researcher.
Topics of interest: Malnutrition, surgery and nutritional therapy, with special focus on liver transplantation, cancer, metabolism and specific nutrients such as arginine, glutamine, citrulline and probiotics.
Lines of Research: Local and Systemic Repercussions to Tissue Lesions and Applied Drugs in Surgery; Systemic Response to Organ and Tissue Transplantation
MARCELO DIAS SANCHES
Associate Professor IV of the Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, UFMG. Medical degree from UFMG (1987), PhD in Surgery from UFMG (2001). Vice- coordinator of the Alpha Institute of Gastroenterology (IAG) of the Hospital das Clínicas (HC) of UFMG, Coordinator of the Group of Liver, Pancreas, Biliary Pathways and Spleen IAG HC-UFMG, Coordinator of the Pancreas Transplantation Program of IAG HC-UFMG. Specialist of the Brazilian College of Digestive Surgery (CBCD), Member of the Brazilian Association of Organ Transplantation (ABTO) and Member of the International Hearth Association of the Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (AHPBA).
Topics of interest: Radiofrequency ablation of tumors, transhepatic percutaneous biliary drainage, ischemia and reperfusion injury, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, liver transplantation, pancreas transplantation.
Lines of Research: Systemic Response to Organ and Tissue Transplants; Molecular and Pathophysiological Bases of Neoplasms
MARCELO MAGALDI RIBEIRO DE OLIVEIRA
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, UFMG. Medical degree from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (1993), Master’s Degree in Surgery – UFMG – (2003), PhD in Surgery-UFMG (2006). Fellowship in Brain Tumor Surgery and Epilepsy Surgery – Sainte Anne Hospital – Paris, France (1998). Fellowship in Radiosurgery – University of Virginia, USA (1999). Fellowship in Pediatric Neurosurgery – University of British Columbia, Canada (2001). Postdoctoral studies in metabolomic and biobank – Ecogene 21, Canada (2011). Neurosurgeon, Associate Professor at the University of Montreal, Canada. Researcher at the neurosurgical simulation laboratory at McGill University, Canada. Scientific director of the neurosurgical simulation laboratory at Baptist Hospital – University of North Florida, USA.
Topics of Interest: Neurosurgery, intracranial vascular surgery; By-pass microvascular, simulation models in microsurgical technique, surgery and hemodynamic systems.
Lines of Research: Clinical and Experimental Models in Surgical Technique; Correlation between Surgical Imaging, Morphology and Pathophysiology, Raman spectroscopy and molecular alterations of neurological pathologies.
MARCELO HENRIQUE MAMEDE LEWER
Full Professor, Department of Image and Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, UFMG. Medical degree from the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (1994), Residency in Nuclear Medicine (1996) and PhD in Nuclear Medicine – Kyoto University (2004). Postdoctoral studies at NIH (National Institutes of Health) (2005) and at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School (2006-2007).
Topics of Interest: Nuclear medicine, PET / CT in oncology.
Lines of Research: Molecular Bases of Neoplasms; Correlation between Surgical Image, Morphology and Pathophysiology.
MARCIO BITTAR NEHEMY
Full Professor of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, UFMG. Medical degree from the Faculty of Medical Sciences of Minas Gerais (1977); Specialization course in Ophthalmology and Doctorate in Ophthalmology from the Federal University of Minas Gerais (1983). Head of the Retinal and Vitreous Service of the São Geraldo Hospital of the Faculty of Medicine of the Federal University of Minas Gerais; Chief Executive Officer of the Belo Horizonte Vision Institute. Vice-president of the Brazilian Academy of Ophthalmology. President of the Brazilian Society of Retina and Vitreous (SBRV) (1998-1999); Member of the International Board of the American Society of Retinal Specialists (ASRS) (2002-2004); Member of the International Board of the European Society of Retina and Vitreous (EVRS) (2007-2009); Brazilian Delegate at the Pan American Society of Ophthalmology (1995-1998) and Vice President of the Brazilian Society of Ophthalmology (2007-2009). Member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Retina and Vitreous.
Topics of interest: Age-related Macular Degeneration, Stem Cells in Ophthalmology and Vitreoretinal Surgery.
Lines of Research: Morphofunctional Response of the Visual System to Physical, Chemical and Biological Agents.
MARCO ANTONIO PERCOPE DE ANDRADE
Associate Professor, Department of Locomotor Apparatus, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG). Medical degree from UFMG (1978), Master’s degree in medicine from the Federal University of São Paulo (1999), PhD in Medicine from the Federal University of São Paulo – UNIFESP (2002). Specialization in Knee Surgery in Lyon – France. Coordinator of the Orthopedics and Traumatology Service, Hospital das Clínicas, UFMG. President of the Brazilian Society of Knee Surgery (2003-2004). President of the Brazilian Society of Orthopedics and Traumatology in 2015.
Topics of Interest: Orthopedics and Traumatology, Knee surgery, Knee arthroplasty, Anterior cruciate ligament and femoro-patellar ligament surgery.
Lines of Research: Morphofunctional Repercussions to Minimally Invasive Techniques; Correlation between Surgical Image, Morphology and Pathophysiology.
MARCO AURELIO LANA PEIXOTO
Full Professor of Neuro-Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, UFMG. Medical degree from UFMG, a specialization in Neurology from UFMG’s Hospital das Clínicas, specialization in Neurology from the University of Alabama, specialization in Neuropathology from Saint Louis University, Master’s degree in Neuroanatomy from Saint Louis University, PhD in Ophthalmology from UFMG. Founder and President of the Brazilian Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (BCTRIMS); Founding Member and President of the Latin American Committee for Treatment and Research in Multiple Sclerosis (LACTRIMS). Coordinator of the Department of Neuro-Ophthalmology and the Center for Research and Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis at UFMG (ICES).
Topics of interest: Neuro-ophthalmology, optic neuritis, optic neuropathies, multiple sclerosis, optic neuromyelitis, loss of vision, ocular pain and headache.
Lines of Research: Morphofunctional Response of the Visual System to Physical, Chemical and Biological Agents
RENATO SANTIAGO GOMEZ
Full Professor, Department of Clinical Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG). Medical degree in Medicine from UFMG (1992), Master’s Degree in Biological Sciences (Physiology and Pharmacology) from UFMG (1995), PhD in Biological Sciences (Physiology and Pharmacology) from UFMG (2000). Post-doctorate at Cornell University, New York, USA (2006-2007). Currently Head of the Surgery Department of the Faculty of Medicine of UFMG. CNPq Level 2 Researcher Incentive Grant.
Topics of interest: Pharmacology, with emphasis on the effect of general anesthetics on cholinergic, catecholaminergic and gabaergic transmission.
Lines of Research: Local and Systemic Repercussions to Tissue Lesions and Applied Drugs in Surgery
ROBERTO EUSTÁQUIO SANTOS GUIMARÃES
Lecturer at the Medical School of Ribeirão Preto, University of São Paulo. Invited Professor, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, UFMG. Medical degree from UFMG (1967), Medical Residency in Otorhinolaryngology by Professor José Kós Clinic of Rio de Janeiro (1969). PhD in Medicine and Surgery, UFMG (1992). Fellow in Otology at the University of Bordeaux – France (1970). Fellow in Rhinology at the University of Bordeaux – France (1980), Fellow in Sinus Surgery and Skull Base Surgery at the University of Adelaide & Flinders University of South Australia (2007). Member of the editorial board of the Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology, Medical Journal of Minas Gerais, Archives of Otorhinolaryngology (USP-SP) and reviewer of Laryngoscope.
Topics of interest: Otorhinolaryngology, with emphasis in the sub-area of Rhinology, Otorhinolaryngologic Surgery and the Skull Base.
Lines of Research: Morphofunctional Repercussions with Minimally Invasive Techniques.
SEBASTIÃO CRONEMBERGER SOBRINHO
Full Professor of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) and Professor of UNIFESP. Graduated in Medicine from the Federal University of Piauí (1974), PhD in Ophthalmology from UFMG (1979) and Post-Doctorate in the United States (1994). Head of the Glaucoma Service of Hospital São Geraldo (Hospital das Clínicas) since July 1997. Leader of the Group of Researches in Ophthalmology, linked to CNPq. Full Member of Chair 27 of the Minas Gerais Academy of Medicine. In 2016, he published in Apple the ibook Diagnosis and Management of Glaucoma. Member of the Editorial Board of the Brazilian Archives of Ophthalmology and the Brazilian Journal of Ophthalmology. ARVO Global Mentor (2016-17).
Topics of Interest: Ophthalmology, in the areas of glaucoma, cataract, ultrasonic biomicroscopy, trabeculectomy, valvular implant, ocular hypotonia and visual field.
Lines of Research: Morphofunctional Response of the Visual System to Physical, Chemical and Biological Agents
SEBASTIÃO NATANIEL SILVA GUSMÃO
Full Professor, Faculty of Medicine UFMG. Medical degree from the Faculty of Medical Sciences of Minas Gerais (1973), Master’s degree in Surgery from UFMG (1984), PhD in Medicine (Neurosurgery) from the Federal University of São Paulo (1993). Foreign assistant in the Department of Neurosurgery of the Faculty of Medicine of the University Louis Pasteur of Strasbourg (1976 – 1978). Postgraduate Fellow Attached at the Department of Neurosurgery of the National Hospital For Nervous Diseases (Queen Square) of the University of London (1978 – 1979). Professor Honoris Causa from the University of Amiens – France. President of the Brazilian Society of Neurosurgery (2012-2014). Coordinator of the Laboratory of Microsurgery of the Faculty of Medicine-UFMG.
Topics of Interest: Neurosurgery, stereotactic surgery, cranioencephalic topography, neurosurgical technique, traumatic brain injury, trigeminal neuralgia, surgical treatment of Parkinson’s disease.
Lines of Research: Correlation between Surgical Image, Morphology and Pathophysiology; Clinical and Experimental Models in Surgical Technique; Morphofunctional Repercussions to Minimally Invasive Techniques
TARCIZO AFONSO NUNES
Full Professor, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG). Medical degree (1971), Medical Residence in General Surgery at Hospital das Clínicas, UFMG (1977). PhD in Abdominal Surgery, UFMG (1992). Head of the Department of Surgery for six years. Elected Coordinator of the Postgraduate Program in Applied Sciences for Surgery and Ophthalmology for three consecutive terms. Elected Director of the Faculty of Medicine (2014 – 2018).
Topics of interest: General Surgery, portal hypertension, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, oncological surgery, abdominal wall hernias.
Lines of Research: Factors Involved in Healing, Morphofunctional Repercussions to Minimally Invasive Techniques.
TULIO PINHO NAVARRO
Adjunct Professor, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG). Medical degree from UFMG (1990). Medical Residency in General Surgery (1990-1992) and Cardiovascular Surgery (1992-1994) at Hospital das Clínicas, UFMG. PhD in the Graduate Program in Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, UFMG (2005). Coordinator of the Service of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery of the UFMG Hospital das Clínicas and the Vascular Surgery Service of the Risoleta Tolentino Neves University Hospital (Belo Horizonte, MG).
Topics of interest: Vascular Surgery, Angiorradiology, Ecodoppler, Endovascular Surgery, Aorta and Wound Affections.
Lines of Research: Morphofunctional Repercussions to Minimally Invasive Techniques; Local and Systemic Repercussions to Tissue Lesions and Applied Drugs in Surgery
VIVIAN RESENDE
Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG). Medical degree from the Federal University of Juiz de Fora (1992), Master in Morphology from UFMG (1997), PhD in Surgery from UFMG (1999). Post-doctorate at the University of Strasbourg (Hospital de Hautepierre) – Hepatobiliary-pancreatic Surgery and Organ Transplantation (2004-2005) and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust (2010-2011). Member of the Liver, Biliary, Pancreas and Spleen Group of the Alpha Institute of Gastroenterology (IAG), Hospital das Clínicas, UFMG. Coordinator of the Research Ethics Committee of UFMG (2016-2018).
Topics of interest: Digestive surgery, trauma, molecular biomarkers in hepatobiliary pancreatic cancer and regenerative medicine.
Lines of Research: Factors Involved in Healing; Molecular and Pathophysiological Bases of Neoplasms
WANESSA TRINDADE CLEMENTE
Adjunct Professor, Department of Complementary Propedeutics, Faculty of Medicine, UFMG. Medical degree, Master in Medical and Medical-Veterinary Parasitology from ICB. PhD in Infectology and Tropical Medicine from FM / UFMG. Post-doctorate: a) University of Cordoba, Spain (2011). Infections in transplantation of solid organs. B) NHSBT National Health Service in Blood & Transplantation. Colindale London United Kingdom (2016). Quality and Safety in Transplantation. Coordinator of the Hospital Infection Commission of the UFMG Hospital das Clínicas. Member of the Digestive Transplantation Service (Liver and Pancreas) of HC-UFMG. Member of Transplant Infection Commission (COINT) of the Brazilian Association of Organ Transplantation (ABTO). Consultant of the Ministry of Health – National Technical Chamber of Transplant Infection (2013).
Topics of interest: solid organ transplant infections, health care related infections, endemic diseases, microbial resistance, occupational risk, and quality and safety in health care.
Lines of Research: Systemic Response to Organ and Tissue Transplants, Local and Systemic Repercussions to Tissue Lesions and Applied Drugs in Surgery.