Location information
Hospital address
University Hospital, Ribeirao Preto Medical School, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil Avenida dos Bandeirantes 3900 Monte Alegre Ribeirao Preto Sao Paulo 14049900 Brazil
Hospital type
Public
Hospital description
Academic (Residency Program)
Description
I am one of three senior paediatric neurosurgeons working at the Medical College of University of Sao Paulo at Ribeirao Preto, Brazil, certainly one of the most prestigious institutions in the country. Our Paediatric Neurosurgery Department is very busy and performs over 400 operations per year. We are engaged in all fields of paediatric neurosurgery, including neuro-oncology, epilepsy, spine and hydrocephalus, amongst others. We provide specialist training for 12 neurosurgical trainees in a 5-year residency programme. Our institution is able to offer fellowships and observerships in Paediatric Neurosurgery for qualified neurosurgeons. It also has a strong research programme, on both undergraduate and post-graduate levels, in which professionals interested in clinical and experimental reseach could enroll.
Member information
Name
Marcelo Volpon Santos
Member type
Individual independent practitioner
Specialty
Neurosurgeon
Subspecialties
- Trained paediatric neurosurgeon
Languages spoken
- English
- Spanish
- French
- Portuguese
Professional affiliations / memberships
- ISPN
- ESPN
- Other
Social profiles
Current and past partnerships
Has current partners or past partnership experience in these countries
- Brazil
- Cuba
- United States of America
We have received neurosurgical trainees from Brazil and Latin America to provide them with further experience in Paediatric Neurosurgery.
Our institution has shared research programmes for the exchange of biological specimens, equipment and personnel with reputed universities in North America and Brazil.
Conditions treated
- Hydrocephalus
- Spinal dysraphism
- Trauma
- Tumor
- Vascular
- Craniofacial
- Spine
- Epilepsy
- Spasticity
- Peripheral Nerve
Equipment used
- Drill
- Microinstruments
- Microscope
- Neuroendoscope Flexible
- Neuroendoscope Rigid
- Frameless navigation
- Spinal instrumentation
- MRI
- Angiography
- CT
- ECOG