OBGYN.net International Representative - Brazil

Flavio Monteiro de Souza, MD, M.Sci.

Education

• College: Colégio Andrews
  Rio de Janeiro, RJ
  Brazil
  3/76 - 12/78
• Medical school: Universidade do Estado do
  Rio de Janeiro - UERJ
  (Rio de Janeiro State University)
  Brazil
  M.D. Degree
  3/79 - 12/84
• Internship: Hospital Universitário Pedro Ernesto
  (University Hospital Pedro Ernesto - Rio de Janeiro State University)
  Internal Medicine Department
  (Internal Medicine)
  Gynecology, Obstetrics and
  Pediatrics Department
  (Gynecology and Obstetrics)
  Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
  1/84 - 12/84

Postgraduate training

• Residency: Obstetrics and Gynecology
  Hospital Universitário Pedro Ernesto
  (University Hospital Pedro Ernesto - Rio de Janeiro State University)
  Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
  5/85 - 4/87
• Postgraduate: Obstetrics - High Risk Pregnancy
  Hospital Universitário Pedro Ernesto
  (University Hospital Pedro Ernesto - Rio de Janeiro State University)
  Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
  6/87 - 7/89
• Master of science
  Master in Medical Sciences - Program of Obstetrics
  Universidade Federal do
  Rio de Janeiro (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro)
  Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
  1/90 - 9/92
• Thesis developed: Forceps Deliveries: Immediate Maternal and Neonatal Outcome 
  Orientation: Professor Luiz Guilherme Pessôa da Silva
  Subject: Epidemiological study on 1595 forceps deliveries
  Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro) 1992
  Approved with maximum grade (10.0)

Society membership

• Founding Member of the Obstetrics Nucleus of Rio de Janeiro (NORJ)
• Effective Member of the Rio de Janeiro Gynecology and Obstetrics Society (SGORJ)

University appointments

• Assistant Professor of Obstetrics,
  Gynecology and Pediatrics Department
  Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
  (Rio de Janeiro State University - Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil)
  8/89 - present
• Assistant Professor of Obstetrics
  Maternal-Infant Department
  Universidade Gama Filho
  (Gama Filho University - Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil)
  9/89 - 7/92
• Professor of the post-graduation course in Gynecology and Obstetrics
  Maternal-Infant Department
  Universidade Gama filho
  (Gama Filho University - Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil)
  7/95 - present
• Invited Professor of Obstetrics
  Maternal-Infant Department
  Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
  (Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro)
  4/96 - present

Hospital appointments

• Clara Basbaum Maternity - Clara Basbaum Foundation
  Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
  3/85 - 11/88
• County Health Bureau of Rio de Janeiro, General
  Department of Hospital Assistance, RJ, Brazil
  12/86 - 8/89
• Fire Department of Rio de Janeiro, Central Hospital,
  Gynecology and Obstetrics Department, RJ, Brazil
  7/88 - present
• University Hospital Pedro Ernesto, Rio de Janeiro
  State University, RJ, Brazil
  8/89 - present

Distinctions
(The selections mentioned below refer to open contests for the official health institutions)

• Approved in first position, among 290 candidates, in theoretical plus practical admittance tests for Residency in Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital Pedro Ernesto, Rio de Janeiro State University, RJ, Brazil - 1985
• Approved in first position in theoretical plus practical tests and C.V. analysis for Assistant Professor of Obstetrics (grade 9.76), Rio de Janeiro State University, RJ, Brazil - 1989
• Approved in second position in tests and C.V. analysis for the postgraduate course in the level of Master in Medical Sciences, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil - 1989
• Approved in admittance tests for Residency in Gynecology and Obstetrics in 3 major public hospitals of Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil - 1985
• Approved in admittance tests for Gynecologist and Obstetrician in the Fire Department of Rio de Janeiro, County Health Bureau of Rio de Janeiro, State Health Bureau of Rio de Janeiro and Police Department of Rio de Janeiro. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil - 1986-1988

Current research

• Maternal mortality in Brazil - Collaborative study
  Rio de Janeiro State University
• Computer Sciences: Data banks for Obstetric Services
  Rio de Janeiro State University

Translation supervision

• Niswander KR & Evans AT: Manual of obstetrics. Diagnosis and therapy. 4th ed. MEDSI - Editora Médica e Científica Ltda. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil, 1993.

Internet activities

• Webmaster - Obstetric Department of the Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ)
• Webmaster - Post-Graduation in Obstetrics Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
  (coming soon)
• International Representative of OBGYN.net - Brazil

Publications, presentations & lectures 
More than 25 published papers, in Brazil and overseas, concerning high-risk pregnancy and operative obstetrics. Twenty-eight participations in presentations, lectures and workshops in Brazilian meetings of OB/GYN and pediatrics.