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Ultrasound

Gregório Lorenzo Acácio, MD - Brazil

Birthdate: July 30th, 1966 São Paulo – Brazil
Graduation: medical Doctor – medical sciences course at the University of Taubaté

Education

• Graduated in the Medical Sciences course from the University of Taubaté (UNITAU) 1990

• Specialization in Gynecology and obstetrics at the University Hospital of Taubaté. (From February 1992 to February 1994)

• Master in Gynecology and obstetrics from the Universidade estadual de Campinas - 1999)

Titles and Functions

• Specialization in Gynaecology and Obstetrics – Awarded by the “National Committee of Medical Residence” and developed at the University Hospital of Taubaté in 1994.

• Titles of specialist in Gynecology and Obstetrics – Awarded by the Brazilian Medical Association (A.M.B.) and Brazilian Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FEBRASGO) in 1994 TEGO nº 059/94.

• Qualification in Ultrasound in Gynecology and Obstetrics – Awarded by the Brazilian High of Radiology (C.R.B.) and Febrasgo in 1995.

• Coordinator of obstetric discipline at the medical course ( Universidade de Taubaté). 
   

Publications

• Displasia tanatofórica – Case report - genetic cause recently described 
  Acácio, G.L; Guisburg, S, Fabri, A.O.; Lassen, D.” Revista Brasileira de Ginecologia e Obstetrícia (R.B.G.O.), issue 19, June 5th, 1997)

• “The assessment of leyomioma vascularity and blood flow characteristics by transvaginal color Doppler”.
  Ximenes, R.L.S.; Acácio , G.L.; Rodrígues, M.M.; Annals of the 6th Word Congress on Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology (Rotterdam – Holland – 1996)

• Determination of corionicity and amnionicity in the first trimester 
  Ximenes, R.L.S.; Acácio, G.L.; Rodrígues, M.M.; Vieira, G. (Acta Radiológica Paulista, issue 1 – year 1 – 1997)

• Sonographic Aspects of the amniotic band syndrome
  Acácio, G.L.; Ximenes, R.L.S; Sbravatti, N.A.; Rodrigues, M.M. (Acta Radiológica Paulista, issue 1, year 1, nº 2 – 1997)

• Agenesy of the callous body in association with the Dandy – Walker syndrome .
  Acácio, G.L., Ximenes, R.L.S.; Rodrígues, M.M; Pinto Jr., W. (Acta Radiológica Paulista, issue 1, year 1, nº 2 – 1997)

• “Cardioverson of a Fetal Supraventricular Tachycardia with Digoxin Infusion Trough Cordocenteses”.
  Ximenes, R.L.S.; Acácio, G.L.; Rodrígues, M.M.; Pinto Jr, W; Carvalho, A.C.F.S.; Arruda, M.S. (Annals of the 9th International Conference Prenatal Diagnosis & Therapy – 1998)

• “Sonographic Evaluation of a Fetal Heart tumor with ultrasound contrast agent by cordocenteses”
  Ximenes, R.L.S.; Acácio, G.L.; Rodrígues, M.M.; Pinto Jr, W and Ximenes, A. (Annals of the 8th Word Congress of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynecology – 1998)

• Use of Echo Enhancing Agent (Levovist) in solid Breast Lump.
  Ximenes, R.L.S.; Acácio, G.L; Rodrígues, M.M.; Arruda, M.S, Carvalho, A.C.,F.S. (Annals of the 8th World Congress on Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynaecology –  1998)

• History of the agents of contrast – chapter of the electronic book (CD-ROM) Ecographic Contrasts in Gynaecology
  Ximenes, R. 1998 – Press – Unième – ISBN 85 – 8608505-7.

• Echogenic focus on fetal heart and its correlation with aneuploidies and fetal abnormality
  Ximenes, R.L.S.; Acácio, G.L; Rodrígues, M.M.; Sandoval, D.C.F.; Carvalho, A.C.F.S; Ximenes, A.R.S.; Muassab, A.S.M. (Acta Radiológica Paulista, issue 1 – year 3 – nº 4 – 1999)

• Nucal Translucency: an ultrasound maker for fetal chromosomal abnormalities
  Acácio, G.L; Barini, R; Pinto Jr, W; Ximenes, R.L.S.; Pettersen, H; Faria, M.São Paulo Medical Journal 2001; 119(1): 19 – 23
   

Participation in Multicenter Studies

• Coordinator of the Clinical Module of Latin-American Studies of Cesarean (ELAC) at the University Hospital of Taubaté (December, 2000)

• In charge of data-collection to the social module of Latin-American Studies of Cesarean (ELAC), at the University Hospital of Taubaté: Satisfaction of Medical Doctors and women from march to June 2000.