Marcos Francisco Vidal Melo

Graduação em Engenharia Civil pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (1984), mestrado em Bioengenharia pela Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Medicina pela Universidade Federal Fluminense (1988) e doutorado pela Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg (1991). Residência em Anestesiologia pela Universidade do Texas (Southwestern Medical Center) (1996-1998) e Massachusetts General Hospital (1998-1999), Fellowship em Anestesia Cardíaca (2000) e Dor (2011) pelo Massachusetts General Hospital. Atualmente é Professor Adjunto do Departamento de Anestesia, Terapia Intensiva e Medicina da Dor da Harvard Medical School e médico Anestesiologista do Departamento de Anestesia do Massachusetts General Hospital. Tem experiência na área de Ciência da Computação, Anestesiologia e Terapia Intensiva, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: pulmão, modelagem, medições fisiológicas, ventilação mecânica e medições respiratórias.

My clinical practice is currently divided between the Operating Room and the Center for Pain Medicine at the MGH. In the Operating Room, I provide anesthesia care to a wide variety of surgical procedures, mostly related to the subspecialty of Thoracic Anesthesiology. In this area, I am involved with all types of adult thoracic surgery with a large number of high risk patients undergoing complex interventions such as pneumonectomy, esophagectomy, tracheal resection and reconstruction, laparoscopic Ivor-Lewis esophagectomy, video-assisted lobectomy, wedge resection, flexible and rigid bronchoscopy, esophagoscopy, mediastinoscopy, endobronchial ultra-sonography, suspension microlaryngoscopy, and cricopharyngeal myotomy. Overall, I anesthetize 4 to 10 patients per week. I am qualified to and employ invasive methods of monitoring such as arterial, central venous and pulmonary artery catheter lines. I also perform continuous thoracic epidural anesthetics on a regular basis for intra- and post-operative pain management. Furthermore, I am certified by the National Board of Echocardiography on perioperative transesophageal echocardiography (TEE), which I use during my anesthetics as necessary. I have the responsibility of first to third call staff twice a month, coordinating the activities in the main operating room between 5 pm and 7 am in weekdays, and for 24 h during weekends. This emergency care relates to patients requiring surgery in the main operating rooms at the MGH during those hours, and not assigned to the specialized services. I have been a member of the Sub-Committee for Respiration of the AmericanSociety of Anesthesiologists since 2005. More recently, I started clinical activities as an Attending Physician at the Center for Pain Medicine at the MGH. In that Center, I provide predominantly outpatient care for adult patients with all types of chronic pain. I also perform and supervise residents and fellows in the performance of invasive procedures for Pain Management.