Vandré Cabral Gomes Carneiro

VANDRÉ C. G. CARNEIRO, MD, PhD Dr. Vandré Carneiro is the head of the department of gynecologic oncology surgery (pelvic surgery) and the hereditary cancer Program’s director at Hospital de Cancer de Pernambuco in Brazil. He is a board certified in general surgery, videolaparoscopical surgery and surgical oncology, with fellowship at AC Camargo Cancer Center and a specialization in clinical genetic cancer risk assessment and counseling at Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He is a preceptor professor at UNINASSAU and Faculdade Pernambucana de Saúde (FPS Medical School) in Pernambuco, Brazil. He is a coordinator of surgical oncological fellowship program and preceptor of gynecological and general surgery medical residences programs at IMIP (Instituto de Medicina Integral Porf. Fernando Figueira) in Pernambuco Brazil. He has a PHD in oncology certified by AC Camargo Cancer Center and he is doing a postDoc on Cancer genetic and public health at FIOCRUZ. Dr. Carneiro is a member of the SBCO (Brazilian Society of Surgical Oncology) and had the opportunity to visit many cancer hospitals around the world. He did courses at Coimbra’s University (Coimbra, Portugal), Genetic Cancer Course at Guy's Hospital (London, England), Ovarian Cancer Management (Essen, Germany); Intensive course and Clinical Cancer Genetics at City Of Hope (Los Angeles, USA) and Leipzig School of pelvic radical surgery (Leipzig, Germany). His educational experience includes observership´s programs at MD Anderson Cancer Center (Houston, USA) and Memorial Sloan Kettering (New York, USA). He has visited as a invited professor many international centers, like the UBC (University of British Columbia – Vancouver, Canada), James Cancer Hospital at Ohio State University (Ohio, USA) , Instituto Português de Oncologia - IPO (Lisbon, Portugal) and Gustave Roussy Cancer Campus (Paris, France) and his mainly goal is to help people and populations at increased risk for developing cancer because of family history.