Curriculum vitae
Name: Marcelo Gama de Abreu, MD, MSc, PhD, DESA
Birthplace: Maceió-AL / Brazil
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Current position:
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Vice-Head of Department, Head of the Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Team, Full Professor of Translational Research in Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Consultant Anesthesiologist, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Therapy, University Hospital Dresden, Dresden University of Technology Fetscherstr. 74, 01307 Dresden, Germany.
Graduations
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1983-1988 - Electronic Engineer (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro - UFRJ) 1985-1991 - Medical Degree (University of State of Rio de Janeiro - UERJ)
Postgraduate Training
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1989-1991 - M.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering (UFRJ)
1992-1994 - Doctoral Fellow, emphasis Anesthesiology, University of Heidelberg, Germany
1995-2002 - Resident in Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Technical University Dresden, Germany
2002-2004 - Habilitation Thesis in Anesthesiology (equivalent to the Ph.D. Thesis), University Dresden, Germany
2005 - Course on Modern Hospital Administration
2005 - Course on Planing and Conduction of Clinical Trials
2006 - Course on the Problem Oriented Learning method, Harvard Medical
International Associated Institution Board Examinations
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06.10.2001 - European Diploma in Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine – Part I, written exam, Göttingen, Germany.
09.10.2002 - German Board of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, oral exam, Dresden, Germany.
26.04.2003 - European Diploma in Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine – Part II, oral exam, Zürich, Switzerland. Diplomate of the European Academy of Anesthesiology
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Professional Experience
1995-2002 - Resident in Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Technical University Dresden, Germany.
09.10.2002 - Consultant in Anesthesiology; since December
2002 Coordinator and Preceptor of Anesthesiology in the following fields: orthopedics, traumatology, general surgery, vascular surgery, thorax surgery, gynecology and obstetrics, neurosurgery, urology, ear-throat-nose surgery, pediatric surgery, mouth-jawfacial surgery
2002 - now - Lectures and tutorials in the field Anesthesiology for medical students
2003 - now - Head of the Pulmonary Engineering Group, Klinik und Poliklinik für Anaesthesiologie und Intensivtherapie, University Clinic Carl Gustav Carus 2006 - now - Vice-Head, Klinik und Poliklinik für Anaesthesiologie und Intensivtherapie, University Clinic Carl Gustav Carus
2009 - now - Extraordinary Professorship in Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine
2013 - now - Full Professorship in Translational Research in Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine
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Multicenter Studies
1. Co-investigator of the multicenter, randomized, controlled, single-blind, parallel group study of the Effect of 0.9 and 1.8 Grams PFC/Kg Body Weight of Perflubron Emulsion (AF0144) Plus High Inspired Oxygen, High Inspired Oxygen Alone, and Blood on Physiologic Parameters Mandating the Need for Blood Transfusion During Total Hip Replacement or Spinal Surgery, The R.W. Johnson Pharmaceutical Research Institute
2. Co-investigator of the multicenter, randomized, controlled trial on the Open Lung Approach vs. the ARDS Network Protocol in Patients with severe ARDS
3. German national coordinator and steering committee member of the multicenter, randomized, controlled trial on Low versus High PEEP in Open Abdominal Surgery (PROVHILO) of the ESA
4. German national coordinator and steering committee member of the prospective observational study on the development of postoperative pulmonary complications (PERISCOPE) after general anesthesia of the ESA
5. German national coordinator and steering committee member of the prospective observational study on the use of ventilatory strategies (LAS VEGAS) the ESA
6. Coordinator and steering committee member of the multicenter, randomized, controlled trial on Protective Ventilation with Lower versus Higher PEEP in General Surgery in Obese Patients (PROBESE)
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Reviewer Activities for the Following Medical Journals and Societies
1. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
2. Critical Care Medicine
3. Intensive Care Medicine
4. Anesthesia & Analgesia
5. European Journal of Anesthesiology
6. Anesthesiology
7. Respiration
8. German Research Council (DFG)
9. European Society of Anaesthesiology (ESA)
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