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|caption = Dr. Marcelo Martinez-Ferro |
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|birth_place = Buenos Aires, Argentina |
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|profession = Pediatric Surgeon |
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|specialism = Pediatric Minimally Invasive Surgery, Chest Wall Deformities, Neonatal Surgery |
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* Chest Wall Deformities, |
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* Pediatric Minimally Invasive Surgery, |
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* Poland's Syndrome, |
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* Esophageal atresia, |
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* Hepatobiliary disorders |
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|known_for = Development of a revolutionary non-surgical treatment for Pectus Carinatum (Dynamic Compression System) |
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|years_active = 25 |
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|education = Buenos Aires University School of Medicine |
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* Ricardo Gutierrez Children´s Hospital, |
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* Garrahan National Children´s Hospital, |
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* CEMIC University Hospital, |
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* Fundacion Hospitalaria Children´s Hospital |
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* Best Pediatric Surgery presentation, 2º Congress of the Argentine Society of Laparoscopic Surgery (March 1999), |
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* Best Pediatric Surgery presentation, 3º Congress of the Argentine Society of Laparoscopic Surgery (March 2001), |
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* Best Scientific presentation, 73rd Argentine Congress of Surgery, |
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* Special acknowledgment of the Senate (National Congress) for the book "Surgical Neonatology" |
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* National Medical Academy Award "Marcelino Herrera Vega" Best paper in Pediatric Surgery "Laparoscopic Treatment of Biliary Atresia" |
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==Biography== |
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'''Marcelo Martinez-Ferro''' was born in Buenos Aires and graduated from the Buenos Aires University School of Medicine in 1983. He completed his residency in [[pediatric surgery]] at the Ricardo Gutierrez Children´s Hospital<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.guti.gov.ar |title=Hospital de Niños Dr. Ricardo Gutiérrez-Buenos Aires-Argentina |publisher=Guti.gov.ar |date= |accessdate=2011-06-07}}</ref> and in 1988, joined the staff of Garrahan national Children`s Hospital.<ref>{{cite web|author=Hospital de Pediatría Garrahan. |url=http://www.garrahan.gov.ar/ |title=Hospital de Pediatría Garrahan |publisher=Garrahan.gov.ar |date= |accessdate=2011-06-07}}</ref> During his 15-year tenure at the hospital he dedicated himself to drastically improving the survival rate of newborn surgical patients whose mortality rate was historically very high in Argentina. In 1992 he completed a fellowship at the [[University of California, San Francisco Fetal Treatment Center|Fetal Treatment Center of the UCSF]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fetus.ucsfmedicalcenter.org/our_team/fellows.asp |title=Our Fellows | UCSF Fetal Treatment Center |publisher=Fetus.ucsfmedicalcenter.org |date=2009-11-24 |accessdate=2011-06-07}}</ref> where he confirmed his interest in fetal treatment and video surgery. |
'''Marcelo Martinez-Ferro''' was born in Buenos Aires and graduated from the Buenos Aires University School of Medicine in 1983. He completed his residency in [[pediatric surgery]] at the Ricardo Gutierrez Children´s Hospital<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.guti.gov.ar |title=Hospital de Niños Dr. Ricardo Gutiérrez-Buenos Aires-Argentina |publisher=Guti.gov.ar |date= |accessdate=2011-06-07}}</ref> and in 1988, joined the staff of Garrahan national Children`s Hospital.<ref>{{cite web|author=Hospital de Pediatría Garrahan. |url=http://www.garrahan.gov.ar/ |title=Hospital de Pediatría Garrahan |publisher=Garrahan.gov.ar |date= |accessdate=2011-06-07}}</ref> During his 15-year tenure at the hospital he dedicated himself to drastically improving the survival rate of newborn surgical patients whose mortality rate was historically very high in Argentina. In 1992 he completed a fellowship at the [[University of California, San Francisco Fetal Treatment Center|Fetal Treatment Center of the UCSF]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fetus.ucsfmedicalcenter.org/our_team/fellows.asp |title=Our Fellows | UCSF Fetal Treatment Center |publisher=Fetus.ucsfmedicalcenter.org |date=2009-11-24 |accessdate=2011-06-07}}</ref> where he confirmed his interest in fetal treatment and video surgery. |
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Revision as of 18:56, 26 October 2012
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Marcelo Martinez-Ferro was born in Buenos Aires and graduated from the Buenos Aires University School of Medicine in 1983. He completed his residency in pediatric surgery at the Ricardo Gutierrez Children´s Hospital[1] and in 1988, joined the staff of Garrahan national Children`s Hospital.[2] During his 15-year tenure at the hospital he dedicated himself to drastically improving the survival rate of newborn surgical patients whose mortality rate was historically very high in Argentina. In 1992 he completed a fellowship at the Fetal Treatment Center of the UCSF[3] where he confirmed his interest in fetal treatment and video surgery.
In 2001 Dr. Martinez-Ferro along with the CEMIC Surgical and Obstetrical Team performed the first fetal surgery[4] in a patient with myelomeningocele in Argentina.[5]
Dr. Martínez-Ferro is currently the professor of surgery and pediatrics, Chief Division of Pediatric Surgery, at the Fundacion Hospitalaria Children´s Hospital in Buenos Aires.[6]
Marcelo Martinez-Ferro has been recognized internationally as a leader in the field of pediatric surgery. He has more than 150 scientific presentations at national and international conferences and over 90 publications in indexed journals. He has given over 200 lectures around the world and is regularly invited to perform surgeries abroad. He is a member of the most prestigious specialty societies and has been elected as a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Pediatric Surgery, the agency's most prestigious publication for the specialty. He is also part of the editorial board of other journals indexed in Index Medicus as "Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy[7]" and the "Journal of Laparoendoscopic and Advanced Surgical Techniques[8] ".
He is the recent past-president of the prestigious International Pediatric Endosurgery Group.[9]
He is the author of the book "Neonatologia Quirurgica[10]" (Surgical Neonatology), published for the first time in 2005, unique in its kind in the Spanish language, of which thousands of copies have been distributed throughout Latin America
References
- ^ "Hospital de Niños Dr. Ricardo Gutiérrez-Buenos Aires-Argentina". Guti.gov.ar. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
- ^ Hospital de Pediatría Garrahan. "Hospital de Pediatría Garrahan". Garrahan.gov.ar. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
- ^ "Our Fellows | UCSF Fetal Treatment Center". Fetus.ucsfmedicalcenter.org. 2009-11-24. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
- ^ "Página/12". Pagina12.com.ar. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
- ^ "Diario La Nacion". lanacion.com.ar. 2001-07-26. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
- ^ Fundación Hospitalaria. "Novedades del Hospital Privado de Niños". Novedadeshpn.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
- ^ "Fetal Diagnosis and Therapy". Retrieved 2011-06-07.
- ^ "Journal of Laparoendoscopic and Advanced Surgical Techniques". Retrieved 2011-06-07.
- ^ "International Pediatric Endosurgery Group". IPEG. Retrieved 2011-06-07.
- ^ "Neonatologia Quirurgica". Retrieved 2011-06-07.