Renato Samy Assad

Education:1977-1982 Federal University of Minas Gerais State Medical SchoolBelo Horizonte, MG - BrazilDoctoral and Post-doctoral Training Residency-1983-1984 Resident in General Surgery, State Public Health Hospital, Sao Paulo, Brazil-1985-1989 Resident in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Heart Institute University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, BrazilFellowship-1989-1991 Research Fellow in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Children?s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, BostonHospital or Affiliated Institution Appointments:-1991- Assistant in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Heart Institute University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil-2001- Consultant in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Samaritano Hospital, Sao Paulo, Brazil-2005- Research Leader in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery Heart Institute University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, BrazilProfessional Societies:-Brazilian Society of Cardiology-Sao Paulo State Society of Cardiology-Brazilian Society of Cardiovascular Surgery-Sao Paulo State Society of Cardiovascular Surgery-World Society for Pediatric and Congenital Heart SurgeryJournal Reviewer:-Artificial Organs-Annals Thoracic Surgery-Brazilian Archives of Cardiology-Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery-Journal of Applied Physiology-Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular SurgeryAwards and Honors:-1989-1990 Rotary Foundation Scholarship, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston-1990-1991 Brazilian Government ScholarshipBoston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston-1994 Prof. Zerbini 11th Annual Meeting Best Abstract Award for Outstanding Research - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil -2004 39th Association of European Society of Pediatric Cardiology Meeting, 2nd place - Munich, Germany-2007 34th Brazilian Congress of Cardiovascular Surgery Best Abstract Award for Outstanding Research - Florianópolis, Brazil.-2009 64th Brazilian Congress of Cardiology Best Abstract Award for Outstanding Research - Salvador, Brazil.-2010 37th Brazilian Congress of Cardiovascular Surgery 3rd Best Abstract Award for Outstanding Research - Belém, Brazil.-2010 22nd Brazilian Congress of Echocardiography 3rd Best Abstract Award for Outstanding Research - Belo Horizonte, Brazil.-2010 65th Brazilian Congress of Cardiology Best Abstract Award for Outstanding Research - Belo Horizonte, Brazil.-2011 38th Brazilian Congress of Cardiovascular Surgery Best Abstract Award for Outstanding Research - Porto Alegre, Brazil.-2011 2nd Symposium on Scientific Initiation of the Heart Institute University of Sao Paulo Honor Award ? Sao Paulo, Brazil.-2012 39th Brazilian Congress of Cardiovascular Surgery Best Abstract Award for Outstanding Research - Maceió, Brazil-2012 67th Brazilian Congress of Cardiology Best Abstract Award for Outstanding Research - Recife, Brazil.-2012 12th Brazilian Congress of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery Best Abstract Award for Outstanding Research ? Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil.-2013 13th São Paulo Sate Congress of Cardiovascular Surgery Best Abstract Award - Campos do Jordão, Brazil.Bibliography:58 Original Articles published in 58 Brazilian and International periodicals.Patents1- New Electrode for Percutaneous Fetal PacingPI 0101487-0, deposit on April 17th, 2001.2- Adjustable Pulmonary Artery Banding SystemPI 0505102-9, deposit on November 22nd, 2005.Miscellaneous -Editorial written by Maulik D, with comments about our publication on the Journal of Maternal Fetal Investigation, 1992, volume 2.-Editorial written by MacGillivray TE and Harrison MR, Fetal Cardiac surgery ? what?s the future?, with comments about our publication on the Journal of Maternal Fetal Investigation, 1992, volume 2.-Editorial written by Assad RS & Hanley FL.: Artificial Placental - A Need for Fetal Surgery? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg, 1998: 115:1021-2.

Graduado em Medicina pela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (1982). Residência Médica em Cirurgia Geral no Hospital do Servidor Público do Estado de São Paulo (1983/84) e em Cirurgia Cardiovascular no Instituto do Coração HCFMUSP (1985-1989). Fellowship em Cirurgia Cardíaca Pediátrica, Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, EUA (1989-1991). Doutorado em Cirurgia Torácica e Cardiovascular (1995) e Professor Livre Docente (2004) pela Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo. Atualmente é cirurgião cardiovascular da Unidade Cirúrgica de Pesquisa do InCor HCFMUSP e orientador do programa de Pós-Graduação em Cirurgia Cardiovascular da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo. Possui duas patentes de inovação tecnológica em cirurgia cardiaca pediátrica e fetal. Desenvolve duas linhas de pesquisa, nas áreas de cirurgia cardíaca fetal e desenvolvimento de dispositivos para bandagem ajustável do tronco pulmonar.