CONNECT 2026 Speakers

Spanish thoracic surgeon with extensive clinical, academic, research, and professional leadership experience. He has held leadership positions in the Spanish Society of Thoracic Surgery (SECT) and remains active in specialist training and scientific activities.

Cleveland Clinic Children Hospital
Pediatric Thoracic Surgery

Harvard Medical School

University of Minnesota
Professor and Chief of the Division of Thoracic and Foregut Surgery

Medical Officer in the Brazilian Army, where he completed a lato sensu postgraduate program in Complementary Applications to Military Sciences / Health at the former Army School of Health (EsSEx).

Master’s degree in Health Sciences from UNESC. He is currently a thoracic surgeon at Hospital Santa Terezinha. He has experience in Medicine, with an emphasis on THORACIC SURGERY, particularly in the following areas: pleural diseases, lung neoplasms, chest wall diseases, mediastinal diseases, diaphragmatic diseases, respiratory infections, tracheal diseases, respiratory endoscopy and chest trauma.

Thoracic Surgeon
Full Member of the Brazilian Society of Thoracic Surgery (SBCT) and the Brazilian College of Surgeons (TCBC).

Founding and Full Member of the Brazilian Society of Thoracic Surgery.
Specialist in General Surgery at Hospital Ana Neri
Specialist in Thoracic Surgery and Bronchoscopy at Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre
Medical Director of IBR Hospital

Postdoctoral fellow at the School of Medicine of the State University of São Paulo. PhD in Sciences from the University of São Paulo – InCor-HC-FMUSP. Medical residency in Thoracic Surgery at the Federal University of Amazonas – Hospital Universitário Getúlio Vargas. Associate Professor at the State University of Amazonas and attending thoracic surgeon at Hospital Universitário Getúlio Vargas of the Federal University of Amazonas.

Pathologist trained at Unicamp – SP

Thoracic Surgeon trained at USP-SP, clinical fellowship in Lung Transplantation and ECMO at the University of Toronto and in Thoracic Oncology at the University of Alberta. Master’s degree from Johns Hopkins. Research fellowship at Virginia Commonwealth University. Coordinator of Thoracic Surgery at Hospital Santa Cruz-Rede D’Or, Curitiba.

Master’s and PhD in Surgery from the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE).
Full Member of the Brazilian Society of Thoracic Surgery (SBCT) and certified in Respiratory Endoscopy by the Brazilian Thoracic Society (SBPT)

Thoracic Surgeon and Full Member of the Brazilian Society of Thoracic Surgery (SBCT).
Specialist in Respiratory Endoscopy certified by SBPT and AMB
Specialized in minimally invasive thoracic surgery, robotic surgery and EBUS (endobronchial ultrasound).
Thoracic Surgery Preceptor at HC-UFPE and Procape-UPE.

Staff member of the Thoracic Surgery, Lung Transplantation and Heart Transplantation Services at Hospital de Messejana (Fortaleza – CE)
Diplomate of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada – Solid Organ Transplantation (Thoracic Surgery)

Thoracic Surgeon trained at Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Porto Alegre
Preceptor of the Thoracic Surgery Residency Program at Hospital Universitário Getúlio Vargas (HUGV)
Associate Member of the Brazilian Society of Thoracic Surgery (SBCT)

Thoracic Surgeon
Founding Member of SBCT and of the North, Northeast and Central-West Society of Thoracic Surgery
Associate Professor IV at the Federal University of Maranhão

Physician and Thoracic Surgeon for the Government of the State of Acre and the Government of the State of Rondônia. Professor of Thoracic Surgery in the Medical Program at Faculdade São Lucas-FSL-Porto Velho/RO and Faculdades Integradas Aparício de Carvalho-FIMCA-Porto Velho/RO.

Thoracic Surgeon at Hospital Universitário – Unifap

Full Professor of Thoracic Surgery at the UFAM School of Medicine

Thoracic Surgeon practicing robotic surgery at Instituto Dr. José Frota and Hospital Monte Klinikum. Master’s degree in minimally invasive technology and healthcare simulation from Unichristus. Head of the Thoracic Surgery Service at Hospital Dr. Carlos Alberto Studart Gomes. Vice President of the Brazilian Society of Thoracic Surgery (2021-2023 term). President of the Brazilian Society of Thoracic Surgery (2023-2025 term).

On-Site Thoracic Surgeon on Call at Hospital de Emergência e Trauma de Campina Grande

Thoracic Surgeon trained at Universidade Federal Fluminense. Assistant Professor at the Federal University of Pará and thoracic surgeon at Hospital Universitário Barros Barreto.

Thoracic Surgeon
Full Member of the Brazilian Society of Thoracic Surgery (SBCT) and the Brazilian College of Surgeons (TCBC).

Master’s degree in Thoracic Surgery from UnB, PhD in Thoracic Surgery from USP, Coordinator of Thoracic Surgery at Hospital Sírio-Libanês and Hospital de Base de Brasília.

Assistant Professor of Thoracic Surgery at UFRN
Master’s degree in Pulmonology from UFRGS
PhD in Biotechnology from UNP-RN
Full Member of SBCT

Attending Physician in the Thoracic Surgery Service at Hospital Dr. Carlos Alberto Studart Gomes
Coordinator of the Lung Transplant Program at Hospital Dr. Carlos Alberto Studart Gomes

Physician graduated from Escola Paulista de Medicina (EPM) at the Federal University of São Paulo (Unifesp), with Medical Residency in Thoracic Surgery at EPM/Unifesp, a Master’s degree in Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery from Unifesp, and a PhD in Thoracic Surgery from Unifesp. He has been a Professor of Surgery at EPM/Unifesp since 1987 and is currently an Associate Professor.

Radiologist trained at Hospital das Clínicas de Ribeirão Preto. Fellow in Interventional Radiology with a focus on percutaneous procedures at Hospital Sírio-Libanês and R4 residency in the Interventional Oncology Radiology Program at Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo (ICESP). Board-certified in Radiology by the Brazilian College of Radiology and in Interventional Radiology by SOBRICE. He is currently Medical Coordinator of Diagnostic Radiology and an Interventional Radiologist at Hospital Sírio-Libanês – Brasília Complex.

⁠⁠Associate Professor, Department of Surgical Clinical Practice, UFAM School of Medicine

Professor Emeritus of Thoracic Surgery at the Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre. Pioneer of lung transplantation in Latin America. Full Member of the National Academy of Medicine

Full Member of the Brazilian Society of Thoracic Surgery (SBCT). He currently serves as Coordinator of Thoracic Surgery at Liga Norteriograndense Contra o Cancer in Natal/RN.

Thoracic Surgeon trained at Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo School of Medicine, with a PhD in Medicine (Surgical Clinical Practice) from the University of São Paulo. Physician I at Hospital das Clínicas, University of São Paulo School of Medicine.

Secretary General of SBCT 2025/2027
Full Member of SBCT
Professor of Thoracic Surgery at UFJF – MG

Full Member of the Brazilian Society of Thoracic Surgery
Thoracic Surgeon at Rede D’Or Brasília – Hospital Santa Helena
Staff Thoracic Surgeon at Hospital de Base do DF
Partner at Clínica Respirar

Thoracic Surgeon
President of CONNECT 2026

Thoracic Surgeon certified by SBCT, Thoracic Surgeon at Fundação Santa Casa de Misericórdia do Pará, Thoracic Surgeon in the Laryngotracheal Surgery Service at Hospital Galileu/SESPA, Thoracic Surgeon at Hospital Metropolitano de Urgência e Emergência – HMUE, and attending physician in Trauma ICU 3 at HMUE

Thoracic Surgeon trained at Hospital das Clínicas da FMUSP (HCFMUSP). PhD in Sciences from the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery at FMUSP (2008). He is currently a Professor with an RTC appointment in the Department of Cardiopneumology – Division of Thoracic Surgery at FMUSP, Coordinator of the Lung Transplant Program at Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, and Coordinator of Thoracic Surgery at Rede D’Or in São Paulo.

Thoracic Surgeon and Coordinator of the Advanced Specialization Course in Chest Wall Surgery at Instituto do Coração (InCor) HCFMUSP
Full Member of SBCT

Thoracic Surgeon at Hospital Regional de Araguaína, Tocantins, with an interest in minimally invasive thoracic surgery and thoracic oncology.

Robotic Thoracic Surgeon and Interventional Pulmonology Endoscopist
Thoracic Surgeon at Rede D’Or in Recife-PE, Unimed, IMIP and Hospital Barão de Lucena

Former President of the Brazilian Society of Thoracic Surgery. Coordinator of the CirTórax group in Salvador, Bahia.

Thoracic Surgeon at Hospital Geral de Roraima/Unacon and Hospital da Criança Santo Antônio, in Boa Vista, RR

Physician graduated from UFAM in February 1999; completed 3 years of General Surgery training at Hospital Universitário Getúlio Vargas – HUGV – UFAM – Manaus – AM, finishing in 2002; 2 years of Thoracic Surgery training at Hospital Pedro Ernesto – HUPE – UERJ – Rio de Janeiro – RJ, finishing in 2004; and 1 year of Respiratory Endoscopy training at Hospital Pedro Ernesto – HUPE – UERJ – Rio de Janeiro – RJ, finishing in 2005. She was appointed as a Thoracic Surgeon through the 2005 SUSAM selection process to work at FCECON, where she continues to practice to the present day.

Physician specializing in Thoracic Surgery, with extensive experience in lung transplantation, robotic surgery and minimally invasive procedures for the treatment of complex thoracic diseases.
National Director at Rede D’Or São Luiz.

Thoracic Surgery and Interventional Pulmonology. Full Member of the Brazilian Society of Thoracic Surgery. Attending Surgeon at Hospital Universitário Professor Edgar Santos of the Federal University of Bahia and Hospital Especializado Octávio Mangabeira.

Member of the Brazilian Society of Thoracic Surgery, Brazilian Thoracic Oncology Group, European Society of Thoracic Surgeons and Women in General Thoracic Surgery

Head of the Thoracic Surgery Services at Hospital Universitário Oswaldo Cruz (HUOC-UPE) and Hospital das Clínicas da UFPE (HC-UFPE)