CV Lattes
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Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Medicina (FM) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
Graduated in medicine in 1978 with a Ph.D. in Ciencies in Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo (1988). He is currently a Professor and Chairman in the Department of Otolaryngology- University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Director of the Division of Otorhinolaryngology, Hospital of the Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo, Chairman of the Board of Otorhinolaryngology Foundation, member of the editorial board of the Associação Paulista de Medicina and the Brazilian Journal of Otolaryngology and the journal International Archives of Otolaryngology, Consultant Ad Hoc Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES), Chairman of Center for Research and Advanced Development in Otolaryngology, consultant of the National Council for Scientific and Technological Foundation for Research Support of São Paulo and Member of the Board of the International Federation of Otorhinolaringological Societs and the American Academy of Otolaryngology. Internationally known for research and treatment of diseases of the ear with an emphasis on tumors of the ear and cranial base, acoustic neuromas, facial paralysis, tinnitus, cochlear implant, deafness and chronic otitis media. Conducted more than 500 lectures as a guest in 40 countries. #00 scientific papepers publish in Medical Journals. Minister regular courses of Ear Surgery and more than 1600 doctors specialized in their courses. He was former President of the Brazilian Association of Otorhinolaryngology and Neck Surgery and President of the Latin Societas ENT. President of the Otology and Neurotology Committee of IFOS- International Federation of Otorhinolaryngologic Societies. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
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Brazil has a large hearing aid donation program through 139 centers accredited by the National Health System (SUS). Telemedicine can be worthwhile in improving public policies of hearing health related by allowing the hearing-impaired to get therapy in health facilities next to their dwellings. Objective measurements (real-ear insertion gain) and subjective (evaluation questionnaire) perf…
The association between tinnitus and hearing loss is well established in the literature. It is suggested that 90% of tinnitus patients also show some degree of hearing loss. The two symptoms can have significant repercussion on the daily life of patients, due both to the discomfort caused by the tinnitus and to the communicative limitations resulting from the hearing loss. Acoustic stimul…
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Brazil has one of the largest programs of donations of hearing aids in the world, through 139 centers accredited by the National Health System. Telemedicine can be helpful in improving hearing health policies for allowing the hearing impaired with hearing aids therapy in health facilities closer to their homes. (AU)
Facial traumas and tumoral resections may result in lack of facial nerve tissue and difficulties for primary anastomosis. Nerve autograft was an excellent improvement, but the search for better functional results leaded to bioabsorbable conduits. Schwann cells are essential for nerve regeneration, and now it is possible to differentiate bone-marrow stromal cells in Schwann-like cells. Obj…
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