Renato Samy Assad

Education: 1977-1982 Federal University of Minas Gerais State Medical School Belo Horizonte, MG - Brazil Doctoral 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, Brazil Fellowship -1989-1991 Research Fellow in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Children?s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston Hospital 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, Brazil Professional 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 Surgery Journal Reviewer: -Artificial Organs -Annals Thoracic Surgery -Brazilian Archives of Cardiology -Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery -Journal of Applied Physiology -Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Awards and Honors: -1989-1990 Rotary Foundation Scholarship, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston -1990-1991 Brazilian Government Scholarship Boston 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. Patents 1- New Electrode for Percutaneous Fetal Pacing PI 0101487-0, deposit on April 17th, 2001. 2- Adjustable Pulmonary Artery Banding System PI 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. (Source: Lattes Curriculum)