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Gilberto Barbosa
Gilberto Venossi Barbosa, M.D./Ph.D.
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Background
Medical Graduation at Universidade Federal de Santa Maria R.S. 1964
Residency between 1965 and 1969 at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
Fellowship between 1970 and 1971 at Instituto de Cardiologia do Estado de Sao Paulo - Prof.- Jatene
Doctor degree in cardiology at Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul 1982
Visitor professor at Haerefield Hospital- London 1986
Visiting professor at Saint Michaels Hospital and Toronto General -University of Toronto 1990
Visiting professor at Buffalo General Hospital University of N.Y. 1998
Head of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Medical School Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul 1987 to p
Head of Cardivascular Division at Hospital das Clinicas da UniversidadeFederal do Rio Grande do Sul
Member of the scientific committee of the Brasilian Society of Cardiovascular surgery
Other Interests
Peripherical Bronchogenic carcinoma-size of tumor and survival
Pericardioscopy in pericardial effusion
Biological glues in bronchial fistulae
Aortic dissection surgery- use of bovine pericardium tubes
Offpump coronary surgery
Mitral valve surgery-reconstruction,replacement with chordal and muscle preservation
Early indication of surgery in Aortic valve disease-using nuclear evaluation
Practice Areas
- Thoracic
- Cardiac