Marcelo A. F. Ribeiro Jr., MD, MSc, PhD,  FACS, FISS, MAMSE, ACC(Hon)

Professor of Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Maryland School of Medicine

Director of International Outreach Initiative – R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center

Adjunct Professor of Surgery – United Arab Emirates University – UAE

Professor of Surgery – Pontifical Catholic University of Sao Paulo – Campus Sorocaba - Brazil

Chairman of the Education Committee of The Panamerican Trauma Society

Associate Member of the Academy of Master Surgeons Educators

Dr. Ribeiro holds a degree in Medical Sciences from PUC de SOROCABA (1992), a Master's degree (1997) and a Doctorate (2000) in Operative Technique and Experimental Surgery from the Federal University of São Paulo (2000). Full Professor at the University of Santo Amaro (2015). Academic experience: Professor of General Surgery and Trauma at the Department of Surgery of the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo PUCSP-Sorocaba, Associate Professor of Surgery at the United Arab Emirates University - Al Ain UAE. Former Professor of Surgery and Coordinator of the Emergency Internship at the Faculdade de Ciências Médicas de São José dos Campos - Humanitas, and former Collaborating Physician of the Liver Surgery and Portal Hypertension Service at University of Sao Paulo - HC FMUSP, Former Professor of Surgical Skills (Operative Technique and Experimental Surgery) at the Universidade Cidade de São Paulo - UNICID and former Full Professor, Head of the Department of Surgery - Discipline of General Surgery and Trauma and former Dean of the Medical School at the Universidade Santo Amaro - UNISA. He was the Supervisor of the General Surgery and Video-Laparoscopic Medical Residency Program at UNISA between 2009-2019. Supervisor of the Trauma Surgery Residency Program at the Hospital Geral do Grajau from 2013-2018. Advisor of the Stricto Sensu Postgraduate Program in Health Sciences at the Institute of Medical Assistance to State Public Servants (IAMSPE) since 2010. Approved in the public tender for the position of Full Professor at the Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of São Paulo (2018). Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of the Brazilian College of Surgeons. Reviewer for many medical journals and Associate Editor of Acta Cirurgica Brasileira. Chair of the Department of Trauma, Critical and Acute Care Surgery at Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City - Abu Dhabi UAE between June 2022 and July 2024.