Dr. Marcelo Ribeiro

Trauma Surgery
Consultant and Chair - Division of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care, and Acute Care Surgery
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Dr. Marcelo Ribeiro, MD, MSc, PhD, FACS, FISS, ACC (Hon) is a Consultant General Surgeon and the Division Chair of Trauma, Critical Care and Acute Care Surgery at Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City (SSMC) in Abu Dhabi.

With over three decades of experience, Dr. Ribeiro has extensive expertise in the fields of acute care and trauma surgery with a training background in gastrointestinal and Hepato-pancreato-biliary (HPB) surgery. He received his Doctor of Medicine (MD) from the Catholic University of São Paulo, Brazil, a Master in Surgery (MSc), and a Ph.D. from the Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil. In addition to his clinical roles, Dr. Ribeiro has a special interest in medical education and research as he is a mentor for Master’s and Ph.D. students, residents, and post-graduation students and has published more than 200 papers discussing a wide range of disorders, procedures, and complex cases, 4 published books, and over 100 book chapters.

Doctor can help with

  • Trauma surgery
  • Acute care surgery
  • Complex abdominal wall repairs
  • Open abdomen management
  • Hepato-pancreato-biliary (HPB) surgery
  • Liver tumors

Memberships

  • Effective Member of the "Academic Society for Development of Research" - SUMEP, Sorocaba Medical School
  • Associate Member of the Brazilian College of Surgeons
  • Associate Member of the Brazilian Society of Colo-Proctology
  • Member of the Brazilian Society for the Development of Teaching and Research in Surgery -SOBRADEPEC
  • Aspiring Member of the Brazilian Society of Laparoscopic Surgery
  • Member of the Brazilian Society of Integrated Service to the Traumatized
  • Full Member of the Brazilian College of Digestive Surgery
  • Member of the Brazilian Society of Anatomy
  • Founding Member of the Paulista Association for the Study of the Liver
  • Full member of the Brazilian College of Surgeons
  • Associate Member of the Brazilian Association of Organ Transplants
  • Associate Member of the Brazilian Society of Hepatology
  • Founding Member of the Brazilian Chapter of the International Hepato-Pancreato biliary-Biliary Association
  • Member of the Brazilian Association of Medical Education - ABIN
  • Member of the Paulista Medical Association - APM
  • Member of the Panamerican Trauma Society
  • Member of the Sociedad Paraguaya de Cirugía
  • Member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • Member of the Pan-American Trauma Society
  • Member of the New York Academy of Sciences
  • Member of the Latin American Association for the Study of the Liver
  • Active Member of the International Liver Transplantation Society
  • Active Member of the International Society for Experimental Microsurgery
  • Full Member of The Transplantation Society
  • Member of the International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association
  • Active Member of the International Council of Motorsport Sciences
  • Fellow of the American College of Surgeons
  • Active Member of the American Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association
  • International Professor of the Mexican Association of General Surgery
  • Member of the American Association for Trauma Surgery
  • International Professor Distiguido of the Mexican Association of General Surgery
  • Active Member of the International Society of Surgery
  • Active Member of the International Association for Trauma Surgery and Intensive Care IATSIC
  • Active member of the Latin American Federation of Surgery - FELAC
  • Correspondent Member of ALTEC - Lusitan Association of Trauma and Surgical Emergencies
  • Member of the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma – EAST
  • Member of the World Society of Emergency Surgery – WSES
  • Member of the Endovascular Resuscitation and Trauma Management – EVTM
  • Fellow of the International Surgical Society 

Licences and certifications

  • Certified in: General Surgery, Trauma Surgery, Gastrointestinal Surgery, and Laparoscopic Surgery, the Brazilian Medical Association (BMA)

Training and work experience

  • Consultant and Chairman, Division of Trauma, Surgical Critical Care, and Acute Care Surgery

    Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City (SSMC), Abu Dhabi

  • Professor of Surgery

    Khalifa University, UAE

  • Professor of Surgery

    Gulf Medical University (GMU), UAE

  • Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo – PUC-Sorocaba Professor of Acute Care and Trauma Surgery, Gastrointestinal HPB

    Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de São José dos Campos – Humanitas, Brazil

  • Professor of Acute Care & Trauma Surgery and Medical Coordinator of the Emergency Rotations

    Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo – PUC-Sorocaba, Brazil

  • Chief of Acute Care and Trauma Surgery

    Hospital Dr. José de Carvalho Florence – São José dos Campos, Brazil

  • Professor of the Post-Graduation Program in Surgery

    Hospital do Servidor Publico de São Paulo -IAMSPE, Brazil

  • Dean of the Medical School

    University of Santo Amaro, Brazil

  • Chief of General and Trauma Surgery

    Hospital Geral do Grajaú University Hospital, Brazil

  • Associate Professor of Surgery

    University Cidade de São Paulo (UNICID), Brazil

  • Deputy Medical Officer

    FIA - Formula 1 and WEC Championship

Education

  • Doctor of Medicine (MD)

    the Catholic University of São Paulo, Brazil

  • Master in Surgery (MCh)

    the Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil

  • Ph.D. in Surgery

    the Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil

  • Full Professor of Surgery

    Santo Amaro University Medical School, Brazil

Awards and recognitions

  • "Outcome of treatment of traumatic lesions of the colon by primary suture", selected for the City of São Paulo Award the 40th Brazilian Congress of Colo-Proctology, Brazil

  • Winner of the City of São Paulo Award for “Result of treatment of traumatic lesions of the colon by primary suture" 40th Brazilian Congress of Colo-Proctology, Brazil

  • Winner of the "Cássio Rosa" Prize Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo, Brazil

  • “Biliary anastomosis in orthotopic liver transplantation. Is there justification for the use of the "tube in T", selected for the best poster award VII National Congress of the Brazilian College of Digestive Surgery, Brazil

  • Saul Goldenberg Award for "Comparative study of Celsior and UW solutions associated with the antioxidant U-74389G in the hypothermic preservation of the small intestine of rats" III Forum of Experimental Surgery, UNIFESP-EPM, Brazil

  • Best Poster Award for "Histological evaluation of the preservation capacity of Celsior solution and U-74389G lazaroid in rat liver" 3rd Brazilian Congress of Liver, Pancreas and Small Intestine Transplantation, Brazil

  • Award for Best Poster Mode Case Report for "Right hepatic lobectomy for the treatment of intrahepatic lithiasis as a result of Ascaris lumbricoides, a case report” XXIII Medical Academic Congress of the University of Santo Amaro - UNISA, Brazil

  • Best Work Presented Award for "Experience in the use of radiofrequency in primary and metastatic liver tumors" Asociación Alumni -Meeting of Former Residents, Trainees of Digestive System Surgery - FMUSP, Brazil

  • Award for Best Monograph - 2nd place for "Current State of Radioablation of Primary and Metastatic Tumors" XXV COMU - Medical-University Congress of the Faculty of Medicine of USP, Brazil

  • 2nd place for “Radiofrequency ablation of primary hepatic tumors and metastatic experience of 113 cases" VII Digestive Week, Brazilian College of Digestive Surgery, Brazil

  • 2nd place for “Radiofrequency ablation of primary liver tumors and metastatic experience of 125 cases" XXIV Congress of SUMEP, Sociedade Universitária Médica de Estudo ao Pesquisa, Brazil

  • 2nd place for “Current How to manage Colorectal Injury: Review of Literature" the XXIV Congress of SUMEP, Sociedade Universitária Médica de Estudo ao Pesquisa, Brazil

  • Prize Medical Analysis for Digestive System Surgery Editora Análise, Brazil

  • Recognition for great contribution in Digestive System Surgery Editora Análise, Brazil

  • Honored Professor Universidade Cidade de São Paulo, Brazil

  • Honorable mention for the best poster "Torsion of migratory spleen submitted to partial splenectomy and splenopexy: A case report” the 1st Academic Congress of the AMB, & II APM Academic Congress, 1st Brazilian Congress of Academic Leagues of Medicine, and I Congress of the Nucleus of the Junior Health and I Symposium of IFMSA-BRASIL, Brazil

  • Poster Category 1st place for “Liver abscesses caused by Cromobacterium violaceum: A case report of a rare condition” XXXII Medical Academic Congress, University of Santo Amaro, Brazil

  • 1st place category Case Report for "Liver abscesses caused by Crhomobacterium violaceum: Report of a case of a rare condition" the 6th São Paulo Symposium of the Trauma Leagues, Brazil

  • Poster Category 3rd place for “Analysis of cervical trauma care in the initial evaluation of the polytraumatized patient in a hospital in the south of the city of São Paulo” XXXV Medical Academic Congress, University of Santo Amaro, Brazil

  • Lecture Magna opened the Medical Course of the Municipal University of São Caetano do Sul, Brazil

  • 2nd place best Oral presentation for “Ultrasound-guided lumbar square block as an exclusive method of anesthesia in the extraperitoneal laparoscopic correction of inguinal hernia (TEP QL BLOCK)” the Brazilian Congress of Hernias, Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil

  • Recognition for the collaboration, commitment, and dedication in the direction of the Course of Medicine the University Santo Amaro, Brazil

  • 1st place in General Surgery Nadim Farid Safatle Prize for “Use of contrast via a nasogastric tube in the treatment of intestinal subocclusion by the bridle” XL Medical Academic Congress, University of Santo Amaro, Brazil

  • Best Congress Poster Award for "Evaluation of the longitudinal musculature of a segment of the distal colon interposed following extended jejunum-ileal resection" 4th Congress of the International Society for Experimental Surgery, Canada

  • Valuable Scientific Contribution the XXIX National Congress of Surgery and III International, Venezuela,

  • Recognition of Distinguished Visitor Ayuntamiento de Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

  • Recognition for outstanding and committed participation, Mexican Association of Endoscopic Surgery, A.C. XVII International Congress of Endoscopic Surgery, Mexico

  • Dr. Pon Fund the American College of Surgeons, USA

  • International Guest Scholarship the annual American College of Surgeons Congress, USA

  • Distinguish International Professor Colombian Surgical Association, Colombia

  • Distinguish International Professor Colombian Surgical Association, Colombia

  • Stop the Bleed Ambassador American College of Surgeons, USA

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